NOCTURNAL RITES To Enter The Studio In November

Swedish melodic metallers NOCTURNAL RITES will enter the studio in November to begin recording the follow-up to 2002's "Shadowland", tentatively due in early 2004 through Century Media Records. Working songtitles include "Against the World", "New World Messiah", and "The Icon". The group's bassist Nils Eriksson has previously described the new material as "pretty much like we've always done...[but] maybe just a tad better."