And while the concept of time seems to play no role in the life of vampires, the year 2019 marks a reason to celebrate and blow out more candles on the cake than most other bands will ever be able to see flickering in front of their eyes. It’s time for the 30th anniversary of THE 69 EYES – and of course they prepared something special from the damp cold of their crypts.

Leaving their dreams behind has never been an option for THE 69 EYES and their new anniversary album, »West End« has a truly apocalyptic taste to it and it seems that vocalist Jyrki, guitarists Bazie and Timo-Timo, bassist Archzie and drummer Jussi 69 are more alive than ever, while dancing in the ruins of our world:

“The title »West End« evokes a dark image – when something dies, something new takes its place and we all have to change in order to stay alive. I feel like this planet is at a turning point. The end of the western world is near and the question is: What will happen when the west ends..? The title has multiple meanings for us… but be assured it has definitely nothing to do with The Pet Shop Boys or London”, he laughs.

Having been together for 30 years now, spending over half of their lives as a well-established team, the band refuses to recycle their sound over and over again and show no signs of slowing down in tempo. Therefore most of the songs on their 12th studio piece »West End« are up-tempo rock anthems full of heaviness, black memento mori moments and dark humour: “At the moment I would say it’s the best record that THE 69 EYES have ever done and if you’ve been avoiding us till now, it’s about time to check us out and this is a good album to start with. It’s a modern rock’n’roll record, fitting for 2019.”

But what would an anniversary party be without lots of guests? Three highly acclaimed vocalists are joining the fun on the tracks ‘Two Horns Up’ and ‘The Last House On The Left’ – CRADLE OF FILTH’s hellish frontman Dani Filth, the Duke Of Spook WEDNESDAY 13 and Alice Cooper’s daughter and Beastö Blancö vocalist Calico Cooper.

While ‘The Last House On The Left’ is a homage to the cult horror film of the same name, the pitch black fairy tale ‘Burn Witch Burn’ can be seen as a comment on today’s social media madness and the title of the decadent rock hymn ’27 & Done’ speaks for itself and pays tribute to the deadly side of Hollywood and the tragic 27 Club.
 
In addition to the 11 new tracks, the band will also reveal a documentary about their entire history and development, featured on the bonus DVD of the special edition and directed by Ville Lipiäinen.


TRACKLIST CD:

01. Two Horns Up
02. 27 & Done
03. Black Orchid
04. Change
05. Burn Witch Burn
06. Cheyenna
07. The Last House On The Left
08. Death & Desire
09. Outsiders
10. Be Here Now
11. Hell Has No Mercy

LINE-UP:

Jyrki69 | Vocals
Bazie | Lead guitar
Timo-Timo | Guitar
Archzie | Bass
Jussi69 | Drums