The Reverend Donnie Black of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada's campus and community station
101.9 FM CFUV recently conducted an interview with legendary Swedish guitarist
Yngwie Malmsteen. The 26-minute piece features two songs from
Yngwie's latest
"Perpetual Flame" CD —
"Death Dealer" and
"Red Devil" — as well as
Malmsteen's version of
AEROSMITH's
"Dream On" with
Ronnie James Dio on vocals.
You can download the program in three parts at
www.rocknrollbreakfast.com.
Video footage of
Yngwie Malmsteen shredding the axe at the
Marshall booth at the 2009 winter
NAMM (
National Association Of Music Merchants) show, which was held January 15-18, 2009 in Anaheim, California, can be viewed below.
"Perpetual Flame", the new album from
Malmsteen, sold around 2,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to
Nielsen SoundScan.
Released on October 14, 2008, the CD is the first-ever
Yngwie effort to be issued via
Rising Force Records (distributed via
Koch) and it marks the debut of
Malmsteen's new singer, ex-
JUDAS PRIEST/
ICED EARTH frontman
Tim "Ripper" Owens.