Stabbing Westward release cover of The Cure's "Burn"

Stabbing Westward have unveiled their cover of The Cure’s “Burn” today.

The cover, which you can hear below, is part of the Cold Waves Festival 2020 benefit compilation, which also features Chemlab, Severed Heads, and Bile. Money raised from the compilation will go towards the staff of Metro Chicago and the suicide prevention and awareness charity Darkest Before Dawn.

Starting tomorrow (September 18), Cold Waves Festival will hold a virtual festival on their Twitch channel. This event will feature new and previously unreleased performances from Meat Beat Manifesto, Front Line Assembly, and Ash Code. More information on this event can be found here.

Since 2009, MP3s and NPCs owner Terrance Pryor has written about music, conventions, cosplay, and video games for publications such as AXS, Examiner, Fake Walls, and Ranker. Based out of Los Angeles, the former rock concert promoter/radio host can be seen talking about rock music on AXS TV’s Music’s Greatest Mysteries and discussing music and whatever else on their Black Man Talks Rock channel on YouTube.