{"id":90398,"date":"2021-09-02T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T23:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=90398"},"modified":"2021-09-02T12:13:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T11:13:01","slug":"news-houston-release-sixth-studio-album-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-houston-release-sixth-studio-album-iv\/","title":{"rendered":"HOUSTON Make New Track \u2018Storyteller\u2019 Available For Streaming (September 2nd, 2021) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOUSTON Make New Track \u2018Storyteller\u2019 Available For Streaming<\/strong><\/span>
\nSeptember 2nd, 2021<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Stockholm, Sweden-based AOR band Houston have made the track \u2018Storyteller\u2019 available for streaming via YouTube, which can be accessed below.<\/p>\n

Houston issue sixth full-length studio album IV<\/em> on October 8th, 2021 through Frontiers Music Srl.<\/p>\n

The outing was produced under the direction of former Houston band member Ricky Delin, who also has a writing credit on each song.<\/p>\n

Vocalist Hank Erix commented: \u201cIt felt good to have Ricky back behind the wheel on this album. He is an incredible songwriter and we all know the great work he has done on our previous albums.\u201d<\/p>\n

Guitarist Carl Hammar added: \u201cWe are truly excited about this new music. Right from the start we wanted to go back to our roots and make another classic AOR sounding album, as this was the sound that put us on the map in the first place and what we do best. Sonically, this album is a more refined sibling to our first two albums. We\u2019ve had a decade to grow as musicians, songwriters and, most importantly, as a band, and I think this really shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is a homage to our favourite AOR heroes such as Survivor, Foreigner and Journey, but also influences from John O\u2019Banion, Meatloaf, John Farnham and many more. We wanted to make a great AOR album and make it big, fresh and bombastic, so Ricky Delin is the go-to producer. Having played a big part in creating the Houston sound on our first albums, he was as excited as us about the idea of working together again and jumped at the opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

01. \u2018She Is The Night\u2019
\n02. \u2018You\u2019re Still The Woman\u2019
\n03. \u2018Hero\u2019
\n04. \u2018A Lifetime In A Moment\u2019
\n05. \u2018Heartbreaker\u2019
\n06. \u2018Storyteller\u2019
\n07. \u2018Heart Of A Warrior\u2019
\n08. \u2018Until The Morning Comes\u2019
\n09. \u2018I Will Not Give In To Despair\u2019
\n10. \u2018Such Is Love\u2019
\n11. \u2018Into Thin Air\u2019<\/p>\n

Houston\u2019s line-up is as follows:<\/p>\n

Hank Erix (lead vocals)
\nCalle Hammar (guitar and backing vocals)
\nSoufian Ma\u2019Aoui (bass)
\nOscar Lundstr\u00f6m (drums)
\nRickard Hamilton (keyboards)<\/p>\n

Directed by Ricky Delin and Louie Hartman, a music video was filmed for the track \u2018You\u2019re Still The Woman\u2019. The clip can be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Fifth studio record III<\/em> was released<\/a> in November 2017 via Livewire \/ Cargo Records.<\/p>\n