The legendary British heavy metal singer Bruce Dickinson announced a song from his upcoming solo album “The Mandrake Project”. The album will be released on March 1, via BMG. It is recorded mainly at Los Angeles’s Doom Room with the guitarist Roy G, who played the solo and the bass guitar parts, Mistheria on the keyboards, and Dave Moreno on the drums. The three performers worked previously with Bruce Dickinson on the album “Tyranny of Souls”, 2005.

The video for the song “Afterglow of Ragnarok” reveals the main character from the dark saga of power and battle for identity, “The “Mandrake Project”- d-r Necropolis – and the short eight-page story in the comic-book prequel that will be published in the seven-inch vinyl version of the album.

Here is the “The Mandrake Project”‘s track list:

01. Afterglow Of Ragnarok 
02. Many Doors To Hell 
03. Rain On The Graves 
04. Resurrection Men 
05. Fingers In The Wounds 
06. Eternity Has Failed 
07. Mistress Of Mercy 
08. Face In The Mirror 
09. Shadow Of The Gods 
10. Sonata (Immortal Beloved) 

“The Mandrake Project” is not only a music album but also a dark fantasy comic-story, written by Brice Dickinson, scripted by Tony Lee, and illustrated by Staz Johnson for Z2 Comics. It will be published in 12 three-month editions collected in three annual graphic novels. The first of them will be released in the comic shops on January 1, 2024.

Here is the video for the first song:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=yulfvacpvTc%3Fsi%3DIheGq_sF8OIa761l