Yngwie Malmsteen brengt video uit voor nieuwe track '(Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum'!

Yngwie Malmsteen en Music Theories Recordings hebben eerder de release aangekondigd van een nieuw studio album getiteld ‘Parabellum’, uit op 23 juli 2021. Het album is beschikbaar in een limited CD Boxset, Red 2LP, een limited Splatter 2LP web-exclusive (Ltd 300) en digitaal. Vandaag brengt Yngwie een nieuwe video uit voor '(Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum', bekijk de video hier: https://youtu.be/5OFfX8h8YDM .

Yngwie deelt, "(Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum is a piece of great difficulty. Drawing inspiration from Paganini’s 4 octave arpeggios it is very satisfying to apply this extremely challenging violin technique to my own composition. Starting in B harmonic minor, it transposes to D natural major and then into F# Phrygian. It is a natural flow within the chord progression of relative keys and modes.

It was very challenging and exciting to perform this piece and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do."

Eerder dit jaar bracht hij ook 'Wolves At The Door' uit, https://youtu.be/F74Tw99qfRg, en 'Relentless Fury', https://youtu.be/Kc7mStq_w2k. De pre-order staat hier live: http://smarturl.it/Yngwie_Malmsteen.

In een carrière die nu meer dan 40 jaar overbrugd heeft Yngwie Malsteen bewezen een unieke gitarist te zijn. Hij heeft inmiddels een catalogus van 21 solo studio-albums, die elk veel te bieden hebben. Bovendien speelde Malmsteen een grote rol bij het oprichten en neerzetten van Alcatrazz als een aanzienlijke kracht in de jaren tachtig.

Over dit nieuwe studio album zegt Malmsteen, “I always try to push myself on every album I do, and attempt things which are more extreme than previously. But what has helped this time is that I wasn't able to go on the road because of the pandemic. It meant I could take much longer in the studio, both to write and record. Because I am usually always on tour, which is great, I haven't had the luxury of spending a lot of time working on new music for more than 20 years. But I suddenly had no pressure at all on that front. And I feel the album has benefited enormously as a result.”

Het opvallende portret op de cover werd geschilderd door de veelgeprezen kunstenaar David Benegas. Malmsteen zegt daarover, “That was my wife April's idea. David lives near us in Florida, and we were talking to him about other projects. I did a photo shoot with Mark Weiss, who I think is a great photographer and someone I've worked with for a long time. Then David based the portrait on this. The painting itself is huge, and we've had the idea to use it to raise money for the April Way Children's Foundation ('dedicated to bringing the artists of the world together to give hope to kids, teens, and young adults that have been orphaned or are in foster care all across the world').”

Ter afsluiting deelt hij, “The bottom line for me is that the passion I feel for the music I make has to be obvious. I am the sort of person who lives in the moment. I wanted this album to have a joyous, spontaneous atmosphere. This must never sound as if it's been rehearsed so much that it becomes routine. I hope people will put on this record at the start and listen right through to the end, from start to finish. I recorded this as a singular piece of art. Not as a collection of 10 tracks you can hear in any order you want. I was asked by Mascot what song would be the lead track. The one for which I'd do a video. You know what? I'd like to do videos for everything here. I view this album as having a natural flow from start to finish. It's not to be cut up into little pieces. I want fans to experience the delight I had in making it.”

Tracklist

1. Wolves At The Door
2. Presto Vivace in C# minor
3. Relentless Fury
4. (Si Vis Pacem) Parabellum
5. Eternal Bliss
6. Toccata
7. God Particle
8. Magic Bullet
9. (Fight) The Good Fight
10. Sea Of Tranquility