The Making of Michael Sweet’s Upcoming Solo Album “Ten” (Video)

 Posted by on August 23, 2019 at 22:24  No Responses »
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The first in a series of videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the making of Stryper frontman Michael Sweet‘s tenth solo album, aptly titled “Ten”, can be seen below. The follow-up to 2016’s “One Sided War” is scheduled for release on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music in Europe.

“Ten” features an all-star guest lineup that includes Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy, Todd La Torre of Queensryche, Andy James, Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns, Rich Ward of Fozzy, Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake, Gus G. of Firewind, Howie Simon, Ethan Brosh, Marzi Montazeri of Exhorder, Will Hunt of Evanescence , John O’Boyle, Mike Kerr and Ian Raposa of Firstbourne and more.

On the subject of guest musicians, Michael comments: “There is a different player appearing on every song. It started out where I was just going to have a couple of guest appearances on it, then I decided that it would be really interesting to bring in different players for every song. I started putting names out there and reaching out to people, and they started agreeing to do it. And then I had guys reaching out to me.” Continue reading »

‘Michael Sweet’ Releases Lyric Video for ‘Better Part of Me’ ft: Jeff Loomis (Arch Enemy)

 Posted by on August 14, 2019 at 01:32  No Responses »
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The official lyric video for the song ‘Better Part Of Me’ from Stryper frontman Michael Sweet can be seen below. The track is taken from Sweet‘s upcoming tenth solo LP, aptly titled “Ten”, which is scheduled for release on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music in Europe.

“Ten” features an all-star guest lineup that includes Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy, Todd La Torre of Queensryche, Andy James, Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns, Rich Ward of Fozzy, Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake, Gus G. of Firewind, Howie Simon, Ethan Brosh, Marzi Montazeri of Exhorder, Will Hunt of Evanescence , John O’Boyle, Mike Kerr and Ian Raposa of Firstbourne and more.

On the subject of guest musicians, Michael comments: “There is a different player appearing on every song. It started out where I was just going to have a couple of guest appearances on it, then I decided that it would be really interesting to bring in different players for every song. I started putting names out there and reaching out to people, and they started agreeing to do it. And then I had guys reaching out to me.” Continue reading »

Michael Sweet – New Solo Album Details Revealed

 Posted by on August 9, 2019 at 21:22  No Responses »
Aug 092019
 

Building upon the success of his 2016 release “One Sided War”, Stryper frontman Michael Sweet returns with his tenth solo LP, aptly titled “Ten”. The new album is scheduled for release on October 11 via Rat Pak Records in North America and Frontiers Music in Europe.

“Ten” features an all-star guest lineup that includes Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy, Todd La Torre of Queensryche, Andy James, Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns, Rich Ward of Fozzy, Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake, Gus G. of Firewind, Howie Simon, Ethan Brosh, Marzi Montazeri of Exhorder, Will Hunt of Evanescence , John O’Boyle, Mike Kerr and Ian Raposa of Firstbourne and more.

On the subject of guest musicians, Michael comments: “There is a different player appearing on every song. It started out where I was just going to have a couple of guest appearances on it, then I decided that it would be really interesting to bring in different players for every song. I started putting names out there and reaching out to people, and they started agreeing to do it. And then I had guys reaching out to me.” Continue reading »

‘Stryper’ Frontman ‘Michael Sweet’ Completes Recording Vocals for “Ten” Solo Album

 Posted by on April 6, 2019 at 00:57  No Responses »
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Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has finished recording vocals for his new solo album, “Ten”. The disc, which will be mixed starting next week, is due later in the year via Rat Pak Records.

In a social media post earlier today, Sweet stated about the follow-up to 2016’s “One Sided War”: “It’s an amazing album and I want to thank all the incredible musicians who were a part of making this solo album the best one yet!”

In a recent interview with Daily Boom, Sweet stated about the upcoming follow-up to 2016’s “One Sided War”: “It’s really great. I always go into a project with expectations and sometimes I meet or surpass them, but sometimes I don’t. Sometimes a song might be a little bit of a letdown and not what I had hoped for, but with this album so far, everything is as I’ve expected and then some. Now granted, I don’t have the lead vocals done yet, so the pressure is on me. [Laughs] I hope the lead vocals turn out how I hear them in my head and how I would like them to be, but you never know. You just don’t know until you get in there and you start singing and you get it done.” Continue reading »

‘Michael Sweet’ About His Upcoming New Solo Album “Ten”: So Far Though, the Songs all Have Incredible Energy

 Posted by on March 3, 2019 at 17:48  No Responses »
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Stryper frontman Michael Sweet has set “Ten” as the title of his next solo album, due later in the year via Rat Pak Records.

In a brand new interview with Daily Boom, Sweet stated about the upcoming follow-up to 2016’s “One Sided War”: “It’s really great. I always go into a project with expectations and sometimes I meet or surpass them, but sometimes I don’t. Sometimes a song might be a little bit of a letdown and not what I had hoped for, but with this album so far, everything is as I’ve expected and then some. Now granted, I don’t have the lead vocals done yet, so the pressure is on me. [Laughs] I hope the lead vocals turn out how I hear them in my head and how I would like them to be, but you never know. You just don’t know until you get in there and you start singing and you get it done.”

He continued: “So far though, the songs all have incredible energy. I’ve got Will Hunt playing drums on it and John O’Boyle is playing bass. The rhythm section is phenomenal and the guitar tones are great. I’m going to have a different guest guitar player on every song, with a solo, of course. I’ve got Todd La Torre of Queensrÿche joining me on a song and it’s just turning out to be a really cool album. I think that it’s going to surpass my last solo album and that did really well, but I think this one is going to be even better.” Continue reading »

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