Scorpion come here soundbyte2/1/2024 And this time, I started with writing lyrics and gave them to Rudolf. So he would sing a couple of lines, but then I would write the lyrics on the track. Normally, I would wait for Rudolf to come with the songs, like a demo. And we worked the other way around this time. I think Rudolf is working on it right now, or Matthias. We might be missing one or two more really fast songs. We have a new song that picks up the vibe with the heaviness. But we try to catch the attitude and we try to find the DNA of the early days, find the DNA of songs 'The Zoo', 'Make It Real', 'Lovedrive', 'Blackout', 'Animal Magnetism' - the heaviness of songs like 'The Zoo' and 'Animal Magnetism'. So many years later, who knows what it comes out at the end of the day. SCORPIONS always a couple of ballads, but we try to focus on the DNA from the early days. And once you make the decision we make a new album, then you ask yourself, so what do you wanna say? What is this all about? And also with a producer like Greg Fidelman, who comes really from working with bands like SLIPKNOT and METALLICA, this is the road we go - it's gonna be on the rough side. So that's the first thing you ask yourself. And now with Mikkey Dee in the band, and Pawel, our bass player. And you ask yourself, can I really, after all these years, write another great rock song? Can Rudolf come up with cool rock riffs? Is he still the riff master? And Matthias coming in with all those beautiful solos and lead guitar stuff in there. "After so many years, in 2020, to talk about, in a band to say, 'Guys, we do a new record.' 'Really?' It's quite a challenge, to tell the truth. "The thing is, when you make a decision to make a new album, it's kind of crazy," he said. Meine also addressed his previous comment that SCORPIONS' upcoming album will see him and his bandmates returning to the heavier edge of the group's early offerings. So it's wonderful that we can be very active and very creative, hopefully to do something where all the fans hopefully will enjoy next year when we come back out on the road again with hopefully a couple of great new songs." It feels so good that we can work and not sit at home, staring out of the window. "I must say, especially in this COVID-19 pandemic, it's a blessing, as artists and musicians, we can take a deep dive in our creative world and create some new stuff, some new songs - to write lyrics, to compose songs. So it's pretty crazy, but it's been working so far very well. And we worked together, going through the songs, talking about the arrangements and everything: 'I like this song', 'Maybe this we'll keep for later.' And we made great progress with the record, believe it or not. "For us, at dinner time, and for him, it was, like, around breakfast. "The whole month of May until early June, we were working in a studio in Hannover - just the three of us: Rudolf, Matthias and myself - with Greg coming in via Zoom every night," he continued. But the good thing is, through this Zoom thing, there is a way to work. So now we're here, we're stuck in the lockdown and we're stuck in Germany, and it's not so easy. And for the off days, we booked a studio in Vegas already for the guitar players to go in and lay some tracks down and then maybe go back to L.A. in May and June, and then go over to Vegas, play the shows. And since, in 2020, we are focusing on making a new album, the plan was to go to Los Angeles in May and June to work with our producer Greg Fidelman, who used to work with all those great bands like METALLICA and SLIPKNOT. 'Right now, we were supposed to be in Las Vegas to play a residency at Planet Hollywood. Tentatively due in 2021, the disc will mark the German hard rock legends' first release since 2017's "Born To Touch Your Feelings - Best Of Rock Ballads", which was an anthology of SCORPIONS' new and classic material. SCORPIONS frontman Klaus Meine spoke to Pat's Soundbytes Unplugged about the band's upcoming studio album.
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