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Scorpions Enter the American Top Album Charts at #4

Avril Lavigne + Scorpions Enjoy Top 10 Debuts on Billboard Album Sales Chart

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Rock is very much alive and well on Billboard’s Top Albums Sales chart this week, with strong returns from Avril Lavigne and Scorpions leading the way.

The top heavy album debut comes from legendary hard rock vets Scorpions, who hit No. 4 this week with Rock Believer. It sold over 12,000 copies and is now their highest charting album on the Top Albums Sales chart.

Scorpions Rock Believer was Released February 25

 

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Scorpions Release their 3rd single “Seventh Sun” off their new album Rock Believer

SCORPIONS have shared their new single, “Seventh Sun”. The song is taken from the band’s 19th studio album, “Rock Believer”, which will be released on February 25.

From the very first note of “Seventh Sun”, guitarist Rudolf Schenker and his Flying V manage to spectacularly draw us into this powerful song in an almost mystical way, much in the tradition of SCORPIONS classics such as “Animal Magnetism” and “China White”.

Scorpions Matthias Jabs To Be Interviewed January 20 at NAMM’s ‘Believe In Music’ Event

 

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SCORPIONS guitarist Matthias Jabs will take part in an online chat during NAMM‘s Believe In Music event later this month. The 66-year-old German musician will be interviewed by journalist Rick Damigella on Thursday, January 20 beginning at 2:30 p.m. PT.

This year’s Believe In Music virtual event is open to the public and registration is free at attend.believeinmusic.tv.

Believe In Music is being hosted by NAMM president and CEO Joe Lamond and Pensado’s Place co-founder Herb Trawick and will include livestreamed music, interviews and entertainment from artists in a wide variety of genres, interactive brand pages to connect buyers and sellers directly for networking and multiple live and on-demand music education seminars. Seminar topics include music and social justice, music and wellness, live event production, studio production and music business tips on how to strategically grow a retail business or brand.

SCORPIONS‘ 19th studio album, “Rock Believer”, will be released on February 25.

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Scorpions “Peacemaker” Number 1 on USA Classic Rock Radio

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Happy 58th Birthday Mikkey Dee(October 31st)

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SCORPIONS Unveil ‘Peacemaker’ Single Cover Artwork

SCORPIONS have unveiled the cover artwork for their new single, “Peacemaker”. The track, which was originally scheduled for release on October 21, will now arrive on November 4.

The band said: “Here it is: the Peacemaker Cover Artwork! This photo captures perfectly how we feel as a band. So excited for you all to hear the new single. Pre-save it now to hear an exclusive snippet of the song!”

“Peacemaker” is the first single from SCORPIONS‘ 19th studio album, “Rock Believer”, which will be issued on February 11, 2022.

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Matthias Jabs 66th Birthday(October 25)

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Rudolf Schenker 73rd Birthday(August 31st)

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Watch SCORPIONS Rehearse Brand New Song

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A short video of SCORPIONS rehearsing a brand new song, apparently titled “Seventh Sun”, at their studio in Hannover, Germany can be seen below.

Drummer Mikkey Dee uploaded the clip to his Instagram, writing in a caption: “SCORPIONS– rehearsing new songs for upcomming Tour. Pretty damn heavy.”

SCORPIONS recently completed work on a new album for a tentative early 2022 release. The LP was recorded primarily at Peppermint Park Studios in Hannover, Germany and was mixed at the legendary Hansa Studios in Berlin, Germany with engineer Michael Ilbert, who has earned multiple Grammy nominations for his mix work with producer Max Martin on albums by Taylor Swift and Katy Perry.

SCORPIONS‘ new album will mark their first release since 2017’s “Born To Touch Your Feelings – Best Of Rock Ballads”, which was an anthology of new and classic material.

SCORPIONS originally intended to record the new album in Los Angeles with producer Greg Fidelman, whose previous credits include SLIPKNOT and METALLICA. However, because of the pandemic, some of the initial work was done with Greg remotely, after whichSCORPIONS opted to helm the recordings themselves with the help of their engineer Hans-Martin Buff.

Singer Klaus Meine previously told Talking Metal that the goal with using Fidelman to produce the new LP was to bring “the old vibe from albums like ‘Blackout’, ‘Love At First Sting’ or even ‘Lovedrive’. We try to focus on those albums and this attitude,” he said. “If we get there, who knows — it’s so many years later. But it’s the spirit and it’s the whole vibe around this album. This time, the focus is on the harder songs.”

According to Meine, SCORPIONS‘ new LP features “no outside writers at all,” unlike 2015’s“Return To Forever”, which was largely co-written by the album’s producers, Mikael Nord Andersson and Martin Hansen.

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