''Pandemonium'' is the twelfth
studio album
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by
Danish hard rock
Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...
/
heavy metal band
Pretty Maids
Pretty Maids is a Danish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Horsens. Formed in 1981 by Ken Hammer, and completed with Ronnie Atkins in 1982, their sound and music can be described as classic guitar-laden heavy rock with a strong emphasis ...
. The album was released on 14 May 2010 on
Frontiers Records
Frontiers Music (formerly Frontiers Records) is an Italian record label that primarily focuses on hard rock. The label was founded in 1996 by Serafino Perugino and is headquartered in Naples.
History
In 1996, Serafino Perugino began his care ...
. Lead singer Ronnie Atkins has called the album "the best album we've done in something like 15 or 20 years".
The album debuted at number 83 on the
German Albums Chart
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, becoming Pretty Maids' first album to chart in more than 10 years (since ''Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing'' in 1999). In their native Denmark, the album debuted at number 14 and became Pretty Maids' highest-charting album since ''
Scream'' (1994) which charted at number 27.
Track listing
Personnel
*Ronnie Atkins – vocals
*Ken Hammer – guitars
*Kenn Jackson – bass
*Allan Tschicaja – drums
*Morten Sandager – keyboards, assistant engineer
*Jacob Hansen – producer, mixer, mastering, engineer, additional guitars
*Jeppe Andersson – assistant engineer
*Martin Pagaard Wolff – drum technician
Charts
References
2010 albums
Pretty Maids albums
Frontiers Records albums
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