Sunbomb, the musical alliance between two steadfast warriors of the U.S. hard rock/metal scene, Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns) and Michael Sweet (Stryper), will release its sophomore album, “Light Up The Sky”, on June 24 via Frontiers Records Srl. To celebrate the album’s announcement, Sunbomb has shared the album’s first single, “Unbreakable”, which is accompanied by a lyric video, available below.
Developed as a tribute to the classic heavy metal of the 1980s, Sunbomb melds influences of classic metal bands such as Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Dio, and Judas Priest.
About the new track, Sweet said: “‘Unbreakable’ is a raw, in-your-face track with a message of perseverance and never giving up. We all walk through the fire and when we do, we come out refined and ‘unbreakable’. It’s an honor to be working with Tracii and releasing music that’s powerful and meaningful.”
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Tracii played all guitars and bass on “Light Up The Sky”, with drums handled by Tracii‘s old L.A. Guns bandmate Adam Hamilton.
Like its 2021 predecessor, “Evil And Divine”, the music here is once again very heavy and firmly planted in the “metal” category, with a wink to a traditional approach to the genre. While Tracii wrote the music for the album, the fact that Michael has been writing in an increasingly heavier style on latter-era Stryper albums made him a perfect vocalist for the album.
About “Light Up the Sky”, Michael added: “I’m always humbled to be a part of a project like this. This album takes the Sunbomb vision to another level with killer songs and amazing energy. Tracii really delivered on the riffs and it made it very easy for me to come up with melodies that were fitting for each song. It’s different yet familiar at the same time in the best of ways. We’re very fortunate to be working with a label that still believes in the best music in the world — rock!”
