The rock anthem ‘A King Has Gone’, taken from MSG’s new album Universal, and its intro ‘Calling Baal’, also available on Universal, both have a special significance: The track, sung by Helloween frontman Michael Kiske, is a tribute to the immortal Ronnie James Dio, in particular to his performance on the 1976 hard rock classic Rainbow Rising. For this reason, Michael Schenker has brought together an original Rainbow rhythm section consisting of Bobby Rondinelli and Bob Daisley.
Listen/stream/download the song HERE
Michael Schenker additionally enlisted keyboardist Tony Carey, who also played on Rainbow Rising, for the terrific Moog synth intro ‘Calling Ball’ – a direct reference to the iconic intro of the 1976 album opener “Tarot Woman”. The impressive result ‘Calling Baal’ / ‘A King Has Gone’ is already considered to be one of the most important and successful songs in Schenker’s career to date, both musically and lyrically, and can be enjoyed in its entirety on MSG’s new studio album Universal!
Universal will be released on May 27th, 2022, via Atomic Fire Records and is available as Digipak CD (incl. 2 bonus tracks), coloured vinyl, Earbook (CD incl. 2 bonus tracks) and digital album, featuring the following tracks:
CD + LP + Digital
01. Emergency VIDEO | LISTEN
02. Under Attack
03. Calling Baal
04. A King Has Gone
05. The Universe
06. Long Long Road
07. Wrecking Ball
08. Yesterday Is Dead
09. London Calling
10. Sad Is The Song
11. Au Revoir
CD + Earbook bonus tracks:
12. Turn Off The World
13. Fighter
The pre-order is available here: https://msg.afr.link/UniversalPR
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