SWEET LYNCH – Heart Sacrifice – CD

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GENRE: Hard Rock

Sweet & Lynch, the musical unionofvocalist/guitaristMichael Sweet(Stryper, Iconic)andguitarist George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), have announced the long-awaited release of their third album, “Heart & Sacrifice”.The combination of Sweets powerful, high-octane vocalsandLynchs immediately recognizable guitarheroicsonce again prove to be an unbeatable combination sure to please the hard rock faithful.

Sweet & Lynch first emerged with their debut album, “Only To Rise” in 2015. The albumcracked the Billboard Top 200 and came in at #6 on the Top Hard Rock Albums, #17 on Independent Albums, #18 on Top Rock Albums, and #4 on Christian Albums charts.Their sophomore album “Unified” followed in 2017, landing at#53 Top Current Albums,#13 Top Current Rock Albums, and#8 Record LabelIndependentCurrent Albumson the Billboard charts. While plans for a third album were always on the table, the project went on a slight hiatus while the guys concentrated on their other musical endeavors. 2022 proved to be the year where the creative juices for Sweet & Lynch began to flow again and work on what would ultimately become “Heart & Sacrifice” began.

Alessandro Del Vecchio, who co-produced this release with Michael Sweet, plays bass on the album, while JellyCardarelli(Lalu) plays drums.

Michael Sweet helms theGrammy-nominated Christian hard-rock outfit Stryper, which he co-founded more than 35 years ago, as the band’s vocalist, guitarist, and main songwriter.To date, the band hasmore than 10 million career album sales worldwide.The venerable band ascended to prominence in the 1980s with Billboard Top 40charting singles like Calling on You, Honestly and Always There for You” and has in more recent years enjoyed an unparalleled career renaissance, delivering arguably the best albums of their storied career, including their 2022 album, “The Final Battle”. Michael has released multiple solo albums, including aself-titled release in 1994, which yielded five No. 1 singles,”Truth”in 2000, the critically acclaimed 2015 project”Im Not Your Suicide”(peaked at No. 10on Billboards Hard Rock albums), and 2019s”Ten”, which reached No. 4 on Billboards Top Christian Albums chart.He recentlypartnered with Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake), Nathan James (Inglorious), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake), and Tommy Aldridge (Whitesnake, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) in the supergroup Iconic, which was greeted with much adoration by rock fans around the globe.

George Lynch emerged from the ’80s hard rock scene with the L.A. based group Dokken and went on to become a world renowned guitarist. Aside from Dokken, he also enjoyed great success with Lynch Mob, the group he founded after leaving Dokken. Lynch has gone on to become a prolific (that is an understatement, to say the least) music creator, continuing with Lynch Mob, releasing solo albums, and a wealth of collaborative efforts over the decades. Those include, but are not limited to, KXM with dug Pinnick (King’s X) and Ray Luzier (Korn), The End Machine with Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, ex-Dokken), Mick Brown (ex-Dokken), and Robert Mason (Warrant), Sweet & Lynch with Michael Sweet (Stryper), Ultraphonix with Corey Glover (Living Colour), Dirty Shirley with Dino Jelusick (Animal Drive, Trans-Siberian Orchestra),The Banishment with Joe Haze,and many more.

Tracklist:
1. Heart & Sacrifice
2. Where I Have To Go
3. Miracle
4. Leave It All Behind
5. Youll Never Be Alone
6. After All Is Said And Done
7. Give Up The Night
8. Will It Ever Change
9. Its Time To Believe
10. Every Day
11. It Rains Again
12. World Full Of Lies