New Maps of Hell (Bad Religion album)

New Maps of Hell
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 10, 2007 (2007-07-10)
RecordedFebruary–April 2007
Studio
  • Grandmaster Recorders
  • The Evil Pink Room
  • (Hollywood)
Genre
Length38:27
LabelEpitaph
Producer
Bad Religion chronology
The Empire Strikes First
(2004)
New Maps of Hell
(2007)
30 Years Live
(2010)
Singles from New Maps of Hell
  1. "Honest Goodbye"
    Released: May 22, 2007
  2. "New Dark Ages"
    Released: October 23, 2007

New Maps of Hell is the fourteenth studio album by Bad Religion, released on July 10, 2007.

Bad Religion's follow-up to 2004's The Empire Strikes First was originally rumored to be a double album to be released in 2006, but this was denied by bassist Jay Bentley. Due to the band's ongoing support with their previous release, the album was put on hold until 2007. Another one of the reasons why the band had yet to release a follow-up to The Empire Strikes First was their various other activities, most obviously frontman Greg Graffin's, who released his second solo album in 2006, his first since 1997.

New Maps of Hell also marks the third Bad Religion album released after returning to Epitaph Records for 2002's The Process of Belief and with guitarist Brett Gurewitz since his departure during the release of 1994's Stranger Than Fiction.

The song "New Dark Ages" makes an appearance in the video game NHL 2K9.

  1. ^ "Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell". LA Weekly. August 11, 2007. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
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