Sweet & Lynch - 'Leaving It All Behind' (official music video)

(Verse 1)
The universe before me changed
But that won’t bring me down
Sometimes we have to rearrange
So what we’ve lost, it can be found

I’m sitting all alone
I hear your words come through the radio
I hear the ringing phone
But I ignore what I already know

(Chorus)
I’m Leaving it all behind
It won’t be easy
But I’ll be fine
Leaving it all behind
Forgetting that misery was mine
What’s left of my old life
There’s nothing there at all to find
I know I’ll be alright
I’m moving now and
Leaving It All Behind

(Verse 2)
I know I have to move on
I want to breathe again
A new beginning, a new song
No losing when you win

When I look at the time
Was here and gone so fast
A blur that disappeared
A lie that didn’t last

(Chorus)
I’m Leaving it all behind
It won’t be easy
I’ll be fine
Leaving it all behind
Forgetting misery was mine
What’s left of my old life
There’s nothing there at all to find
I know I’ll be alright
I’m moving now to
Leave It All Behind

(Solo)

(Chorus)
Leaving it all behind
It won’t be easy
But I Know I’ll be fine
Leaving it all behind
I’m forgetting the days
When misery was mine
What’s left of that life
I’m Leaving It
Leaving It all Behind

Sweet & Lynch: πρόκειται για το συγκρότημα που δημιούργησαν ο Michael Sweet (των Stryper) και ο George Lynch (ex-Dokken, Lynch Mob, The End Machine κλπ.). Η μπάντα έχει ήδη κυκλοφορήσει δύο δίσκους ("Only To Rise" 2015, "Unified" 2017) με το τρίτο να βρίσκεται προ των πυλών. Φέρει τον τίτλο "Heart & Sacrifice"και αναμένεται σε λίγες ημέρες από την Frontiers Music srl...

Δελτίο τύπου: «Sweet & Lynch, the musical union of vocalist/guitarist Michael Sweet (Stryper, Iconic) and guitarist George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), have announced the long-awaited release of their third album, "Heart & Sacrifice".

The combination of Sweet’s powerful, high-octane vocals and Lynch’s immediately recognizable guitar heroics once again prove to be an unbeatable combination sure to please the hard rock faithful. Sweet & Lynch first emerged with their debut album, "Only To Rise" in 2015.

The album cracked the Billboard Top 200 and came in at #6 on the Top Hard Rock Albums, #17 on Independent Albums, #18 on Top Rock Albums, and #4 on Christian Albums charts. Their sophomore album "Unified" followed in 2017, landing at #53 Top Current Albums, #13 Top Current Rock Albums, and #8 Record Label Independent Current Albums on the Billboard charts.

While plans for a third album were always on the table, the project went on a slight hiatus while the guys concentrated on their other musical endeavors. 2022 proved to be the year where the creative juices for Sweet & Lynch began to flow again and work on what would ultimately become "Heart & Sacrifice" began.

Alessandro Del Vecchio, who co-produced this release with Michael Sweet, plays bass on the album, while Jelly Cardarelli (Lalu) plays drums. Michael Sweet helms the Grammy-nominated Christian hard-rock outfit Stryper, which he co-founded more than 35 years ago, as the band's vocalist, guitarist, and main songwriter.

To date, the band has more than 10 million career album sales worldwide. The venerable band ascended to prominence in the 1980s with Billboard Top 40 charting singles like “Calling on You,” “Honestly” and “Always There for You" and has in more recent years enjoyed an unparalleled career renaissance, delivering arguably the best albums of their storied career, including their 2022 album, "The Final Battle".

Michael has released multiple solo albums, including a self-titled release in 1994, which yielded five No. 1 singles, "Truth" in 2000, the critically acclaimed 2015 project "I’m Not Your Suicide" (peaked at No. 10 on Billboard’s Hard Rock albums), and 2019’s "Ten", which reached No. 4 on Billboard’s Top Christian Albums chart.

He recently partnered with Joel Hoekstra (Whitesnake), Nathan James (Inglorious), Marco Mendoza (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake), and Tommy Aldridge (Whitesnake, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) in the supergroup Iconic, which was greeted with much adoration by rock fans around the globe.

George Lynch emerged from the '80s hard rock scene with the L.A. based group Dokken and went on to become a world renowned guitarist. Aside from Dokken, he also enjoyed great success with Lynch Mob, the group he founded after leaving Dokken.

Lynch has gone on to become a prolific (that is an understatement, to say the least) music creator, continuing with Lynch Mob, releasing solo albums, and a wealth of collaborative efforts over the decades.

Those include, but are not limited to, KXM with dug Pinnick (King's X) and Ray Luzier (Korn), The End Machine with Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, ex-Dokken), Mick Brown (ex-Dokken), and Robert Mason (Warrant), Sweet & Lynch with Michael Sweet (Stryper), Ultraphonix with Corey Glover (Living Colour), Dirty Shirley with Dino Jelusick (Animal Drive, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), The Banishment with Joe Haze, and many more.»

Band: Sweet & Lynch
Video: "Leaving It All Behind"
Video by: NLight Productions
Produced by: Enzo Mazzeo
Directed and edited by: Èric Boadella
Cinematography: Kyle Thor
Production Assistants: Giancarlo Floridia, Christopher Floridia, Bob Decesare
Still Photography: Enzo Mazzeo
Make Up: Leisa Balfour

Album: "Heart & Sacrifice"
Type: Full length
Release date: May 19th, 2023
Label: Frontiers Music srl
Format: CD, 2-LP, Digital

Track listing:
01. Heart & Sacrifice
02. Where I Have To Go
03. Miracle
04. Leave It All Behind
05. You’ll Never Be Alone
06. After All Is Said And Done
07. Give Up The Night
08. Will It Ever Change
09. It’s Time To Believe
10. Every Day
11. It Rains Again
12. World Full Of Lies

Line-Up:
Michael Sweet – lead vocals, guitars
George Lynch – lead guitars
Alessandro Del Vecchio – bass
Jelly Cardarelli - drums

Produced by: Michael Sweet & Alessandro Del Vecchio
Executive Producer/A&R: Serafino Perugino