Vocalist Niklas Isfeldt and bassist Peter Stålfors have officially left DREAM EVIL, the Swedish band featuring acclaimed producer Fredrik Nordström (HAMMERFALL, IN FLAMES, DIMMU BORGIR, SPIRITUAL BEGGARS, etc.) and drummer Snowy Shaw (KING DIAMOND, MERCYFUL FATE, MEMENTO MORI, NOTRE DAME). Peter and Niklas' statement on the matter reads as follows:

"Because of personal issues and the fact that Niklas has problems with constantly recurring health problems, we have taken the painful decision to leave the band.

"All our friends are telling us that it's a bad idea to leave the band now when it's starting to get big, but you may come to a point in your life where you have to make a choice. We have now come to this point in our lives and the choice we have made is to put more time into our families and work.

"We've known for a long time that the bigger DREAM EVIL becomes, the more time it will take from the other important things in our lives, and in time it was inevitable to make a decision. Therefore, we have decided to leave Dream Evil.

"There are no hard feelings between us and the other guys in DREAM EVIL. We're still the best of friends and they totally understand the position we are in.

"So it is with the best confidence we now pass over the mantle to the new members Jake E Berg and Tommy Larsson [bass; ex-JAGGERNAUT, CHASTISEMENT]. They have our blessings and we are confident they will fill our shoes just perfectly and leave nothing for the fans to be desired.

"We wish to thank all fans for the support through the years and for making the time in DREAM EVIL a memory for life."

DREAM EVIL's latest CD, "The Book Of Heavy Metal", was released last year through Century Media Records. The follow-up to 2003's "Evilized", "The Book Of Heavy Metal" was recorded at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden and features special guest appearances by ex-YNGWIE MALMSTEEN keyboardist Mats Olausson (on the songs "Into The Moonlight", "Crusaders' Anthem", "Chosen Twice" and "Unbreakable Chain") and HALFORD/PAINMUSEUM guitarist "Metal" Mike Chlasciak.

FACE DOWN, the reunited Swedish outfit featuring former THE HAUNTED singer Marco Aro, have finalized the track listing for their new album, "The Will to Power", due late October through Sweden's Black Lodge Records.

"The Will to Power" was recorded at Fear and Loathing studio (co-owned by MESHUGGAH and CLAWFINGER) in Spånga, Sweden with engineer/producer Jocke Skog (CLAWFINGER). The CD will be mastered on August 16 at the Cutting Room.

"The Will to Power" final track listing:

01. Drained
02. Blood Tiles
03. Heroin
04. Insanity
05. Will To Power
06. Grey
07. Heretic
07. The Delusion
08. War Hog
09. The Unsung

Bonus tracks on the digipack version of the album will be "My Sacrifice" and "Strife". "We're also looking into putting some multimedia stuff, live video clips and other goodies on the digipack," the band write on their web site.

"Right now we're working on the cover artwork and booklet, and it's going really well. All artwork is handled by bass player Joakim this time around, so expect something extraordinarily disturbing."

Los Angeles based death/grind demons INFAMY have once again parted with their bass player, this time with Hans Faber of UNSANCTIFIED. INFAMY would like to thank Hans for all the work he's put in INFAMY in 2004 and the first half of this year.

INFAMY are in need of a bassist/vocalist to complete their three-vocalist team. Interested parties can contact the band at infamydeathgrind@hotmail.com.

INFAMY are set to record again in October and will release two demos simulataneously this winter. The vocals for the "Gates of Purgatory" demo are being redone and another demo will be released along with it (title pending). INFAMY will also be recording "Forensic Clinician/The Sanguine Article" for an upcoming Dwell Records tribute to the legendary CARCASS. The bonus song will be included on the fall 2005 INFAMY demo.

Finnish goth-metallers CHARON have finalized the track listing for their new album, "Songs for the Sinners", due in Finland on August 31 (September 5 internationally) via Spinefarm Records.

CHARON entered Finnvox Studios in Helsinki in February with producer Mikko Karmila to begin recording the follow-up to 2003's "The Dying Daylights". The group's new single, "Ride on Tears", was released this week in Finland via Spinefarm.

