UNISONIC - the metal super group featuring Michael Kiske (vocals, ex-HELLOWEEN), Kai Hansen (guitars, GAMMA RAY, ex Helloween), Mandy Meyer (guitars, ex-GOTTHARD, ex-KROKUS), Dennis Ward (bass, PINK CREAM 69) and Kosta Zafiriou (drums, Pink Cream 69), will release their self-titled album in North America on May 22nd via Eagle Rock imprint Armoury Records.

Meyer is featured in a new interview Grande Rock. An excerpt is available below:

Q: Unisonic is a real band right? Not a project or something like that. It’s was about time Kiske and you participated in a band of your own eventually.

Meyer: "Yes, it’s a band, but we kind of have to have a little bit of success, in order to stay together as a band."

Q: Well, the band formed in 2009… but it took you almost 3 years to release your debut. Why? You didn’t mean to hurry things up, right?

Meyer: "We had to find our style of music and we tried a few different things. That’s why it took a bit long. But we wrote a lot of songs in this time."

Q: The press and fans have embraced you and that’s rather good. Some say that Unisonic sounds like the Keeper… albums (Helloween) and others that it has nothing to do with those albums. What would you say about it?

Meyer: "It’s an album with a few different musical influences. There is a bit of a Keeper-flavor, but just a little. The album sounds fresh and it’s full of élan and energy. So were the Keeper… albums."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

The new Unisonic album features 11 tracks, plus a bonus live version of Helloween classic 'I Want Out' only available on the domestic edition, cover art by Martin Häusler (MEAT LOAF, Gotthard, Helloween, MOTÖRHEAD), and marks the first musical union between Kiske and Hansen in 23 years.

Unisonic tracklisting:

‘Unisonic’

‘Souls Alive’

‘Never too Late’

‘I’ve Tried’

‘Star Rider’

‘Never Change Me

‘Renegade’

‘My Sanctuary’

‘King For A Day’

‘We Rise’

‘No One Ever Sees Me’

'I Want Out' (Live)

Unisonic released its debut EP, Ignition earlier this year. After the addition of Hansen to the group's lineup in early 2011, Unisonic continued the songwriting process for its debut release, incorporating Kai's talent for writing great anthemic rock songs into its existing material. Hardly Keeper Of The Seven Keys Part 3, the Unisonic collective effortlessly fuse the many sides of heavy music they know and love. The band's music is versatile and takes a broad approach to heavy rock without sacrificing the power and strong, catchy melodies that characterized the band members' previous projects.

Unisonic:

Michael Kiske - vocals

Mandy Meyer - guitar

Kai Hansen - guitar

Dennis Ward - bass

Kosta Zafiriou – drums

Check out the band’s video for album opener/anthem 'Unisonic', directed by Häusler in Heidelberg, Germany, below: