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GOTTHARD Release Official Lyric Video For New Song ‘Bad News’
February 21st, 2020

Swiss hard rock group Gotthard have released an official lyric video for the track ‘Bad News’, which can be viewed below.

Speaking about the song, singer Nic Maeder said: “We wrote this one with Eric Bazilian, a song about how people love to be around you when you’re successful and love to kick you when you’re down! It has a great classic rock riff.”

Gotthard issue 13th full-length studio album #13 on March 13th, 2020 through Nuclear Blast Records.

#13 was produced by Paul Lani, with co-production from guitarist Leo Leoni. Recordings took place at the Yellow House Studio in Lugano, Switzerland, while mixing was overseen in Los Angeles. Final touches were added by Darcy Proper at Valhalla Studios in New York.

Included is a cover rendition of ‘SOS’; written by Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Stig Anderson, its original version appeared on ABBA’s April 1975 self-titled effort.

The track ‘Missteria’ was co-written with Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi, meanwhile. “It’s been great fun writing a track with Francis again, and with ‘Missteria’,” guitarist Leo Leoni commented. “I believe we delivered a real killer!”

The track listing is as follows;

01. ‘Bad News’
02. ‘Every Time I Die’
03. ‘Missteria’
04. ‘10,000 Faces’
05. ‘S.O.S.’
06. ‘Another Last Time’
07. ‘Better Than Love’
08. ‘Save The Date’
09. ‘Marry You’
10. ‘Man On A Mission’
11. ‘No Time To Cry’
12. ‘I Can Say I’m Sorry’
13. ‘Rescue Me’
14. ‘No Time To Cry (Demo Version)’ *
15. ‘I Can Say I’m Sorry (Piano Version)’ *

* digipak CD bonus track

Gotthard’s line-up is as follows;

Nic Maeder (vocals)
Leo Leoni (guitar)
Freddy Scherer (guitar)
Marc Lynn (bass)
Hena Habegger (drums)

Recorded at the Madi-Zelt in Berlin, a music video was filmed for the track ‘Missteria’. The clip can also be viewed below.

Twelfth studio record Silver was released in January 2017 via Musikvertrieb.

Promotional photograph by Franz Schepers.