MSG Reveal New Single And Video For The Power Ballad “After The Rain”!

Watch the clip here: https://youtu.be/kLMn1nPqANM
Get the single digitally, here: http://nblast.de/MSG-Immortal-DSP

“The song ‘After The Rain’ was coming out of the blue. I have never done a power ballad before. Michael Voss wrote some of the lyrics and vocal melodies, after I had put down my musical composition on backing track for this song. The next morning Michael Voss played me what he had sang to it and I said: ‘This is so beautiful, only you can sing this song and it turned out amazing’,” comments Michael Schenker.
“This is an outstanding mellow tuned power ballad with some unique Michael Schenker clean picking guitar style. When I first listened to Michaels rough sketches, I was singing a kinda ‚lala‘ melody that automatically drove me into the line ‘say have you been lonely,…‘ – from there I felt it must deal about a sad loss and a departure of a big love… but there will be sun and light… after the rain,“ adds Michael Voss.

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Michael Schenker 
“50th Anniversary – IMMORTAL” 
performed by the current MSG/Michael Schenker Group
 
with special guest DORO
28.10.2021 UK – Leeds, O₂ Academy                            
29.10.2021 UK – Newcastle, O₂ City Hall                             
30.10.2021 UK – Wolverhampton, KK Steel Mill                           
31.10.2021 UK – London, O₂ Shepherd’s Bush Empire   
 
Tickets: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/michael-schenker-tickets/artist/890401
 
Michael Schenker
“50th Anniversary – IMMORTAL”
performed by the current MSG/Michael Schenker Group

02.11.2021 NL – Zoetermeer, De Boerderij
03.11.2021 CH – Pratteln, Z7
04.11.2021 IT  – Turin, Audiodrome
05.11.2021 ES – Barcelona, Razzmatazz 1
06.11.2021 ES – Madrid, La Riviera

Tickets: https://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/michael-schenker/
 
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MSG released a lyric video for their first single “Drilled To Kill”; a heavy up-tempo track which is also the opening song on the album. The track features the legendary PRIMAL FEAR singer Ralf Scheepers on vocals, whilst Michael Schenker and keyboardist Derek Sherinian (BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION etc.) engage in an exciting battle of guitar vs. keyboard.
 
Watch the video for “Drilled To Kill” here: https://youtu.be/bcrU9ZS6CZA 
Get the single digitally here: http://nblast.de/MSG-Immortal-DSP 

Immortal will be available in the following formats:

• CD
• CD/Blu-ray Digipak (incl. Michael Schenker Fest Live @ Bang Your Head festival)
• Earbook (incl. album CD + live Blu-ray & live 2CD)
• PIC-LP
• LP
  • Black
  • Black / White Marbled
  • Red / Black Marbled)

Pre-order the album here: http://nblast.de/MSG-Immortal

ICYMI: 
Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/cDQ9VICJZyc

The tracklist reads as follows:
01. Drilled To Kill 
02. Don´t Die On Me Now 
03. Knight Of The Dead 
04. After The Rain 
05. Devil’s Daughter 
06. Sail The Darkness 
07. The Queen Of Thorns And Roses 
08. Come On Over
09. Sangria Morte
10. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind 

ICYMI:
“Drilled To Kill” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO: https://youtu.be/bcrU9ZS6CZA
Trailer #1: https://youtu.be/cDQ9VICJZyc
Trailer #2: https://youtu.be/gcWTT_nKp0w

The album was predominantly recorded at the Kidroom Studio in Germany, with Michael‘s long time partner Michael Voss who co-produced the album and also sings on two tracks. The cover artwork of  Immortal was created by Zsofia Dankova(POWERWOLF etc.).
 
Immortal will continue the tradition of the previous two MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST records Resurrection and Revelation and feature a big list of friends and guests. The album’s main vocalist will be uprising Chilean born talent Ronnie Romero (RAINBOW a.o.), along with Michael Voss (MAD MAX a.o.), Ralf Scheepers(PRIMAL FEAR) and Joe Lynn Turner (ex-DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW a.o.) singing on two tracks each. Besides Michael Schenker himself, the album was recorded with Steve Mann (keyboards), Barry Sparks (bass, DOKKEN, etc.), as well as the three drummers Bodo Schopf, Simon Philipps (ex-TOTO) and Brian Tichy (ex-WHITESNAKE). „Brian was thrilled to be part of it. He is a master of groove and ended up playing on six songs. I could not believe it: This man is something else. He is a true natural and very original. With his input, it made the album very solid and complete. So guess what – I am very happy“, smiles Michael Schenker. The newest addition to the record is keyboard player Derek Sherinian (ex-DREAM THEATER, ex-KISS, etc.), who plays on the album’s opening track, featuring German power machine Ralf Scheepers on vocals. 
 
Immortal will feature ten tracks, including the magnum opus “In Search Of The Peace Of Mind”. “I wrote this song when I was 15 years old, it was my first ever written piece of music which I recorded with SCORPIONS on our first studio album Lonesome Crow. in 1970, getting released in 1972 – when I had already left SCORPIONS to join the British rock band UFO in June of 1972 – when I was 17. We re-recorded this song for my 50th anniversary as a celebration and it turned out to be an epic; with an extra extension at the end of the song, which turned out absolutely fantastic with Simon Phillips on drums, doing his usual amazing stuff.“ The result is a true highlight and features even more surprises: “Gary Barden sings the first verse,  continued by Ronnie Romero – and in the end we have Ronnie, Doogie White, and Robin McAuley screaming their heads off, as a tribute to my 50th anniversary. Absolute amazing. Thanks to the guys for doing this!“
 
The limited first edition of this upcoming MSG album will feature another unique extra: “We have the MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST – Bang Your Head – Blu-ray, recorded during our headline show in Balingen/Germany two years ago: Unfixed, raw, pure and great! There’s a couple of small mistakes, but because the show and recording went so well, I decided to keep it the way it went on the night. It’s live, magic and pure.“