DARK FUNERAL To Enter Studio Next Week

August 12, 2008

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

So, finally it's time.... On Monday, August 18, Chaq Mol [guitar] and I will enter the studio together with producer Örjan Örnkloo (MISERY LOVES CO.) to begin the songwriting process of a new, yet-untitled full-length album. Exactly how long it will take is hard to say, but we hope to be done with a pre-production within the next 3 - 4 weeks. We already have quite some material written so I feel that we are as pre-prepared as we can be at this stage. We will only work in the studio during the weekdays. So every weekend when we're home we'll post a studio report to keep you updated."

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.

"Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part 2", the second DVD recorded during DARK FUNERAL's world tour in support of the "Attera Totus Sanctus" album, recently had its release date pushed back to September.

Commented Lord Ahriman: "Due to the fact that the company which was in charge of the production went bankrupt, we had no other choice than to wait and postpone. Sometimes shit happens! I know we have also promised to post a trailer for the DVD for quite some time. And I hate to say this, but it has also been delayed due above-mentioned reasons. I can, however, assure you that we will post a trailer as soon as we have one. Hopefully it'll be sooner than later."

"Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part 2" (cover artwork) focuses on DARK FUNERAL's South American shows, where the band has a fanatical following.

DARK FUNERAL's first DVD, "Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part 1", which landed on the Swedish DVD chart at No. 5, contains footage from the European leg of the band's world tour. The two-disc set includes three complete, professionally-filmed live shows and rare bonus footage. The first show was filmed with seven cameras on March 12, 2005 in Katowice, Poland. The second was filmed the following March in Tilburg, The Netherlands with four cameras. The second disc starts off with a camera-shot show from March 2006 in Paris, followed by the video clip for "Atrum Regina" and previously unreleased amateur footage that chronicles the Swedish black metal band's entire career, including the very first, and now legendary, show in Oslo, Norway on May 4, 1994. The total combined running time for the two discs is nearly four hours.

"Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part 1" DVD Trailer:

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