Swedish rock legends Europe will release their 10th album, “War of Kings”, in March 2015 on UDR Records.
Europe is certainly one of my favorite band and according to me one of the most underrated bands. they are not that popular here in India but lot of people like Final Countdown even though they are unaware of the band or the song name.
I became huge fan of the band after hearing their songs like Open Your Heart, Carrie, Cherokee, Dreamer, Love Chaser, Danger on the track, Superstitious, Never say die, Seven Doors Hotel, Bag of Bones, needless to say Final Countdown and others.
as I dig deeper, I found some amazing songs from these guys with great lyrics and music. I love Joey Tempest. John Norum is a great guitarist. Aphasia is a great instrumental. I loved it.
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| From L to R: Mic Michaeli, John Leven, Joey Tempest, John Norum, Ian Haugland |
I was really excited when I heard about their new album. the last album they released was Bag of Bones back in 2012. now their 10th album “War of Kings”, is going to release in March 2015.
Recorded
at the brand new PanGaia Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, produced by Dave
Cobb (Rival Sons) and engineered by John Netti, War of Kings sees the
classic rocking quintet confidently creating 11 monstrously melodic,
yet hard-hitting, classic rock’n’roll standouts for their fervent global
audience.
War of Kings will be available in
multiple formats, as a CD digipak, a CD jewel case, a vinyl LP and in
digital download format. The album will be released in the UK on March
2nd, Japan on March 4th (via JVC), the EU on March 6th and the US on
March 10th.
Joey Tempest: “War Of Kings is
the album we always wanted to make, ever since we were kids listening to
bands like Zeppelin, Purple and Sabbath. And after hearing Dave Cobb
amazing production for Rival Sons we simply had to work with him. Our
adventure is still ON!”
Europe’s place as a
legendary classic rock band was platinum-stamped early in their career,
having enjoyed an explosive period of worldwide success in the ‘80s,
under-pinned by their hit album and single The Final Countdown, before
going on hiatus between 1992 and 2003.
They re-united and quickly
settled into a period of re-establishment which has seen them re-enforce
their reputation worldwide as one of the premier purveyors of
blues-tinged classic rock with an edge and some kick. Their last album,
2012’s Bag of Bones, saw Europe hit the UK top 40 rock album charts and
debut at #2 on the Swedish national charts, and "War of Kings" is set to
take full advantage of the global groundwork Europe have put in over
the last few years.
Joey adds “Hey! We took
the long road! but we wanted to re-establish Europe the proper way. It’s
taken 10 years and countless tours since the re-union, but we’re
finally getting there! And we’ve done it our way!”
Europe will
commence their roadwork supporting War of Kings with a UK/Ireland tour
in Dublin on March 2nd (their first visit to Ireland in 25 years) before
continuing in the UK with Black Star Riders.
Joey: “Looking forward
to ‘tons’ of touring in 2015! It’s getting harder and harder to be
modest and humble about this band! It doesn’t get much better than
this!”
Europe lineup:
Joey Tempest – lead vocals, acoustic & rhythm guitar, keyboards
John Norum – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
John Leven – bass, backing vocals
Mic Michaeli – keyboards, piano, backing vocals, rhythm guitar
Ian Haugland – drums, percussion, backing vocals.
01. War Of Kings
02. Hole In My Pocket
03. The Second Day
04. Praise You
05. Nothin' To Ya
06. California 405
07. Days Of Rock 'N' Roll
08. Children Of The Mind
09. Rainbow Bridge
10. Angels (With Broken Hearts)
11. Light It Up
12. Vasastan (instrumental) (bonus track) (digipack and Japanese editions only)
I am eagerly looking forward for this new album from Europe and I hope they will give some great music and regain their worldwide reputation, that they got with Final Countdown.
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