NOCTURNAL RITES Hard At Work On New Material
January 21, 2010Drummer Owe Lingvall of Swedish power metallers NOCTURNAL RITES told Sweden's Västerbottens Folkblad newspaper earlier this week that the band will enter the studio this spring with an as-yet-undisclosed new guitarist to begin recording its new album for a tentative late 2010 release.
The group, which hasn't played any shows since 2008, spent the past eighteen months focusing on other projects and recharging its batteries, according to Lingvall. A couple of new songs have already been written and there are ideas for another five or six tracks. In addition, NOCTURNAL RITES has been confirmed for this year's ProgPower USA XI festival, set to take place September 8-11 in Atlanta, Georgia.
NOCTURNAL RITES previously stated about the material that has been completed for the follow-up to 2007's "The 8th Sin", "We have some really dark and aggressive stuff written as well as some more melodic, so this new album will definitely cater to all aspects of the NOCTURNAL RITES legacy! [It sounds] a little [like we're going] back to the darker 'Afterlife' [2000] days mixed with some trademark NOCTURNAL RITES catchy melodies — those that can never go wrong!"
Guitarist Nils Norberg announced his departure from NOCTURNAL RITES in June 2008. "I have decided to lay down the guitar as my interest for music kind of cooled down the last years," he said in a statement.
"The 8th Sin" in 2007 landed on the Japanese album chart at position No. 68 (No. 28 on "international" chart).
NOCTURNAL RITES' video for "Never Again", which was directed by Owe Lingvall of Village Road Films (WOLF, CARNAL FORGE, MORGANA LEFAY),can be viewed below.
(Thanks: Sebastian)
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