Former YNGWIE MALMSTEEN Frontman Completes Work On New TIME REQUIEM Album

January 17, 2006

According to a posting at www.goranedman.net, vocalist Göran Edman (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, GLORY) has completed work on the new TIME REQUIEM album, "Optical Illusion", with the talented Swedish musician Richard Andersson. The CD is scheduled for release in Japan on February 22. No release dates are currently available for the rest of the world. The recording lineup was as follows:

Richard Andersson - Keyboards
Göran Edman - Vocals
Andy Rose - Bass
Magnus Nilsson - Guitars
Jörg Andrews - Drums

Commented Richard: "Everything with Göran went real fine. It's always very stimulating to work with him. We had very close contact every single day during November. Göran called me up before and after he recorded a song. We discussed about the different approach for each and every song. After that Göran simply recorded and sent the vocal lines to my studio were I put them into my system, did a short editing and then it was finished. That's pretty much how we worked on this record. The result is stunning as usual with Göran. He was a bit afraid to cope with this high-pitched vocal lines but after the first or second song he felt comfortable with the new stuff."

The Japanese edition of "Optical Illusion" will include an exclusive bonus track. The song "Despair and Pain" from the first "Space Odyssey" album will be re-recorded, probably with different guest musicians and with Göran on lead vocals. The original drum recordings by Anders Johansson (HAMMERFALL, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) will be used this time. Anders was reportedly supposed to appear on the "Space Odyssey" album, but then another drummer was recruited and so the whole track was cut again. Listen to a couple of rough mix audio samples at Richard's official web site, www.anderssonmusic.com.

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