''Isla de Muerta'' is the twelfth studio album by the melodic

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band

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, released on 20 May 2015 by Rocktopia Records. The album is named after the mythical "Island of the Dead" from pirate legend. The album's cover was illustrated by Gaetano Di Falco.http://www.rocktopia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6392%3Arocktopia-records-announce-the-release-of-the-new-ten-album-isla-de-muerta&catid=41%3Alatestnews&Itemid=65
- http://www.rockoverdose.gr/news_details.php?id=37987 The band has released two singles (and lyric videos) from the album, for "Tell Me What to Do" and "This Love". The album cover was illustrated by Gaetano Di Falco, who also illustrated the cover of the band's previous studio album ''

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Track listing

All songs written by

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. European version (Rocktopia Records 003RTP) # (i) Buccaneers (Instrumental) / (ii) Dead Men Tell No Tales - 6:27 # Tell Me What to Do - 4:15 # Acquiesce - 4:45 # This Love - 4:42 # The Dragon and Saint George - 5:16 # Intensify - 6:39 # (i) Karnak (Instrumental) / (ii) The Valley of the Kings - 8:10 # Revolution - 5:56 # Angel of Darkness - 3:57 # The Last Pretender - 6:40 # We Can Be As One - 3:28 (European version bonus track) Asian version (Avalon Records MICP-11210) # (i) Buccaneers (Instrumental) / (ii) Dead Men Tell No Tales - 6:27 # Revolution - 5:56 # Acquiesce - 4:45 # The Dragon and Saint George - 5:16 # Intensify - 6:39 # This Love - 4:42 # (i) Karnak (Instrumental) / (ii) The Valley of the Kings - 8:10 # Tell Me What to Do - 4:15 # Angel of Darkness - 3:57 # The Last Pretender - 6:40 # Assault And Battery - 4:52 (Japanese version bonus track)

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, backing vocals * Dann Rosingana – lead guitars * Steve Grocott - lead guitars *

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– rhythm guitars *

Darrel Treece-Birch Darrel Treece-Birch (born 21 January 1967, in Fleetwood, England is an English hard rock/progressive rock keyboard player and songwriter, best known for his work with the Melodic Hard Rock band Ten, as a solo artist and up until 2020, with the ...

–

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, programming * Steve Mckenna – bass guitar * Max Yates –

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and percussion

Production

*Written and produced by

*Mixing and mastering by Dennis Ward

Concepts

* The song "The Dragon and Saint George" is based on the legend of Saint George who slayed the dragon and saved the city of Silene. * "Revolution" is a recounting of the story of the French Revolution. * "Karnak/The Valley of the Kings" is a song about the Curse of the pharaohs during the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in

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References

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