T&N (George Lynch) – Slave To The Empire (2012)

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T&N, the band consisting of current and former classic-era Dokken members (George Lynch, Jeff Pilson and Mick Brown), will release their first album “Slave To The Empire” next Halloween, October 31.

To taste it, a full preview was leaked for some hours…

George Lynch says: “We actually did two records. The first one, which will be released on October 31, and then the band will go out on the road; West Coast tour, then play Loud Park festival in Japan as well as visit a few other Asian cities before heading to Europe for a couple weeks.

Then it’s back to the States and we will finish up before Christmas, and we were mixing the second disc for 2013″.

Tooth and Nail were forced to change their name to T&N because of legal reasons. The band stated; “We cannot keep [the name] as Tooth And Nail as there is a label that has it trademarked. [Fans] can still call us Tooth & Nail… We can’t.”

“Slave To The Empire” includes new original material and reworked Dokken songs.

I like most of the material, resembling Lynch/Pilson past album and of course Dokken, with good vocal performances by Jeff Pilson.

There’s also guest singers in four tracks; Doug Pinnick, Robert Mason (Lynch Mob), Sebastian Bach and Tim “Ripper” Owens.

Get it pronto…

01 – Slave To The Empire

02 – Sweet Unknown

03 – Tooth & Nail

04 – It’s Not Love

05 – Rhythm of the Soul

06 – When Eagles Die

07 – Into The Fire

08 – Alone Again

09 – Mind Control

10 – Kiss of Death

11 – Jesus Train

12 – Access Denied

George Lynch – All Guitars

Jeff Pilson – Bass, Lead Vocals (tracks 1-2,5-7,9,11-12)

Brian Tichy – Drums (tracks 1-2, 5-6, 9, 11-12), Backing Vocals

Mick Brown – Drums (tracks 3-4, 7-8, 10), Backing Vocals

Guest Vocalists:

Doug Pinnick (track 3)

Robert Mason (track 4)

Sebastian Bach (track 8)

Tim ‘Ripper’ Owens (track 10)

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