CD RELEASE WITH BONUS LIVE TRACKS
‘AFTERGLOW OF RAGNAROK’ / ‘ABDUCTION’
OUT JULY 26TH VIA BMG
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TAKEN FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM
THE MANDRAKE PROJECT
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Bruce Dickinson has announced a limited edition CD release for his new single ‘Resurrection Men’, out on July 26th via BMG which is available to pre-order now.
“The surf guitar at the intro – the Dick Dale bit – that’s me!” explains Dickinson about ‘Resurrection Men’, in between dates on his hugely acclaimed first solo tour of Europe in two decades.
“We were just mucking around with the tremolo setting, we put the chords down and I went, ‘Ok, that’s kinda cool!’ It was like, ‘What if Quentin Tarantino made a metal record?’ Then it goes somewhere different, we get a bit heavy, and we did this whole middle section and it was like, ‘Were you just channelling Geezer Butler in another life?’ It was early Sabbath – Behind the Wall of Sleep. Just, ‘Oh my god that’s heavy!’”
The three track CD comes in gatefold digi-sleeve and includes a limited number of double-sided Mandrake ‘Movie Posters’ (375mm x 285mm) for pre-orders via the official Mandrake Project store only (www.themandrakeproject.com), reflecting the comic book artwork for Episode 3 which will be released via Z2 comics on July 17th.
The two CD bonus songs, ‘Afterglow Of Ragnarok’ and ‘Abduction’, have been recorded live at Dickinson’s show in Sao Paulo, Brazil on May 4th 2024 as part of his current world tour for The Mandrake Project.
Tracklist:
1. Resurrection Men
2. Afterglow of Ragnarok (Live)
3. Abduction (Live)
Dickinson’s tour continues in Europe throughout June and July with remaining dates listed below.
Bruce Dickinson – The Mandrake Project Tour
13th June – House Of Culture, Helsinki, FINLAND (SOLD OUT)
14th June – Noblessner Foundry, Tallinn, ESTONIA
16th June – Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
17th June – Grosse Freiheit 36, Hamburg, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
19 June – Copenhell, Copenhagen, DENMARK *
21st June – Graspop Metal Meeting, Dessel, BELGIUM *
22nd June – Summerside Festival, Grenchen, SWITZERLAND *
24th June – Zeltfestival Rhein-Neckar, Mannheim, GERMANY *
25th June – Circus Krone, Munich, GERMANY (SOLD OUT)
27th June – Resurrection Festival, Galicia, SPAIN *
29th June – Hellfest, Clisson, FRANCE *
30th June – Rockhal, Esch-Sur-Alzette, LUXEMBOURG (SOLD OUT)
3rd July – Rockharz Open Air, Ballenstedt, GERMANY *
5th July – Ippodrome Delle Capannelle, Rock In Roma, Rome, ITALY *
6th July – Bassano Del Grappa, Metal Park, Vincenza, ITALY *
9th July – Palladium, Koln, GERMANY
11th July – Masters Of Rock Festival, Vizovice, Czech Republic *
13th July – Hala, Zagreb, CROATIA
16th July – Kolodrum Arena, Sofia, BULGARIA
19th July – Kucukciftlik Park, Istanbul, TURKEY
21st July – Release, Athens, GREECE *
- – festival performance
For more information regarding the tour click here
PRAISE FOR THE MANDRAKE PROJECT
“[His] voice still soars over grandiose metal, yet the music is darker and heavier than his work with Iron Maiden” – Daily Telegraph
“The wildly ambitious, mostly hard rock but genre-blurring The Mandrake Project” – The Sun (4/5)
“The Mandrake Project demands and rewards total absorption into its kaleidoscopic sound picture… Bruce’s extraordinary voice… has rarely sounded more assertive, upfront and in your face, urging his vocals to new levels of expressive emotion and dramatic control” – Metal Hammer (9/10)
“His most ambitious and best solo work to date… He sounds great, his voice properly doing the rounds through the narrative, as the beefy riffs – much more so than in Maiden – and gritty production add a layer of their own” – Kerrang (4/5)
“Epic… grandiose… infectious. Easily one of Bruce Dickinson’s boldest projects” – Classic Rock (4/5)
“Bruce creates a vivid world of magic and mayhem… a solo project worth investing in” – Daily Star (4/5)
“Spectacular solo outing… surely his most innovative and creative yet. Heavy but easily accessible” – Record Collector (4/5)
“Simply brilliant… we are already looking at one of rock and metal’s defining genre-crossing albums of 2024” – Powerplay (10/10)
“Its themes are plainly evident in the earworm metal of ‘Many Doors To Hell’ and gothic menace of ‘Fingers In The Wounds’, although more subdued (but equally sombre) hues inform the portentous, piano-led power ballad ‘Shadow Of The Gods’” – Uncut
“A titanic and resonating piece of work” – Metal Talk
“This is highly atmospheric metal, full of muted guitars and shaded melodies with Bruce sounding absolutely phenomenal” – Fistful Of Metal (9/10)
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