After numerous tours as part of Avantasia, Rock Meets Classic and as mastermind of the successful Pink Floyd Tribute Echoes, singer and guitarist Oliver Hartmann now presents his fifth studio album, Shadows & Silhouettes, with Hartmann after nearly four years break since the latest release, Balance. The new album will be released on September 30th on the artist owned label Sonic11 in cooperation with Pride & Joy Music.

Hartmann has checked in with the following update:

"Due to the release of the forthcoming brand new Hartmann album, Shadows & Silhouettes, we will also re-release the sold out live DVD/CD Handmade as a special limited digi-pack including DVD and CD. Both albums will be available on Sept 30th."

Hartmann has released a video for the new song "When Your Mama Was A Hippie" along with a Making Of clip. Check them out below.

Supported by guest musicians including session keyboardist Jimmy Kresic (Rock Meets Classic, The Roots, Soundtopia), Miro Rodenberg (Avantasia) and also the Prague cellist Irena Morisáková and violinist Adéla Pecková, the album contains 12 songs combining modern melodic rock with many acoustic and partly very intimate moments pointing up the broadness and complexity of Hartmann.

Shadows & Silhouettes”was co-produced again by Sascha Paeth (Avantasia, Edguy, Kamelot, Beyond The Black, etc.) and mixed/mastered at Gate Studios in Wolfsburg, Germany. The iTunes version will include the bonus track “Soul Asylum”.

In addition to the new studio album, Hartmann also will re-release the Handmade 2008 DVD release as Deluxe digi-pack with DVD and CD included on September 30th via Sonic11 in co-operation with Pride & Joy Music.

Shadows & Silhouettes tracklisting:

“Irresistible”
“High On You”
“Glow”
“When Your Mama Was A Hippie”
“Jaded Heart”
“Amazing”
“Still The Same”
“I Would Murder For You”
“The Letting Go”
“Too Good To Be True”
“Shadow In My Eyes”
“Last Goodbye”
“Soul Asylum” (iTunes Bonus Track)