Ten

Building upon the success of his 2016 release One Sided War, Stryper front man Michael Sweet returns with his tenth solo studio release aptly titled, "Ten". Ten features an all star guest lineup that includes appearances by, Jeff Loomis of Arch Enemy, Todd La Torre of Queensryche, Andy James, Tracii Guns of LA Guns, Rich Ward of Fozzy, Joel Hoekstra of Whitesnake, Gus G of Firewind, Howie Simon, Ethan Brosh, Marzi Montazeri, Will Hunt of Evanescence , John O'Boyle, Mike Kerr and Ian Raposa of Firstbourne and more.
On the subject of guest musicians Michael comments, "There is a different player appearing on every song. It started out where I was just going to have a couple of guest appearances on it, then I decided that it would be really interesting to bring in different players for every song. I started putting names out there and reaching out to people, and they started agreeing to do it. And then I had guys reaching out to me."
Regarding the musical direction of the album Michael states, "I'm very excited about this release, there are old-school, straight-ahead metal ideas in the vein of Judas Priest, Dio and Iron Maiden, all the stuff I love listening to!"
As for the "Ten" album title, Sweet recently stated, "It's called 'Ten' cause it's my tenth album, and because there is a title track on there about the Ten Commandments "” a really powerful song. There's real heavy stuff. It starts kind of smacking you in the face and it ends kicking you in the gut."

Lineup

Michael Sweet (Stryper, Sweet & Lynch) - Lead Vocals/Guitars

Guests

Ian Raposa (Firstbourne) - Vocals
Todd La Torre (Queensrÿche) - Vocals
Joel Hoekstra (Night Ranger, Whitesnake) - Guitar
Ethan Brosh (Burning Heat) - Guitar
Jeff Loomis (Nevermore, Arch Enemy) - Guitar
Howie Simon (Ice Water Mansion, Talisman, Alcatrazz) - Guitar
Marzi Montazeri - Guitar
Gus G (Firewind, Dream Evil, Ozzy Osbourne) - Guitar
Rich Ward (Fozzy) - Guitar
Tracii Guns (LA Guns, Brides Of Destruction, Contraband) - Guitar
Mike Kerr (Firstbourne) - Guitar
Andy James - Guitar
John O'Boyle - Bass
Will Hunt (Skrape, Black Label Society, Evanescence) - Drums