Out now is the new single from the Michael Schenker Group, and it’s the title track to the band’s new album, Don’t Sell Your Soul, to be released on 3rd October via earMUSIC.
The album was announced by the iconic guitarist who established his career with The Scorpions and UFO, during the finale at what’s been described as a “standout” and “fierce” performance by Schenker at this year’s Wacken Open Air, the world’s largest metal festival.
Earlier in Schenker’s My Years With UFO set, the Wacken faithful had already been treated to a once-in-a-lifetime moment when Guns N’ Roses guitarist, Slash,walked on stage as a surprise guest, joining Schenker on the UFO classic ‘Mother Mary’. The event then turned into something even bigger when Schenker pulled a surprise no one saw coming by revealing a brand-new Michael Schenker Group studio album in Don’t Sell Your Soul.
To mark the occasion, Schenker and his band closed the show with a world-exclusive live premiere of the new album’s title track – a powerful encore that took the Wacken crowd by surprise and was met with instant enthusiasm on the muddy festival fields – The studio version being MSG‘s new single, you can check out the video here at RAMzine.
Don’t Sell Your Soul is the second part of what’s intended as an album trilogy that began with 2024’s My Years With UFO. The album was produced by Michael Schenker and Michael Voss, and recorded with Schenker’s longtime allies: Bodo Schopf (Drums), Barend Courbois (Bass), and Steve Mann (Guitar, keyboards), with lead vocals by Erik Grönwall (H.E.A.T) who’s been described as “one of the finest rock voices of his generation”. There will also be guest vocal appearances by another longtime associate in Robin McAuley, plus Dimitri ‘Lia’ Liapakis, and co-producer Voss.
Don’t Sell Your Soul will be available on CD, LP, and limited transparent red vinyl featuring the tracks ‘Don’t Selll Your Soul’, ‘Danger Zone’, ‘Eye Of The Storm’, ‘Janey The Fox’, ‘Can’t Stand Waiting’, ‘Sign Of The Times’, ‘The Chosen’, ‘It’s You’, ‘Sixstring Shotgun’, ‘Flesh & Bone’ and ‘Surrender’.
The new Michael Schenker Group album can be ordered here.
