Space Police: Defenders of the Crown
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| Studio album by Edguy | ||||
| Released | 18 April 2014 | |||
| Recorded | November 2013 - January 2014 at Gatesudio, Wolfsburg | |||
| Genre | Power metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 54:26 | |||
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |||
| Producer | Sascha Paeth & Edguy | |||
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Space Police: Defenders of the Crown is the tenth studio album by the German power metal band Edguy. It was released on 18 April 2014 through Nuclear Blast. The cover art was unveiled on 1 February, and 15 days later, the band announced the track listing.
The band's vocalist and frontman, Tobias Sammet, has promoted the album as the heaviest the band has ever done. It was composed over two months, with the band members working altogether at the same studio with producer Sascha Paeth. The band said of the album:
In an interview, Tobias and lead guitarist Jens Ludwig explained that the title of the album is based on two of its tracks, because they thought both names would be suitable for the new work. According to Tobias, Defenders of the Crown is a reference to Edguy being the real "defender of the heavy metal crown", while Space Police sounded like Frank Zappa or David Bowie and is a title that most heavy metal bands would not use. In another interview, Tobias commented:
The opening track "Sabre & Torch" (which received a lyric video on 17 March 2014 ) was written shortly after the 2013 Avantasia tour and refers to the attitude of the band, doing things that other weren't expecting. "We feel like explorers: We go where no man's been before, just armed with the sabre in one hand and a torch in the other..."
The co-title track "Space Police" was described by Tobias as "a track that really reflects what this band is all about. It’s crazy but powerful and very, very creative, catchy... It's got drive." According to him, the term "space police" is a metaphor for people who want to create and enforce laws on territories that should not be limited by rules. More specifically speaking, he criticizes people who try to tell rock bands what to do and what to say when musicians are actually willing to live above rules and without limitations.
Tobias described the single "Love Tyger" as a "tribute to himself". It describes the history of a guy who is brought to Earth by the Gods as a gift to mankind. Its guitar riff was conceived by Tobias himself and the song was thought of even before Age of the Joker, but Tobias decided not to include it in that album nor in Avantasia's The Mystery of Time, due to it being too "light-hearted".
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