PRETTY MAIDS Recruits Former KING DIAMOND Bassist

May 4, 2010

Long-running Danish hard rockers PRETTY MAIDS have announced the addition of former KING DIAMOND bassist Hal Patino to the group's ranks.

Commented the band: "Hal Patino has been a friend of the band since the Eighties, and is familiar with the sound, style and history of the band, and was therefore a natural choice to take the spot as the new bass player.

"Hal Patino will play his first gig with PRETTY MAIDS on Saturday, May 8th of in Aalborg, Denmark, and we welcome Hal onboard, and hope you all will give him a good reception on the upcoming 'Pandemonium' tour. And, oh yeah... 10 days!"

PRETTY MAIDS' new album, "Pandemonium", will be released on May 14 in Europe and June 8 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records.

"Pandemonium" track listing:

01. Pandemonium
02. I.N.V.U.
03. Little Drops of Heaven
04. One World One Truth
05. Final Day of Innocence
06. Cielo Drive
07. It Comes at Night
08. Old Enough to Know
09. Beautiful Madness
10. Breathless
11. It Comes at Night (remix)*

* Bonus track available first pressing in digipak

According to a press release, "Pandemonium" "truly shows the band in their finest moment [and] is their best effort in many years." It is said to be "a return to the 'Future World' / 'Red Hot and Heavy' era of the Eighties but with an updated sound and freshness that consolidates that PRETTY MAIDS are as strong as ever."

Written in the fall 2009 and recorded in the winter 2010, "Pandemonium" was produced by Jacob Hansen (VOLBEAT, RAUNCHY) and will be supported by several festival appearances during the summer of 2010 and a full-scale European tour in October/November 2010.

"Pandemonium" introduces keyboard player Morten Sandager as a permanent member of the band.

PRETTY MAIDS recently parted ways with longtime bassist Kenn Jackson.

PRETTY MAIDS' "Little Drops of Heaven" video can be viewed below. The clip was directed by Thomas Tjader (SAINT DEAMON).

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