{"id":26873,"date":"2025-08-18T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26873"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:58:14","slug":"michael-schenker-announces-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=26873","title":{"rendered":"Michael Schenker announces new album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MICHAEL SCHENKER <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SURPRISE AT WACKEN OPEN AIR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW MSG ALBUM <\/strong>DON\u2019T SELL YOUR SOUL<\/strong><\/em> ANNOUNCED!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusive world premiere of the title track \u2013 Album out October 3rd<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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What was already a standout moment of this year\u2019s\u00a0Wacken Open Air<\/strong>, the world\u2019s largest metal festival, turned into something even bigger when\u00a0Michael Schenker<\/strong>\u00a0pulled a surprise no one saw coming. After delivering a fierce\u00a0My Years With UFO<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0set to tens of thousands of attendees on Thursday night, the architect of hard rock used the world\u2019s loudest stage to announce a brand-new\u00a0Michael Schenker Group<\/strong>\u00a0studio album:\u00a0Don\u2019t Sell Your Soul<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0will be released on October 3rd via\u00a0earMUSIC<\/strong>.To mark the occasion, Schenker and his band closed the show with a world-exclusive live premiere of the new album\u2019s title track \u2013 a powerful encore that took the Wacken crowd by surprise and was met with instant enthusiasm on the muddy festival fields.PRE-SAVE THE SINGLE HERE!<\/strong><\/a>

Earlier in the set, the Wacken faithful had already been treated to a once-in-a-lifetime moment:\u00a0Slash<\/strong>\u00a0walked on stage as a surprise guest, joining Schenker on the UFO classic\u00a0\u201cMother Mary\u201d<\/strong>. Two of rock\u2019s most iconic guitarists side by side \u2013 a scene few will forget.Don\u2019t Sell Your Soul<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is the latest studio album by the\u00a0Michael Schenker Group<\/strong>\u00a0and the second part of an album trilogy that began with 2024\u2019s\u00a0My Years With UFO<\/strong><\/em>.The album was produced by\u00a0Michael Schenke<\/strong>r and\u00a0Michael Voss<\/strong>, and recorded with Schenker\u2019s longtime allies:\u00a0Bodo Schopf<\/strong>\u00a0(drums),\u00a0Barend Courbois<\/strong>\u00a0(bass), and\u00a0Steve Mann<\/strong>\u00a0(guitar, keys). On vocals: the impeccable\u00a0Erik Gr\u00f6nwall<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 undoubtedly one of the finest rock voices of his generation. Guest appearances on vocals by\u00a0Robin McAuley<\/strong>, Dimitri \u201cLia\u201d Liapakis, and Michael Voss round out the cast.Don\u2019t Sell Your Soul<\/em>\u00a0will be available on CD, LP, and limited transparent red vinyl.

Pre-orders start Friday, August 1st.PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE!<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MICHAEL SCHENKER  SURPRISE AT WACKEN OPEN AIR NEW MSG ALBUM DON\u2019T SELL YOUR SOUL ANNOUNCED! Exclusive world premiere of the title track \u2013 Album out October 3rd What was already a standout moment of this year\u2019s\u00a0Wacken Open Air, the world\u2019s largest metal festival, turned into something even bigger when\u00a0Michael Schenker\u00a0pulled a surprise no one saw coming. After […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[1787,1818,1681,1680,1833,2052],"class_list":["post-26873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-its-a-revolution","tag-new-album","tag-rpmnews1","tag-rpmonline","tag-tourlife","tag-vinyl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26873"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26877,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26873\/revisions\/26877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}