Spiritual Beggars, the Swedish band featuring Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott and bassist Sharlee D’Angelo, along with new vocalist Apollo Papathanasio (Firewind), will release its seventh studio album,  Return To Zero, in Europe on August 30 via InsideOut Music. The follow-up to 2005′s Demons was recorded at Sweetspot Studio with producer Rickard Bengtsson.

“The new Spiritual Beggars album is to my ears some of best stuff I’ve ever done with this band and I’m very much looking forward to releasing the seventh Spiritual Beggars studio album, ‘Return To Zero’, with the help and expertise of the InsideOut team!” stated Amott. “At the end of the day, it was a no-brainer to do a new licensing deal with the InsideOut label, they did a great job on the ‘Demons’ album and the ‘Live Fire!’ DVD (2006). Since then, they have merged with the Century Media company whom I have a long and successful history with. I already know a lot of the people that will be involved in this release, and that feels good. I respect InsideOut label boss Thomas Waber for being a true music fan and for his undying enthusiasm and efforts in making this deal happen.”

Added InsideOut’s Waber: “We had a great experience with the ‘Demons’ album and are looking forward to working the new one as well. After all the turmoil last year, things are back on top and better than ever and Spiritual Beggars will no doubt benefit from this!”

In a recent interview with Japan’s Burrn! magazine, Amott stated about the forthcoming CD, “Some of the songs are ‘Star Born’, ‘Lost In Yesterday’, ‘The Chaos Of Rebirth’, ‘We Are Free’, ‘Concrete Horizon’ ? to name a few! The new album has a lot of the typical Spiritual Beggars trademarks ? it’s heavy rock with a ’70s atmosphere ? but I also hear a definite progression and a deeper sense of melody in the songwriting and performances. It’s exactly the kind of record I wanted to make with Spiritual Beggars in 2010!”

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