DARK FUNERAL Guitarist Issues Songwriting Update

Guitarist Lord Ahriman of the Swedish black metallers DARK FUNERAL has issued the following update:

"Chaq Mol [guitar] and I are still hard at work on a pre-production for the new full-length album at my (yet-unnamed) home studio. The songwriting process is moving along just fine, perhaps not as fast as I could hope, but new and killer songs are at finally beginning to take some real shape. And it all sounds totally fucking KILLER (of course!).

"At this point, we have the core for six songs completed, and another two under progress.

"So far I haven't really got a more in depth or an overall picture of what we have written other than that it all sounds DARK FUNERAL in the flesh, but with more groove and variety then before. I have also a feeling that we have brought back a bit more of our melodic side aka 'Diabolis Interium' era, which was something I initially wanted for this album.

"Beside the über-melancholic Russian funeral symphony I told you about earlier, we will offer you a couple of more heavy songs this time around. And with that said, I think this may become our most varied album thus far.

"No exact date has been set when we will enter the Abyss Studio, but as soon as it's nailed in stone, we'll let you know, of course.

"I would also like to take this opportunity too to thank all of you who have written to me in response to a name for my home studio. Honestly, I didn't really expect any response to that at all, but apparently I was dead wrong. Damn, I've been overwhelmed with suggestions, some totally killer, while others, hmm, well, not so good… but I totally appreciate them all anyway. As you might have understood already, my main focus right now lies on getting the new album together, so I haven't had any time whatsoever to even think about a name for my home studio, but when I eventually do, I'll let you know, of course."

Lord Ahriman last month revealed that the new DARK FUNERAL album will be recorded with producer Peter Tägtgren (HYPOCRISY, PAIN) at Peter's Abyss Studio. Lord Ahriman said, "I must say that I didn't really see this coming, but honestly, I am really looking forward to work with Peter again, and so are the other guys. It's has been some 8 years or so since we last worked together with Peter and recorded our 'Diabolis Interium' album. So it's sure about time to once again summon the demons that dwells deep within the Pärlby forest."

DARK FUNERAL recently obtained the rights to its back catalogue (including the publishing rights) — "The Secrets Of The Black Arts" (1996),"Vobiscum Satanas" (1998),"Teach Children To Worship Satan" (2000) and "Diabolis Interium" (2001) — following a lengthy legal battle with the band's previous record label, MNW/No Fashion Records.

DARK FUNERAL released "Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part II", the second DVD recorded during the band's world tour in support of the "Attera Totus Sanctus" album, on October 20, 2008. A trailer for the set can be viewed below.

Released in 2005, DARK FUNERAL's latest album, "Attera Totus Sanctus", was recorded and mixed by Daniel Bergstrand (MESHUGGAH, STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, IN FLAMES, BEHEMOTH) and Örjan Örnkloo at Dug-Out studios in Uppsala, Sweden. Mastering duties were handled by Tomas Eberger at the Cutting Room in Stockholm, Sweden. The album features a guest appearance by former MESHUGGAH bassist Gustaf Hielm.