Duran Duran are getting spooky with their new album

Duran Duran have unveiled the track listing for their upcoming Halloween album Danse Macabre.

The Wild Boys hitmakers have put their spin on Billie Eilish’s Bury A Friend, Psycho Killer by Talking Heads, with Victoria De Angelis of Maneskin, The Rolling Stones’ Paint It Black, Spellbound by Siouxsie and the Banshees, and many more songs.

The titular lead single, out now, features former bandmate Warren Cuccurullo on guitar, in their first collaboration since 2001. It's one of three new tracks on the LP.

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Former guitarist Andy Taylor has also contributed to the spooktacular record, which also includes new versions of Nightboat and Secret Oktober 31st.

The record - which will arrive in full on October 27 - is inspired by a pair of Halloween-themed shows in Las Vegas last year, where they donned ghoulish outfits and performed covers of Spellbound, Ghost Town by The Specials and Super Freak by Rick James.

Synth and keyboard player Nick Rhodes said: “The song 'Danse Macabre' celebrates the joy and madness of Halloween. It is the title track of our forthcoming album, which gathers together an unusual mix of cover versions, reworked Duran Duran songs and several new compositions. We had decided to seize the moment to create a unique, special event…the temptation of using glorious gothic visuals set to a dark soundtrack of horror and humour was simply irresistible."

He added: "That evening inspired us to explore further and to make an album, using Halloween as the key theme. The record metamorphosed through a pure, organic process, and not only was it made faster than anything since our debut album, it has also resulted in something none of us could have ever predicted.

Emotion, mood, style and attitude have always been at the heart of Duran Duran’s DNA, we search for light in the darkness and darkness in the light, and I feel we have somehow managed to capture the essence of all of that in this project.”

Danse Macabre track-listing:

1. Nightboat
2. Black Moonlight
3. Love Voudou
4. Bury A Friend
5. Supernature
6. Danse Macabre
7. Secret Oktober 31st
8. Ghost Town
9. Paint It Black
10. Super Lonely Freak
11. Spellbound
12. Psycho Killer (feat. Victoria De Angelis)
13. Confession in the Afterlife

- Written by Bang! Showbiz and republished here with permission.