{"id":66571,"date":"2018-05-15T00:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=66571"},"modified":"2018-05-15T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:30:56","slug":"news-nils-patrik-johansson-releases-debut-solo-album-evil-deluxe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-nils-patrik-johansson-releases-debut-solo-album-evil-deluxe\/","title":{"rendered":"NILS PATRIK JOHANSSON Streams \u2018How The West Was Won\u2019 Track (May 15th, 2018) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

NILS PATRIK JOHANSSON Streams \u2018How The West Was Won\u2019 Track<\/strong><\/span>
\nMay 15th, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Swedish metal vocalist Nils Patrik Johansson, currently of Lion\u2019s Share and Astral Doors and formerly of Civil War, has made the track \u2018How The West Was Won\u2019 available for streaming through YouTube, which can be accessed below.<\/p>\n

Nils Patrik Johansson issues debut full-length studio album Evil Deluxe<\/em> on May 25th, 2018 through Metalville.<\/p>\n

Johansson commented: \u201cI have thought about a solo album for ten years, but then Civil War came into the picture and I used all my ideas for the three albums that we did. After my departure from them, I felt that I wanted to focus 100% on Astral Doors and Lion\u2019s Share. But all of a sudden inspiration came back – and from out of nowhere, I had ten new killer songs. It felt natural to hire my Lion\u2019s Share bandmate Lars Chriss as producer and guitar player. My son Fredrik Johansson plays drums on the record, so finally father and son Johansson will appear on the same album.\u201d<\/p>\n

An official teaser for the outing can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Evil Deluxe<\/em> was produced and mixed by Lars Chriss, while mastering duties fell to Mike Lind.<\/p>\n

Cover artwork was created by Mattias Hinders.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Baal\u2019
\n02. \u2018Evil Deluxe\u2019
\n03. \u2018Estonia\u2019
\n04. \u2018Gasoline\u2019
\n05. \u2018How The West Was Won\u2019
\n06. \u2018September Black\u2019
\n07. \u2018Kings And Queens\u2019
\n08. \u2018Burning\u2019
\n09. \u2018Metalhead\u2019
\n10. \u2018Circle In The Sky\u2019
\n11. \u2018Dark Evolution\u2019
\n12. \u2018A Waltz For Paris\u2019<\/p>\n

Evil Deluxe<\/em>\u2019s recording line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Nils Patrik Johansson (vocals, Lion\u2019s Share \/ Astral Doors \/ ex-Civil War)
\nLars Chriss (guitar, Lion\u2019s Share)
\nAndy Loos (bass, Lion\u2019s Share \/ Glory)
\nNils Fredrik Johansson (drums, Tuck From Hell)
\nMarcus Bengts (bass on tracks 10 and 11, Tuck From Hell)
\nChris Boltendahl (additional vocals on track 9, Grave Digger)
\nFredrik Bergh (keyboards on tracks 2, 3 , 8 and 10, Bloodbound)
\nKay Backlund (keyboards on tracks 5, 6, 11 and 12,, Lion\u2019s Share)
\nAnuviel (keyboards on tracks 4, 6, 7 and 9, Saecred Spirit)<\/p>\n

An official lyric video was created for the title track, which can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n