Yngwie Malmsteen Announces New Album, Unveils “Now or Never”: Stream

Guitar virtuoso Yngwie Malmsteen has announced a new album titled Hell or High Water, due out November 13 via Music Theories Recordings / Artone Label Group. The new LP comes roughly five years after his previous album, Parabellum, making it his longest gap between studio records in his oer 40-year career career thus far. “Now or Never,” the lead single for Hell or High Water, is a classic Yngwie neo-classical metal ripper. It’s surprisingly tame in terms of tempo, feeling spritely and playful rather than perhaps the expected absolute shredfest. Instead, it’s keenly melodic with a taut heavy metal riff underpinning it and great vocals from the legendary guitarist. The song of course still does contain some wild shred sections, but are delivered with tasteful ferocity, the same kind that made guitarists obsess over him during his early days with Steeler and Alcatrazz. Malmsteen said of his upcoming album, “When I started making records, I would just take the songs I had lying around. Later on, I fell into a schedule – make a record, tour the record and then write the next record. Over the pandemic, I realised it was better to focus completely uninterrupted, so I stayed at home to wr...