Primal Fear guitarist Magnus Karlsson, who is currently working his Free Fall II album, has checked in with the following update:

"There’s a new amazing singer in the metal world! Her name is Rebecca De La Motte (pictured below) and you can listen to her fantastic voice on Free Fall II.

So far the guest list look like this: Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath), Joe Lynn Turner (ex-Rainbow, ex-Deep Purple), Jorn Lande (Allen/Lande, ex-Masterplan), Jakob Samuel (The Poodles), Harry Hess (Harem Scarem), Rebecca De La Motte, and Jaime Salazar (Allen/Lande, Last Tribe)."

Stay tuned for more updates on the album in the coming weeks.

Karlsson co-wrote the new Kiske / Somerville's album, City Of Heroes, released last week worldwide. Fans can now listen to the second track to debut from the album, “Walk On Water”. The song is available now along with the title track as an Instant Gratification Track beginning today on iTunes worldwide when you pre-order. Watch the “Walk Of Water” video below:

Kiske / Somerville is the musical collaboration between vocalists Michael Kiske (ex-Helloween, Unisonic, Place Vendome) and Amanda Somerville (Trillium, Avantasia) and this new recording is certainly going to be one of the highlights of the season in rock music. Kiske’s soaring overtones seem to blend perfectly with the ethereal quality and diverse range of Amanda's voice and this time the results are truly over the top.

City Of Heroes sees Mat Sinner (Primal Fear, Sinner) and Magnus Karlsson (Starbreaker, Primal Fear) handling most of the songwriting (with a song contribution “Breaking Neptune” from Sander Gommans formerly of After Forever and Amanda Somerville herself) and with Sinner overseeing the production in various recording studios in Europe. Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Amaranthe, Primal Fear, Pretty Maids, Doro etc.) then took care of the mix of the album ensuring a sonic quality second to none.

The first Kiske / Somerville self-titled album instantly aroused enthusiasm in the rock and metal community. The two videos off the album -“If I Had a Wish” and “Silence” – amassed a total of approximately 3,000,000 plays to date, which means that these songs can legitimately be considered as nowadays rock classics!

Considered a Metal Diva in the European symphonic metal scene, Amanda Somerville is an American singer-songwriter from Flint, Michigan whose catalogue of projects, guest appearances and live shows garnered to date is an impressive body of work. Since 1999, she has divided her time between the US and Europe, primarily Germany and the Netherlands. She co-wrote the metal opera Aina, and has also been a vocalist, songwriter, producer and / or vocal coach for many bands like Avantasia, Epica and Kamelot, giving her more credibility in metal circles than she ever bargained for. Some of her most recent endeavors include working with renowned artists Alice Cooper, Bonnie Tyler, Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) and many others.

Hamburg-born singer Michael Kiske is best known as the former lead vocalist for the German metal gods Helloween. After his departure from the band, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, such as Place Vendome and he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist. In late 2009, he formed the hard rock/heavy metal band Unisonic, together with his former Helloween bandmate Kai Hansen and began touring again after 17 years.

Tracklisting:

City Of Heroes"

"Walk On Water"
"Rising Up"
"Salvation"
"Lights Out"
"Breaking Neptune"
"Ocean Of Tears"
"Open Your Eyes"
"Last Goodbye"
"After The Night Is Over"
"Run With A Dream"
"Right Now"

DVD includes:

City Of Heroes (video)

"Walk On Water" (video)

“Making of” documentary

“City Of Heroes” video:

Album trailer:

Musicians:

Lead & Backing Vocals: Michael Kiske & Amanda Somerville

Guitars & Keyboards: Magnus Karlsson

Bass & Backing Vocals: Mat Sinner

Drums: Veronika Lukesova

Rebecca De La Motte photo by Niclas Bågenheim