The 69 Eyes - Turn into 'Universal Monsters' !!!

April 22nd 2016

Release

The 69 Eyes unleash the monster in them!!!

Helsinki's most famous vampires The 69 Eyes are proud to announce the title of their new twelth studio album, which will be released on April 22nd via Nuclear Blast. It's called 'Universal Monsters' and contains eleven brand new Finnish Gothic hymns. The cover can be interchanged between five different images; one of each band member and can be seen above.

The new album’s cover artwork, as well as the first video single... were conceived by Finnish photographer and director Ville Juurikkala. Ville is known for his work with Nighwish, Amorphis, HIM, Apocalyptica and Michael Monroe. As the album title 'Universal Monsters' refers, the band are portrayed in movie monster lighting, showing them as classic and timeless creatures.

“The covers are planned and designed as an old-school CD covers... remember when the booklets used to be as exciting as the album itself?! It will actually have five different covers being such a folder... each member of the band can be used as a cover creature of their own. Ville has really succeeded in capturing the classic movie vibe for the shots without any special make-up or photo shopping. The 69 Eyes are the universal Rock ’n’ Roll monsters - not so many of us left anymore, So from real fans I wish they would get the actual CD in their hands to get the full album treatment as we have planned it to be experienced!” - Jyrki (The 69 Eyes)

'Universal Monsters' tracklisting Below:

01 Dolce Vita
02 Jet fighter Plane
03 Blackbird Pie
04 Lady Darkness
05 Stiv and Johnny
06 Never
07 Miss Pastis
08 Jerusalem
09 Shallow Graves
10 Rock 'n' Roll Junkie
11 Blue

“The song has a dark early 80’s kind of vibe. I wrote the lyrics those Cold War era times in my mind. Strangely the world has totally returned into those dark days again after recording the song, It’s been some fifteen years since we recorded 'Blessed Be' and 'Paris Kills' albums with producer Johnny Lee Michaels here in Helsinki. You can consider 'Universal Monsters' as a follow-up to those records. Nobody makes this kind of music anymore.” - Jyrki (The 69 Eyes)

Check Out! the teaser Video for 'Jet fighter Plane' Below...