Catalog Number: FRLP1431B Color: Black Format: LP UPC: 8024391143155 ECLIPSE's signature sound of massive hooks and stellar musicianship have made them one of Sweden's largest heavy rock bands with well over 100 million streams on streaming services. Hot on the heels of their previous record Megalomanium Part I, ECLIPSE is back with the release of Megalomanium Part II. Says lead singer Erik Martensson, "I think we have suffered from a heavy dose of ever growing egos over the last couple of years. The fact that we released a triple live record a few years ago is probably a good testament to that. Anyway, when it was time to start recording a new album we just felt like we could do whatever we wanted. The creative freedom that came from that feeling resulted in a bunch of great new songs. Like, A LOT of new songs! And a title, Megalomanium. But a title like that comes with a certain responsibility. It can't be just another record. So what's better than releasing a new record? Duh. Releasing TWO new records of course, and so here we are, ready for the release of Megalomanium Part II." Lead guitarist Magnus Henriksson continues, "The initial idea was to release a double record, mostly because we thought it was a fun and stupid thing to do in this day and age when there is so much music being released. But when we sat down and listened to all the new songs we quickly felt that they should be divided into two separate records, and so that's what we ended up doing. Between Megalomanium Part I and Part II, I'd say Part II is definitely the more hard rock record of the two." "I think it's safe to say that we've stayed true to our roots on Part II, not necessarily by choice, it's just what we are and the music that we come from. Having said that, we try really hard to evolve with every record, including this one although there are definitely references to classic Eclipse stuff in there. I'm just gonna go ahead and say it, it's our best record yet." says Martensson. Swedish hard rock band ECLIPSE has been headlining shows all over the world over the last 10 years with tours in Japan, Australia and the US apart from their native European home turf. They've also opened for a wide range of bands such as My Chemical Romance, Aerosmith and Motley Crue.