Yngwie Malmsteen – "World on Fire"
King Records presents: legendary Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen and his new studio album, "World On Fire", released on June 1, 2016. Yngwie tells about the CD: "I spent two years working on it, touring, recording, touring, recording… And that's much, much better, actually, in a way. Back in the day I would write the songs then rehearse them with some musicians, then go and do a backing track and we'd record it, mix it, learn the songs to go play them on tour, then do it all again. That way isn't necessarily conducive to making the best music, y'know what I mean? So in a very, very backhanded way, this weird twist of fate in the music industry has actually made it a more inspiring environment, at least for me. I can write anytime and record anytime. My recording studio is always open, 24 hours. I can just record when I want and it's a beautiful thing." Asked what the new record sounds like, Malmsteen said: "It's a Malmsteen record. But I would say it's a little different. First of all, I do all the lead vocals on it. Any time I did lead vocals in the past, I was singing blues stuff. This time I decided to do lead vocals in my style of songwriting, so it's different in that way. It's a very hard-hitting album and some parts are very advanced, very complicated. But it's a broad record." Yngwie also confirmed that he laid down the bass tracks on his new album: "I play all the bass and most of the keyboards," he said. "And there's a string section and a choir. It's very neoclassical!" Tracklisting: 01. World on Fire, 02. Sorcery, 03. Abandon, 04. Top down Foot Down, 05. Lost in the Machine, 06. Largo-EBM, 07. No Rest for the Wicked, 08. Soldier, 09. Duf 1220, 10. Abandon, 11. Nacht Musik. Line-up: Yngwie J. Malmsteen – el., ac. & bass guitars, lead & backing vocals, keyboards, cello, sitar; Mark Ellis – drums; Nick Marinovic – additional keyboards.
