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Swedish melodic hard rockers Gathering Of Kings third studio album ”Enigmatic” will be released on July 29th via RN Records.

The album was mixed and mastered by award-winning producer Thomas ”Plec” Johansson in Skövde, Sweden with Ron Dahlgren, Nina Dahlgren and Victor Olsson as executive producers. The songs was written and produced by Victor Olsson. Drums were recorded at Nordic Sound Lab in Skara by Mikko Viitala and Victor Olsson. The cover artwork was created by Markus Vesper, who also handled the art on the previous two albums.

The album features a guest appearance from the Swedish pop group One More Time (Official). Its members are the singers Nanne Grönvall – Official, one of the most beloved and popular artists in Sweden, Maria Rådsten and Peter Grönvall, the son of ABBA’s Benny Andersson, on keyboards.

Their first single Highland, 1992, hit the charts all around in Europe. In 1995 they composed a song for the Swedish Melodifestivalen, ”Det Vackraste” that won a grammy for best song of the year, and in 1996 they won the Swedish Melodifestivalen and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest with their song ”Den Vilda”, which ended in 3rd place.

Gathering Of Kings are the successful project built by Ron & Nina Dahlgren, bringing together top musicians from the current hard rock scene in Sweden. The idea was to create an AOR/Melodic Hard Rock project/band like Tom Galley’s Phenomena or even Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia, with multiple vocalists and instrumentalists. Victor Olsson quickly became the main songwriter.

The superlatives have hailed over Gathering Of Kings, which takes you straight back to the golden age of 80’s melodic hard rock and it is without a doubt one of the hottest acts in Sweden, now with two critically acclaimed records in the bag and the third album, ”Enigmatic”, will be released in July.

After the debut album ”First Mission”, Ron & Nina remodelled Gathering Of Kings from being a project to becoming a band with permanent members.

”Enigmatic” Track listing:

01. Galacticus

02. Vagabond Rise

03. Here Be Dragons

04. Firefly

05. How The Mighty Have Fallen

06. A Rainbow And A Star

07. The Prophecy

08. Feed You My Love (feat. One More Time)

09. Clone Trooper

10. Long Kiss Goodnight

11. New Life

12. Lionheart

13. Fool’s Cabaret (CD Bonus Track)

Gathering Of Kings:

Jonny Lindkvist – Vocals

Rick Altzi – Vocals

Apollo Papathanasio – Vocals

Tobias Jansson – Vocals

Alexander Frisborg – Vocals

Victor Olsson – Guitar

Magnus Mild – Guitar

Mikael Planefeldt – Bass

Jonas Källsbäck – Drums

Efraim Larsson – Drums

Joel Selsfors – Keyboards

Special Guests:

ONE MORE TIME

Nanne Grönvall – Vocals on Feed You My Love

Maria Rådsten – Vocals on Feed You My Love

Peter Grönvall – Keyboards on Feed You My Love

Additional backing vocals:

Theresia Svensson

GATHERING OF KINGS – UPCOMING SHOWS:

28/7 Skogsröjet Festival, Rejmyre, Sweden (Acoustic Set)

29/7 Skogsröjet Festival, Rejmyre, Sweden (Electric Set)

5/8 Time To Rock Festival, Knislinge, Sweden

4/9 Indoor Summer, Hamburg, Germany

MORE TOUR DATES TBA SOON!

ALL CONTACTS, ENQUIRIES & BOOKING:

Ron & Nina Dahlgren – gatheringofkingssweden@gmail.com

DETAILED TRACK LISTING:

01. GALACTICUS (INTRO)

Music: Victor Olsson

All Instruments: Victor Olsson

02. VAGABOND RISE

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson, Alex Frisborg

Lead vocals: Jonny Lindkvist

Lead guitar: Victor Olsson

Rhtythm guitar: Magnus Mild

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Jonas Källsbäck

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Rick Altzi, Alexander Frisborg, Theresia Svensson

03. HERE BE DRAGONS

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson, Alex Frisborg

Lead vocals: Alexander Frisborg

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Efraim Larsson

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Apollo Papathanasio, Rick Altzi

04. FIREFLY

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Alexander Frisborg

Lead vocals: Apollo Papathanasio

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Magnus Mild

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Jonas Källsbäck

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Apollo Papathanasio, Tobias Jansson

05. HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson

Lead vocals: Rick Altzi

Lead guitar: Victor Olsson

Rhythm guitar: Magnus Mild

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Jonas Källsbäck

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Rick Altzi

06. A RAINBOW AND A STAR

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson

Lead vocals: Jonny Lindkvist

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Efraim Larsson

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Theresia Svensson

07. THE PROPHECY

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson

Lead vocals: Tobias Jansson

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Jonas Källsbäck

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Rick Altzi, Apollo Papathanasio

08. FEED YOU MY LOVE (FEAT. ONE MORE TIME)

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson, Theresia Svensson

Lead vocals: Jonny Lindkvist, Nanne Grönvall, Maria Rådsten

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Efraim Larsson

Keyboards: Peter Grönvall

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Maria Rådsten

09. CLONE TROOPER

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson, Theresia Svensson

Lead vocals: Apollo Papathanasio

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Efraim Larsson

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Apollo Papathanasio

10. LONG KISS GOODNIGHT

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson

Lead vocals: Rick Altzi

Lead guitar: Victor Olsson

Rhythm guitar: Magnus Mild

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Efraim Larsson

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Rick Altzi, Tobias Jansson

11. NEW LIFE

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson

Lead vocals: Tobias Jansson

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Efraim Larsson

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Theresia Svensson, Tobias Jansson

12. LIONHEART

Music: Victor Olsson – Lyrics: Victor Olsson

Lead vocals: Alexander Frisborg

Lead & Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Jonas Källsbäck

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson, Apollo Papathanasio, Rick Altzi

13. FOOL’S CABARET (CD BONUS TRACK)

Music: Victor Olsson, Magnus Mild – Lyrics: Victor Olsson, Alexander Frisborg, Apollo Papathanasio

Lead vocals: Tobias Jansson, Apollo Papathanasio

Lead guitar: Victor Olsson, Magnus Mild

Rhythm guitar: Victor Olsson

Bass: Mikael Planefeldt

Drums: Jonas Källsbäck

Keyboards: Joel Selsfors

Backing vocals: Victor Olsson