Black Swan, the all-star hard rock collective featuring Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, Dokken), and Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big), return to unveil their new single and official video ‘The Fire And The Flame’, out now via Frontiers Music Srl.
Robin McAuley commented: “The song is a powerful idiom and metaphor often found in religious literature and pop culture signifying a divine power, but also an insight into one’s personal struggles and perseverance. Fire can be seen as a divine presence while flame captures a passionate and never ending devotion in the midst of one’s personal struggles. Fire and flame, combined, emphasise’s the overall challenging experience at is most intense aspects. A time for reflection and rebirth perhaps?”
The genesis of Black Swan was sparked by a conversation between Jeff Pilson and Frontiers’ President & Head of A&R, Serafino Perugino, who wanted a project that would not only showcase McAuley’s vocal prowess, but have a mighty musical backbone to stand skyscraper tall behind him. Thus, the initial seeds were planted and Pilson ran with it from there – The project showcasing both the musical talents of the instrumental players in the band as well as McAuley’s powerful voice.
Black Swan released their debut album, Shake The World, in February 2020 and has been described as “a killer slice of melodic hard rock and heavy metal from seasoned players who have gelled musically”. Their sophomore album, Generation Mind, followed in 2022, a powerful hard rock statement that consolidated the sound of the quartet and highlighting their talents.
‘The Fire And The Flame‘ is available here and you can check out the video above.
With a new album coming soon, the new single ‘The Fire And The Flame’ shows that the chemistry between the band members remains and is far from being a side project or a nostalgic exercise.
