ECLIPSE ETERNAL Recording With Ex-MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER

Frontman Voldamares of the Canadian epic black metal band ECLIPSE ETERNAL has issued the following update:

"The wait is over — we began recording our new album, 'The Essence Of Hopelessness', on January 31st 2010 at Eclipse Studios. The recording engineer will be Glen Drover (ex-MEGADETH, KING DIAMOND),who engineered our first album, 'Reign Of The Unholy Blackened Empire'.

"We are extremely pleased to be recording with Glen again; it has been several years since we recorded our debut and we still hold good memories of our time with him in the studio. His talent with the guitar is only equalled by his talent behind the board.

"Because of Glen's upcoming tour [as the stand-in guitarist for] TESTAMENT, we will be recording in two instalments: we'll be in the studio for the month of February and will resume when Glen returns in April. In the time we have before he leaves, we will be recording two new songs, 'Ancient Voices On The Wind' and 'Writing With A Razor Upon The Blue Lines', which he will also mix and master. These will be available for sale in a special black-disc version at our upcoming show with IMMORTAL on March 27th (where we will also be performing these songs). As there will not be a second printing and these songs will eventually be remixed and remastered to fit with the rest of the album, this will be your only chance to hear these new songs in this format.

"Now that I've announced the recording of the album, let me speak briefly about its direction.

"With this album we've thrown away any rules (either self-made or scene-generated) and have instead focused on making the best songs possible. In so doing, we have probably written the most varied and expansive album of our career to date. The songs range from fast mind-fucks to depressive epics, from melodic odes to extinction to raging, bile-filled thrashers. The thread that binds all these together is the lyrical theme of the senselessness and hollowness of life and the exploration of death in its many forms. Of course, all the songs are still black metal, but this time we're added quite a few new elements that felt right for the music. You have not heard this before.

The current working songtitles are:

* Ancient Voices On The Wind
* Writing With A Razor Upon The Blue Lines
* Deathbound
* You Will Remember Me
* Know That I Am (The Noose)
* The Essence Of Hopelessness
* Ode To A Time Long Gone
* Universe To Abyss
* Your Life Is Worth Nothing

"We are currently seeking label representation for this album. If you are interested, please contact us at [email protected]. If you are press and interested in acquiring one of our limited edition two-song pre-release CDs, please email us your info. For booking inquiries, please contact [email protected]."

ECLIPSE ETERNAL's "The Dragon Has Come to Blot out the Stars" video can be viewed below. According to the group, the clip was shot during October/November 2007 by Dark Frame Pictures with director Adrian Kent and "was financed by the band and by Dark Frame Pictures exclusively."

"The Dragon Has Come to Blot out the Stars" comes off ECLIPSE ETERNAL's most recent album, "Ubermensch: Evolution beyond the Species", which was mixed in Sweden by Fredrik Nordström (DIMMU BORGIR, ZYKLON, OLD MAN'S CHILD). The CD is available through The End Records distribution.