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Frontiers Records is excited to reveal the details behind Talisman upcoming studio album 7 to be released on October 20.

Recorded under the working title of Bar which was dropped in the end in favour of the more immediate 7, Talisman's brand new album sees once again the combination of four amazing talents flourishing to the highest levels.

The experienced swedish bass player and songwriter Marcel Jacob (ex-Yngwie Malmsteen) teamed once again with US vocal sensation Jeff Scott Soto (Soul Sirkus and now with Journey), drummer Jamie Borger (Treat) and guitarist Fredrik Akesson (now the second axeman in the Heavy Metal legends Arch Enemy) to give birth to a sensational new recording that, according to Jacob, "might simply be our best ever."


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"I am much pleased with the result", adds Marcel "more so than I've been in a while. There are a number of tracks that came out really well and I am quite curious as to what the response will be. As a songwriter I tried to write this time more for other ears than mine, trying to perceive what others could have liked from what we have been doing before.. also this time we tried to go for some ballads and this was a sort of new challenge for us."

"It's the same old people JSS, Freddie, Jamie, and I. This time I've been handling all guitars except leads, as well as doing an amazing amount (for me) of keyboards. continues Marcel. The album was mixed by Pontus Norgren, he is also guesting as guitar player on one track. There will be 10 or 11 tracks, with 1 or 2 bonus tracks on the Japanese release. There are some changes for this album for instance including some ballad material, and it's not as "heavy" as Cats And Dogs throwing in a few surprises…and as usual, we will include one of Jamie's songs, which always have a style of their own. We're very curious to hear reactions to this one."