Sum 41 “salute” Rage Against The Machine with ‘Sleep Now In The Fire’ cover

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Sum 41 have offered their tribute to Rage Against The Machine with spirited a cover of ‘Sleep Now In The Fire’, recorded at Hellfest 2023.The Canadian pop-punk band took to X on Tuesday (January 9), to respond to Rage Against The Machine’s recent announcement of their retirement from live performances.

Posting a cover of the ‘Battle of Los Angeles’ highlight, which they performed during their set at Hellfest in June 2023, the band expressed their love for “one of [their] all time favourite bands”.“In the light of the news of [Rage Against The Machine] never performing again, we wanted to salute one of our all time favourite bands,” shared the band in the post’s caption.The band’s cover begins with frontman Deryck Whibley calling guitarist Dave Baksh to start the song, expressing high praise for Tom Morello’s riff: “Dave, why don’t you play one of the best guitar riffs ever written.”Watch Sum 41 cover ‘Sleep Now In The Fire’ below:In the light of the news of @RATM never performing again, we wanted to salute one of our all time favorite bands.

Here's our cover of "Sleep Now in the Fire" live at @hellfestopenair 2023. pic.twitter.com/z5e96spLQ9— Sum 41 (@Sum41) January 8, 2024Sum 41 have themselves announced a retirement from music altogether, with the band stating that they are disbanding after releasing their upcoming eighth studio album, ‘Heaven :x: Hell’, and its supporting world tour.Recently, they announced that ‘Heaven :x: Hell’ will be released in Spring 2024, though they did not specify a release date.