Heavy Metal supergroup Gathering Of Kings will release a new song, “Vagabond Rise”, on Sunday, January 2nd. The track is the first single from the band’s upcoming yet untitled 3rd studio album, set for release in may 2022. “Vagabond Rise” was produced by Thomas “Plec” Johansson at The Panic Room in Skövde with Ron Dahlgren, Nina Dahlgren & Victor Olsson as executive producers. The track was written by Victor Olsson and the lyrics were written by Victor and Alexander Frisborg. Drums were recorded at Nordic Sound Lab by Mikko Viitala and Victor Olsson. The cover artwork for the single was created by Markus Vesper Art.
Guitarist and songwriter Victor Olsson commented on the new single:
“The song itself is a story of empowerment, domestic abuse and taking matters into your own hands, despite leaving yourself vulnerable and homeless. A story that came to me after watching the NETFLIX show “Maid”, I felt very strongly about the subject and wanted to put it in an empowering 80s rock costume! Hopefully you’ll all sense the vibe and feel what we feel.”
Gathering Of Kings was created and is supervised by Ron Dahlgren and Nina Dahlgren, bringing together top musicians from the current hard rock scene in Sweden.
The idea was to create an AOR/Melodic Hard Rock project/band like Tom Galley’s Phenomena or even Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia, with multiple vocalists and instrumentalists.
Victor Olsson is the main songwriter, with Alexander Frisborg co-writing the lyrics.
Line-Up on “Vagabond Rise”:
Jonny Lindkvist – Lead Vocals
Victor Olsson – Lead Guitar and Backing Vocals
Magnus Mild – Rhythm Guitar
Mikael Planefeldt – Bass
Joel Selsfors – Keyboards
Jonas Källsbäck – Drums
Rick Altzi – Backing Vocals
Alexander Frisborg – Backing Vocals
Special Appearance:
Theresia Svensson – Backing Vocals
Gathering Of Kings began work on the third album a couple of months ago and continues their creative relationship with producer Thomas “Plec” Johansson, who has previously worked with Soilwork, Nocturnal Rites, Dynazty, Hank von Hell, The Night Flight Orchestra, Thundermother, Saffire and Eleine among many others.
Gathering Of Kings are now booking shows for 2022 and 2023 to support the band’s third studio album. Interested parties should contact Ron Dahlgren & Nina Dahlgren via gatheringofkingssweden@gmail.com
Gathering Of Kings are:
Jonny Lindkvist (Nocturnal Rites) – Lead Vocals
Rick Altzi (Masterplan, Herman Frank) – Lead Vocals
Apollo Papathanasio (Spiritual Beggars, ex-Firewind) – Lead Vocals
Tobias Jansson (Saffire) – Lead Vocals
Alexander Frisborg (Karess, Helldog) – Lead Vocals
Victor Olsson (Saffire) – Guitar
Magnus Mild (Perpetual Etude, Air Raid) – Guitar
Mikael Planefeldt (NorthTale, Perpetual Etude) – Bass
Joel Selsfors (Creye) – Keyboards
Jonas Källsbäck (The Night Flight Orchestra) – Drums
Efraim Larsson (Saffire) – Drums
Stream their current music here: