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Product Identifiers

Record LabelRpak, Rat Pak Records

UPC0638647809726

eBay Product ID (ePID)2317114593

Product Key Features

Release Year2019

FormatCD

GenreHeavy Metal

ArtistSweet, Michael

Release TitleTen

Dimensions

Item Height0.39 in

Item Weight0.21 lb

Item Length5.62 in

Item Width4.95 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Number of Tracks12

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 Better Part of Me (Featuring Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy) 1.2 Lay It Down (Featuring Marzi Montazeri) 1.3 Forget, Forgive (Featuring Howie Simon) 1.4 Now or Never (Featuring Gus G of Firewind) 1.5 Ten Featuring (Rich Ward of Fozzy) 1.6 Shine (Featuring Ethan Brosh) 1.7 Let It Be Love 1.8 Never Alone (Featuring Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake) 1.9 When Love Is Hated (Featuring Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake) 1.10 Ricochet (Featuring Tracii Guns of la Guns) 1.11 With You Till the End (Featuring Mike Kerr and Ian Raposa from Firstbourne) 1.12 Son of Man (Featuring Todd la Torre of Queensryche and Andy James)

Sub-GenreHeavy Metal

NotesBuilding upon the success of his 2016 release One Sided War, Stryper front man Michael Sweet returns with his tenth solo studio release aptly titled, "Ten". The album features an all-star guest lineup that includes appearances by, Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy, Todd La Torre of Queensryche, Andy James, Tracii Guns of LA Guns, Rich Ward of Fozzy, Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake, Gus G of Firewind, Howie Simon, Ethan Brosh, Marzi Montazeri, Will Hunt of Evanescence, John O'Boyle, Mike Kerr and Ian Raposa of Firstbourne and more. Produced by Michael Sweet, Ten features 12 all new tracks and was recorded and mixed by Danny Bernini at the Spirithouse Recording Studio in North Hampton and was mastered by Alex Saltz. On the subject of guest musicians Michael comments, "There is a different player appearing on every song. It started out where I was just going to have a couple of guest appearances on it, then I decided that it would be really interesting to bring in different players for every song. I started putting names out there and reaching out to people, and they started agreeing to do it. And then I had guys reaching out to me."Regarding the musical direction of the album Michael states, "I'm very excited about this release, there are old-school, straight-ahead metal ideas in the vein of Judas Priest, Dio and Iron Maiden, all the stuff I love listening to!" As for the "Ten" album title, Sweet recently stated, "It's called 'Ten' cause it's my tenth album, and because there is a title track on there about the Ten Commandments - a really powerful song. There's real heavy stuff. It starts kind of smacking you in the face and it ends kicking you in the gut."