On their follow-up to 2013's highly successful, yet darkly toned "Onyx", Michigan rockers Pop Evil turn the tables with "Up", an album no less heavy, but one that comes from a more positive mindset. Working with producer Adam Kasper (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters) in Seattle, the veteran band delivers an expansive, hard-driving set of riffy post-grunge and alt-rock that frontman Leigh Kakaty describes as coming from "a personal reawakening" within their career.

Pop Evil is the bridge between life-affirming hard rock hit-making and the burgeoning new frontier of genre-bending postmodern playlists. A crowd-pleasing band unafraid to embrace the heaviest and most melodic ends of the spectrum, with a seemingly endless stream of No. 1 hits veering between fist-pumping anthems and timeless power ballads. Pop Evil delivers their most ambitious rebirth yet with a jaw-dropping sixth album.

Titled Versatile, the upcoming album from the American hard rock/metal band is their sixth full-length album and is scheduled to be released in May this year, via eOne Heavy.