Swedish guitar hero Yngwie Malmsteen’s new album, World On Fire, will be released on June 1st via King Records. Malmsteen produced the album, composed and arranged the music, and wrote all the lyrics.

World On Fire tracklisting:

“World On Fire”
“Sorcery”
“Abandon”
“Top Down, Foot Down”
“Lost In The Machine”
“Largo - EBM”
“No Rest For The Wicked”
“Soldier”
“Duf 1220”
“Abandon (Slight Return)”
“Nacht Musik”

Recording lineup:

- Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Lead Guitar, Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Cello, Sitar
- Nick Marinovic - Additional Keyboards
- Mark Ellis - Drums

In a recent interview with Seymour Duncan, Malmsteen talked about the new album:

“I spent two years on it, touring, recording, touring, recording. And that’s much, much better actually, in a way. Back in the day I would write the songs then rehearse them with some musicians, then go and do a backing track and we’d record it, mix it, learn the songs to go play them on tour, then do it all again. That way isn’t necessarily conducive to making the best music, y’know what I mean? So in a very, very backhanded way this weird twist of fate in the music industry has actually made it a more inspiring environment, for me at least. I can write any time and record any time. My recording studio is always open, 24 hours. I can just record when I want and it’s a beautiful thing.

When asked what the record was like, Yngwie responded: “It’s a Malmsteen record [laughs]. But I would say it’s a little different. First of all I do all the lead vocals on it. Any time I did lead vocals in the past I was singing blues stuff. This time I decided to do lead vocals in my style of songwriting, so it’s different in that way. It’s a very hard-hitting album and some parts are very advanced, very complicated. But it’s a broad record. It’s definitely a must-listen-to!”