German Neoclassical Heavy Metal band, ETERNAL FLAME, have released a music video for 'Queen Of The Hill', the song is taken from their third album 'Smoke On The Mountain', to be out on May 18th, 2018 via ROAR! Rock Of Angles Records. The album includes 13 tracks, and featuring Mark Boals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire) and Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum) on vocals.
The album is produced by Michael Schinkel & Helmut Kohlpaintner, co-produced by Timothy Touchton, mixed by Michael Schinkel and mastered by Christoph Stickel. The Album artwork was made by Gustavo Sazes (Angra, Firewind, Iced Earth, Dream Evil).
Tracklist:
1. Ignition
2. Smoke On The Mountain (Mark Boals on Vocals)
3. This Is My Life
4. Queen Of The Hill
5. You Can Save Me
6. Whatcha Gonna Do
7. I Believe In This Miracle (Mark Boals on Vocals)
8. Got A Rock & Roll Fever (Göran Edman on Vocals)
9. Out In The Dark
10. Dreaming
11. Take Me There For A Night
12. Tease My Love (Göran Edman on Vocals)
13. Close To The End
'Smoke On The Mountain' can be pre-ordered here: http://roar.gr/product/michael-schinkels-eternal-flame-smoke-mountain-digipack-cd
Timothy Touchton (known by lyrics such as “Go for Gold” Olympics in Seoul 1988, “Sail Away” Joe Cocker as well as 11 Top 40 and 3 top 5 hits), Carsten Lizard Schulz(Evidence One, Midnite Club, Domain) and Rainer Holzapfl did the lyrics.
MICHAEL SCHINKEL’S ETERNAL FLAME style is inspired by the 80s and 90s (YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, RAINBOW and DEEP PURPLE).
After the first two albums “Desire” (1998 – Point Music & Dreamchaser Records) and “King of the King” (2002 – MTM Music) it was the end of Eternal Flame. Michael Schinkel (singer and guitarist) and Helmut Kohlpaintner (keyboard player, bassist) decided to work as composers and producers for other musicians and bands and founded the company “enooma-media musicproduction” in Munich. Again and again they received calls, letters and e-mails from fans, with the request to produce a new Eternal Flame album. It then started in 2012. Helmut Kohlpaintner and Michael Schinkel discussed the project and quickly found partners for lyric writing such as Timothy Touchton (known by lyrics such as “Go for Gold” Olympics in Seoul 1988, “Sail Away” Joe Cocker as well as 11 Top 40 and 3 top 5 hits). The album was created by further guests such as Mark Boals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen and Ring of Fire) and Göran Edman (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen & John Norum). Other musicians such as Thomas Keller (bass) and Robert Lipp (bass) from past Eternal Flame days as well as the drummer Michael Hencky also shared their know how.
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LINEUP
Michael Schinkel – Vocals & all Guitars
Helmut Kohlpaintner – Keyboards
Thomas Keller – Bass & Backing Vocals
Michael Hencky – Drums
Guests:
Mark Boals – Vocals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, Ring of Fire)
Göran Edman – Vocals (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen, John Norum)
Ossy Pfeiffer – Keyboards (Ignore The Sign)
Christian Tatsek – Keyboards
Ritchie Kelly – Guitar Solo
Andy Dick – Drums (Bobby Kimball, Glenn Hughes, Ron Young)
Robert Lipp – Bass
Gerhard Blum – Bass
Markus Grüzner – Bass
Mark Boals & Göran Edman
BIOGRAPHY
ETERNAL-FLAME emerged from the local Munich Band "Firefox" founded in 1986.
Their sound at that time was stylistically classified between Europe, Pretty Maids and Yngwie Malmsteen.
After the drummer „Jörg Tausch“ left the band in 1992, they wanted to embark on new paths. ETERNAL FLAME was born. The style of the band became somewhat harsher. Keyboards were no longer the supporting element as in "Firefox". In addition, neoclassical elements were added by Michael Schinkel´s guitar playing.
At the end of 1996, the recordings for the debut album "Desire" began, which was published in 1998 by Point-Music-München and Dreamchaser in Japan. The album was highly praised by the press and received an 80 points rating from Japanese BURN.
In the following years, the band was performing life concerts and also played in larger halls and festivals.
At the beginning of 2002 the follow-up album "King of the King" was published by MTM-Music. It was sold among others to Russia .In the meantime, the cast of the band had also changed again.
After numerous appearances, they started to work on the third studio album. Due to musical differences, the band separated in 2004 without producing an album.
Michael Schinkel and Helmut Kohlpaintner (last keyboard player from the Eternal-Flame days) founded the company "enooma-media musicproduction" in 2006, in order to compose and produce for other artists. Again and again they created, rock songs which were „parked“.
In 2012 a new album under the flag "Michael Schinkel ´s Eternal Flame" was discussed. In addition to standard production, other songs for the new album were created. Through collaboration with other artists, Timothy Touchton (known by lyrics such as "Go for Gold" Olympics in Seoul 1988, "Sail Away" Joe Cocker as well as 11 Top 40 and 3 top 5 hits) could also be won for lyric writing. The album was enhanced by other guests such as Mark Boals (ex Yngwie Malmsteen and Ring of Fire) and Göran Edman (ex Yngwie Malmsteen and John Norum).
DISCOGRAPHY
Desire - 1999
King of the King - 2002
Smoke On The Mountain - 2018