PINK CREAM 69 - Ceremonial

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From http://www.bravewords.com/news/195259 :

German melodic rockers PINK CREAM 69 will release their eleventh studio album, Ceremonial, on January 22nd in North America and January 25th in Europe. Check out audio samples from the album below:




Ceremonial is PC69’s second studio effort for Frontiers Records and also the first album with their new drummer Chris Schmidt. Recorded partially at Hofa Studios and mixed at Dennis Ward’s private studio - The TrakShak - the band really made the best of their time.

“The songs had to be 100% ready and we took all the necessary time,” states bass player and producer Dennis Ward. “This gaves us the possibility to experiment and to achieve the best possible result.” And indeed, the explosive, energetic opening track 'Land Of Confusion', the contemporary rocking 'Wasted Years', the biographic 'I Came To Rock' the heavily '90s-influenced 'Find Your Soul' or the soulful “Passage” are all new, bright and shining diamonds in a discography full of highlights and hits.

“We deliberately called the album Ceremonial because we feel it’s kind of a celebration of music styles we all grew up with, regardless of what PC69 has done in the past,” continues Ward.

“There were various projects that I was involved in over the last couple of years,” adds singer David Readman. “But the work on Ceremonial felt like coming home. A real relief.”

The cover artwork was created by Kai Brockschmidt (PRETTY MAIDS, ROYAL HUNT), and can be seen below:

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The first single off the album: 'Special', can be exclusively listened in streaming on the Frontiers Records webradio.
 
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As a huge PC69 fan this album was sort of a let down. A lot of the tracks are on the lighter side and would have rather seen them on a Dennis Ward project and not PC69. A few highlights but overall was disappointed. The other album released by Frontiers at the same time this January CRASHDIET is much better IMO.
 
I haven't heard all of their albums, but Electrified and Sonic Dynamite are still favorites for me. I'll check out the new one.
 
That "Wasted Years" soundclip sounded pretty cool. Nothing else really grabbed me. I used to LOVE this band and still think Sonic Dynamite and Thunderdome are definitive of the genre for the most part. Since then, however, I've just lost interest in them and the delay between albums hasn't helped any.
 
As a huge PC69 fan this album was sort of a let down. A lot of the tracks are on the lighter side and would have rather seen them on a Dennis Ward project and not PC69. A few highlights but overall was disappointed. The other album released by Frontiers at the same time this January CRASHDIET is much better IMO.

I don't like to read this about the new PK69...Hope I'll enjoy the album anyway...
 
I'm stoked to hear new stuff from PC 69.....Electrified is still one of the best AOR/melodic hard rock discs EVER. It'll be hard to top that, but anything Ward touches I'll pretty much buy.
 
Gone through the new one about 4 times, really liking it. Not as heavy or fast paced but still high quality PC69 that will stay in my rotation for awhile.