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AXEL RUDI PELL Releases 16th Studio Album ‘Game Of Sins’
January 15th, 2016

German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell issued 16th full-length studio album Game Of Sins on January 15th, 2016 in Europe through SPV / Steamhammer. The label scheduled US release for the 22nd.

Pell began collecting musical ideas during the summer of 2014, ensconsing himself in the studio in the autumn of 2015.

The outing’s digipack edition included a cover rendition of ‘All Along The Watchtower’. Written by Bob Dylan in 1967, it was notably covered by Jimi Hendrix on September 1968’s Electric Ladyland.

Game Of Sins was made available in the following formats; a digipack including one bonus track and poster, jewelcase clear tray edition, a two-LP gatefold including 180g black vinyl and CD in paper sleeve, a download version, and a limited box set including digipack, two-LP, miniature replica Fender guitar 1:4 including ARP gift box case, poster, sticker, and photocard.

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Lenta Fortuna’ (intro)
02. ‘Fire’
03. ‘Sons In The Night’
04. ‘Game Of Sins’
05. ‘Falling Star’
06. ‘Lost In Love’
07. ‘The King Of Fools’
08. ‘Till The World Says Goodbye’
09. ‘Breaking The Rules’
10. ‘Forever Free’
11. ‘All Along The Watchtower’ (digipack bonus track)

Axel Rudi Pell’s line-up was as follows:

Johnny Gioeli (lead and backing vocals)
Axel Rudi Pell (lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars)
Volker Krawczak (bass)
Bobby Rondinelli (drums)
Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards)

The track ‘The King Of Fools’ was issued as a digital single on December 6th, 2015. An official lyric video was created for the track, and can be viewed below.

Fifteenth studio record Into The Storm was released in January 2014.