MARIONETTE Begins Recording New Album

August 11, 2010

Gothenburg, Sweden-based metal sextet MARIONETTE recently entered Studio Fredman with producer Fredrik Nordström (IN FLAMES, BRING ME THE HORIZON) to begin recording its as-yet-untitled third album for a tentative early 2011 release via Listenable Records.

Commented guitarist and backing vocalist Aron Parmerud: "We spent a great deal of time after our last [European] tour with BLESSTHEFALL working on new songs and ended up with over 14 songs. Last month Jimmy [Olausson, drums] came in and nailed each of the songs on drums and from there we began tracking the guitars and bass all at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg. Linus [Johansson, keyboards] and I are working with the ambiance of the music and the keyboards. Alexander [Andersson, vocals] is currently working hard on the lyrics and vocal lines.

"Fans of our 'Spite' [2008] and more so 'Enemies' [2009] albums will find some familiar elements in our new songs. Listeners will certainly hear contrasts between brutal and beautiful, progressive and catchy, and up-tempo and down-tempo. There are more elements that will be very new to our listeners.

"We're eager to perform a few of these new songs live on our upcoming 'The SlaughTour 2010' dates in the U.K. and Denmark, and our recently confirmed shows with fellow Gothenburgers DARK TRANQUILLITY in Sweden and Norway. So come out, see us live, and be the first to hear some new MARIONETTE songs this October and November!"

Sitting behind the kit for MARIONETTE at the upcoming shows will be Robert Johansson (ELDRIMNER).

Jimmy Olausson recently left MARIONETTE to pursue other musical endeavors.

MARIONETTE's sophomore album, "Enemies", was released in Europe in October 2009 via Listenable Records. The follow-up to 2008's "Spit" was recorded with a team of up-and-coming as well as established names in Swedish music, including Pontus Hjelm (DEAD BY APRIL) and two-time Swedish Grammis award-winning producer and songwriter Åke Parmerud. The album was mixed and mastered by Fredrik Nordström (IN FLAMES, AT THE GATES, BRING ME THE HORIZON) at Studio Fredman and Peter In De Betou (DIMMU BORGIR, ZONARIA) at Tailor Maid Production, respectively, in May 2009.

For more information, visit www.Marionette.se.

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