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\n\t\u201cWe have never thought of ourselves as a rock \u2018n\u2019 roll band, more of an ongoing art project,\u201d is how John Taylor has described Duran Duran.<\/a><\/p>\n \n\tTaylor, the \u201880s heartthrob who co-founded Duran Duran and just happens to play bass guitar like he made a deal with the devil, wasn\u2019t lying. <\/p>\n \n\tIn the 40-plus years since its members assembled in Birmingham, England, the ongoing project that is Duran Duran has created enough art to fill the National Gallery. <\/p>\n \n\tNow, with the release of Danse Macabre<\/em>, which dropped at the stroke of midnight, Duran Duran is 16 albums deep in a career that\u2019s had it all. <\/p>\n \n\tFrom their New Romantic origins, advancing into New Wave juggernauts with top-shelf music videos, the classic lineup of Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes and the three Taylors, John, Roger and Andy (none are related) dominated the first half of the 1980s like no other group. <\/p>\n \n\tThat art project split in two (Arcadia and Power Station), scaled down, bagged more hits, enjoyed the comeback smash no-one saw coming, scaled down some more, reunited with the classic lineup, evolved, changed, pushed forward. <\/p>\n \n\tThen, a glorious comeback. A headline concert at London\u2019s Hyde Park<\/a>, a performance at the Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee Concert at Buckingham Palace, sold-out shows in the U.S. and induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame<\/a>, all in 2022.<\/p>\n \n\tAnd on it goes. Stretching across 13 tracks, Danse Macabre<\/em> (released is Tape Modern\/BMG) is the soundtrack to their \u201cultimate Halloween party,\u201d a collection of reimagined DD songs, covers (including Billie Eilish\u2019s \u201cBury A Friend,\u201d The Rolling Stones\u2019 \u201cPaint It Black\u201d and Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cPsycho Killer<\/a>\u201d) and three fresh cuts, including the previously-released<\/a> \u201cBlack Moonlight\u201d and the title track.<\/p>\n \n\tThe new release is also a nod to friendships, and includes special collaborations with former band members Andy Taylor<\/a> and Warren Cuccurullo, plus decades-long collaborator Nile Rodgers, producers Josh Blair and Mr. Hudson, and Victoria De Angelis of M\u00e5neskin.<\/p>\n \n\tThe followup to 2021\u2019s Future Past<\/em>, which opened and peaked at No. 3 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, Danse Macabre<\/em> is another brush stroke in that \u201congoing art project\u201d which started more than four decades ago.<\/p>\n \n\tStream Danse Macabre<\/em> below.<\/p>\n