The Mandrake Project is Bruce Dickinson’s latest solo album. It releases through BMG on March 1st, 2024. To celebrate, he released a new video highlighting the making-of the album. It’s a nice insight into the making of the album and the thought process for Bruce and his band. He specifically says the album should have happened 14 years ago, but things in life got away, like throat cancer, the pandemic, Iron Maiden touring, and more.
2/3rds of the album was finished 14 years ago, but they’ve added new tracks and tweaked it and polished it. Here’s what they have to say about the album.
Across ten inventive, expansive and absorbing tracks, Bruce Dickinson and his long-term co-writer and producer Roy Z, have created one of 2024’s defining rock albums. Sonically heavy and rich in musical textures, it sees Bruce bring to life a musical vision long-in-the-making, and features some of the finest vocal performances of his career.
Recorded largely at LA’s Doom Room with Roy Z doubling up as both guitarist and bassist, the line-up for The Mandrake Project was rounded out by keyboard maestro Mistheria and drummer Dave Moreno, both of whom also featured on Bruce’s last solo studio album, Tyranny Of Souls, in 2005.
The Mandrake Project is not just an album, but a dark, adult story of power, abuse and a struggle for identity, set against the backdrop of scientific and occult genius. Created by Bruce Dickinson, the comic series is scripted by Tony Lee and stunningly illustrated by Staz Johnson for Z2 Comics, released as 12 quarterly issues that will be collected into three annual graphic novels. The first episode will be released in comic shops on January 17th, 2024.
You can pre-order The Mandrake Project here.
So, what do you think of The Mandrake Project?
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