Axel Rudi Pell, the timeless German curator of the classic hard rock school, will release his new studio album, “Ghost Town”, on March 20, 2026. Once again it’s coming out on Germany’s Steamhammer/SPV Records.
Below you can check out the lyric video for the second single from the upcoming album, the track Sanity. Before that, Pell dropped the title track.
This time around, Axel is joined on the new album by a crew of seasoned musical comrades: Johnny Gioeli (vocals, Hardline), Bobby Rondinelli (drums, ex-Rainbow, ex-Blue Oyster Cult), Volker Krawczak (bass), and Ferdy Doernberg (keyboards).
You can already pre-order “Ghost Town”.
Even though with Axel you always get exactly what you expect, one track stands out on the new album, which features eleven new original songs: Breaking Seals, sung as a duet with the one and only Udo Dirkschneider.
Axel Rudi Pell produced Ghost Town himself, while Tommy Geiger (Blind Guardian, Helloween), who’s responsible for the album’s mix, provided valuable technical support during the recording sessions at the Blind Guardian studio in Grefrath.
Track list for “Ghost Town”:
1. The Regicide (Intro)
2. Guillotine Walk
3. Breaking Seals (feat. Udo Dirkschneider)
4. Ghost Town
5. Holy Water
6. The Enemy Within
7. Hurricane
8. Sanity
9. Towards The Shore
10. Steps Of Stone
11. Higher Call
