RISE OF THE ANIMAL
WOLFPAKK, the hard rock/melodic metal allstar-project, will release its third album ‘Rise Of The Animal’ on April 14th, 2015. Lovers of high-class traditional heavy sounds already praise the amazing project, led by Alpha Wolves Mark Sweeney (ex-Crystal Ball) and Michael Voss(Michael Schenker, Casanova, Mad Max) since day one. It’s not only that the two are very good songwriters; due to connections from being in the business for many years, they always managed to gather many big names and exceptional musicians to join the ‘pakk’ and contribute to WOLFPAKK’s albums. Just take KROKUS vocalist Marc Storace as an example, who also appears in the video clip for ‘Sock It To Me’; or Michael Kiske who shines in the epic title song, while Joe Lynn Turner guides us through ‘Highlands’ – all guest musicians perform on an extremely high level. WOLFPAKK‘s third stroke again brings you the ‘Who is Who’ of the hard rock- & metal scene.
Guest musicians:
Vocals: Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween, Unisonic), Andi Deris (Helloween), Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Rainbow/Deep Purple), Rick Altzi (Masterplan), David Reece (ex-Accept), Charlie Huhn (Foghat/, ex-Gary Moore), Don Dokken (Dokken), Marc Storace (Krokus), Michaela Schober, Jean-Marc Viller (Callaway)
Bass:
Bob Daisley (ex-Black Sabbath/Gary Moore), Al Barrow (Magnum), Barend Courbois (Blind Guardian).
Gitarre:
Jeff Watson (Night Ranger), Ryan Roxie (Alice Cooper), Bernie Torme (Ozzy Osbourne), John Norum (Europe), Doug Aldrich (ex-Whitesnake/Dio/Foreigner), Axel Rudi Pell, Martin Rauber. zusätzlich:
Chris Ivo (Jaded Heart; Keyboards), Pablo Allen (Skiltron; Dudelsack) Drums:
Mike Terrana (Tarja Turunen), Mark Schulman (Billy Idol, Foreigner), Simon Philips (ex-Toto), Chris Slade (ex-AC/DC), Gereon Homann.
The collaboration between Mark Sweeney and Michael Voss started in 2011, with ‚Cry Wolf’ two years later the WOLFPAKK continued its prowl. Just little later Sweeney and Voss were announcing to already work on ideas for a third album, which now finally sees the light of day as ‚Rise Of The Animal‘. Everyone who knows about the determination of these two men will not doubts that the WOFPAKK story will continue – and luckily so!