{"id":2428097,"date":"2026-05-22T14:33:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2428097"},"modified":"2026-05-22T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:33:31","slug":"hear-the-darkness-new-masters-of-the-universe-theme-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hear-the-darkness-new-masters-of-the-universe-theme-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear The Darkness&#8217; New &#8216;Masters of the Universe&#8217; Theme Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/the-darkness\/\">The Darkness<\/a> have provided a new theme song for the upcoming <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/screencrush.com\/tags\/masters-of-the-universe\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Masters of the Universe<\/em><\/a> movie.<\/p>\n<p>You can hear the bombastic, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/queen\/\">Queen<\/a>-inspired &#8220;Masters of the Universe&#8221; below.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When He-Man asked if we could provide some music for his forthcoming biopic Masters of the Universe, we dusted off our trusty loin cloths, assembled in the courtyard of Castle Darkness and bellowed in unison WE HAVE THE POWER,&#8221; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thedarkness\/status\/2057372472102510598\" target=\"_blank\">the band explained on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Queen, guitarist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/brian-may\/\">Brian May<\/a> also appears on the movie&#8217;s soundtrack, providing an epic guitar solo on two different versions of the track &#8220;Eternia.&#8221; You can also find those tracks below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/the-darkness-dreams-on-toast-album-review\/\">The Darkness, &#8216;Dreams on Toast&#8217; Album Review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicholas Galitzine stars as the magical sword-wielding hero from the popular &#8217;80s cartoon show in the new <em>Masters of the Universe<\/em>, opposite Jared Leto as the evil Skeletor.<\/p>\n<p>Camilla Mendes, Idris Elba, Allison Brie and Kristen Wiig also appear in\u00a0<em>Masters of the Universe<\/em>, which opens nationwide on June 5.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time He-Man has attempted to conquer the big screen. Dolph Lundgren starred as the superhero in 1987&#8217;s <em>Masters of the Universe<\/em>. The movie received poor reviews and lost money at the box office, but has gone on to achieve cult status over the years.<\/p>\n<p>After touring all over the world last year in support of their most recent album, <em>Dreams on Toast<\/em>, the Darkness are planning to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/bands-artists\/the-darknesss-masters-of-the-universe-theme\" target=\"_blank\">release a best-of entitled <em>Crock of Hits<\/em> in October<\/a>. The group have a handful of summer festival appearances and a December tour of the UK\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedarknesslive.com\/tour-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\">on their schedule<\/a> at the moment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Hear the Darkness Perform &#8216;Masters of the Universe&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Hear Brian May Perform &#8216;Eternia&#8217; From &#8216;Masters of the Universe&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Darkness 2026 Tour Dates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jun 12: Penmarc&#8217;h, France &#8211; God Save The Kouign<br \/>Jul 07: Villafranca Di Verona, Italy &#8211; Castello Scaligero<br \/>Jul 08: Pistoia, Italy &#8211; Pistoia Blues Festival<br \/>Jul 11: Stevenage, UK &#8211; Knebworth Park<br \/>Jul 31: Notodden, Norway &#8211; Bok &amp; Blueshus<br \/>Aug 08: Newquay, UK &#8211; Boardmasters<br \/>Dec 08: Glasgow, UK &#8211; OVO Hydro<br \/>Dec 09: Leeds, UK &#8211; First Direct Bank Arena<br \/>Dec 11: Manchester, UK &#8211; AO Arena<br \/>Dec 12: Birmingham, UK &#8211; Utilita Arena<br \/>Dec 13: Cardiff, UK &#8211; Utilita Arena<br \/>Dec 15: Brighton, UK &#8211; The Brighton Centre<br \/>Dec 16: London, UK &#8211; The O2<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">2026&#8217;s Biggest Rock Tours<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>Rock reunions are creating some of the biggest headlines for 2026 \u2013 but there are lots of other huge shows on the way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/author\/nickderiso\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nick DeRiso<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=164&#038;gver=10&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ultimateclassicrock.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Darkness have provided a new theme song for the upcoming Masters of the Universe movie. 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