Michael Schenker Fest julkaisee toisen studiolevynsä “ Revelation” 23.8.2019 Nuclear Blastin kautta. Levyn tuottivat Michael Schenker ja Michael Voss. Yhtyeen neljän entisen MSG-laulajan Graham Bonnetin, Gary Bardenin, Robin McAuleyn sekä Doogie Whiten lisäksi albumilla kuullaan Rainbow-vokalisti Ronnie Romeroa yhdessä kappaleessa. Yhtyeen rumpujen taakse on rekrytoitu Simon Phillips sekä Bodo Schopf edellisen rumpalin Ted McKennan menehdyttyä tammikuussa.
Schenker kommentoi tulevasta levystä seuraavaa:
Based on the fun that we had recording »Resurrection«, the success of the album and the surrounding tours we undertook that were just fantastic, I was deeply inspired to make a start on writing new songs for a new Michael Schenker Fest –album. It is even a step up from »Resurrection« with amazing input from all singers and all musicians – I could not ask for a better result. The songs are blazing, snappy, energetic, melodic and with drummers like Simon Philips and Bodo Shopf we got amazing results. This time we even managed to record three great mid-tempo songs with all singers involved, singing their hearts out.
The “Revelation” album title and cover concept expresses things that have happened in my past as well as what is still happening at the present time. It’s about passion and purity versus greed and corruption. There is much to say. It’s about time I let people know about some of this…
An incredible thing happened; we had this song that was ready to be worked on and Michael Voss suggested Ronnie Romeo from Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow, who Voss had worked with in the past, to sing on this song as a guest. What came out of it was classic. Amazing vocals with blazing music that absolutely rocks! We are ready to present this unique album to the world and I am very much looking forward to getting this album out there. Our label Nuclear Blast is totally happy with this record and I was especially happy getting a message from Markus Staiger, the founder of Nuclear Blast, saying how much he loves this album.
Lähde: Nuclear Blast