GERMAN HARD ROCK GUITAR WIZARD Axel Rudi Pell HAS FINISHED RECORDING AND MIXING HIS LATEST ALBUM "DIAMONDS UNLOCKED II", SET FOR RELEASE ON JULY 30th 2021 ON STEAMHAMMER/SPV.The successor to last year's top 5 album "Sign Of The Times" is the follow-up to his 2007 cover recording "Diamonds Unlocked". Pell's carefully considered decision not to release brand-new material for the first time in almost 15 years is mainly based on the ongoing pandemic and current restrictions on live concerts. The 61-year-old explains that "it makes no sense at all to put out new songs that we will not be able to perform live." But fans desperately waiting for a new studio album will have to acknowledge that this kind of solution is a pretty good one indeed!