"Songs for the Sinners" (view cover here) track listing:

01. Colder
02. Deep Water
03. Bullet
04. Rain
05. Air
06. She Hates
07. Ride on Tears
08. Gray
09. Rust
10. House of the Silent

Bonus tracks (not featured on the regular album release):

11. Divine
12. Frail I Stand
13. Give Nothing

Singer J.P. Leppäluoto and drummer Antti Karihtala's detailed descriptions of the new songs and commentary on the new album can be found at this location.

Long-running German thrashers SODOM have set "Lords of Depravity - Part I" (view cover here) as the title of their new DVD, due on September 19 via SPV.

The first of two double-DVD sets will contain "the SODOM history from 1982 to 1995 and the concerts from Sofia, With Full Force, Wacken, Bang Your Head and Rock Hard festivals," according to SODOM mainman Thomas "Angelripper" Such. "Total play time of the double DVD will be at least five hours . . Nothing that could be interesting for you SODOM fans should be withheld. Highlight of the entire DVD are interviews with all, still living ex musicians. It was a real challenge for me to organize that all!"

The follow-up DVD, "Lords of Depravity - Part II", "will be published at the beginning of 2006 and contain the history from 1996 to 2005 when there was no more lineup changes," stated Such. "You can barely imagine what you'll get to see and hear, because in this period a camera was always at hand. This double DVD will also have a play time of more than five hours."

SODOM are scheduled to release their new studio album in January via SPV Records. A U.S. tour with FINNTROLL will kick off January 6 in Springfield, VA.

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will shoot a video for the track "Straight to Hell" on August 14 in Phoenix, Arizona. The clip is expected to be finished late August and ready for national and regional video outlets by September 1.

"Straight to Hell" comes off the group's latest album, "Dreams of Death" (Crash Music, Inc.), which sold 600 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD was engineered by Tom Giatron and produced by FLOTSAM AND JETSAM and Tom Giatron at Genesis Studios in Phoenix. Travis Smith did the cover art.

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM was formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 1984 by bassist Jason Newsted, who eventually left the band to join METALLICA. The group currently consists of Eric A.K. (vocals), Craig Nielsen (drums), Jason Ward (bass), Mark Simpson (guitar) and Ed Carlson (guitar).

Steamhammer/SPV are proud to announce their exclusive signing of MOTLEY CRUE drummer TOMMY LEE for the European territories. The release of his third solo album, "Tommyland: The Ride" will be linked to LEE's current reality TV show, "Tommy Lee Goes to College'. TOMMY will present several tracks from his album on the show, due to kick off in Europe this month.
"Tommyland: The Ride" was produced by LEE himself in cooperation with Scott Humphrey. The list of guest musicians on "Tommyland: The Ride" is as spectacular as his exclusive contract with Steamhammer/SPV: NICKELBACK's Chad Kroeger, FUEL guitarist and vocalist Carl Bell, SUM 41 vocalist Deryck Whibley, Butch Walker, GOOD CHARLOTTE's Joel Madden, and - wait for it! -
Backstreet Boy Nick Carter.

Equally sensational is the announcement that Steamhammer/SPV will release the album at a low-budget rate at the artist's request. "From the very beginning, I wanted to do something different with this record, something ground-breaking," says Lee. "I wanted to get great new music to my fans without charging them fifteen or sixteen bucks for a CD. And SPV/Steamhammer are helping me do that, so I couldn't be happier."

TOMMY LEE has been drumming with rock act, MOTLEY CRUE, since the early Eighties and is one of the most charismatic rock musicians of all time. He has sold 40 million records and repeatedly played the biggest stages world-wide. MOTLEY CRUE were reunited a few months ago and are currently on a world tour. LEE has also made headlines with his marriages to Hollywood Stars Heather Locklear and Pamela Anderson.

SPV Managing Director Manfred Schuetz comments: "This is exactly what you can expect from SPV"

TRACKS

1. Good Times - Features Butch Walker
   
2. Hello Again - Features Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate
   
3. Trying To Be Me - Features Chad Kroeger of Nickelback
   
4. Sister Mary - Features Carl Bell of Fuel
   
5. The Butler
   
6. Tired - Features Joel Madden of Good Charlotte
   
7. I Need You - Features Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate
   
8. Make Believe
   
9. Makin' Me Crazy - Features Dirty Harry
   
10. Watch You Lose
    
11. Say Goodbye - Features Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys
    
12. Hello Again (Acoustic)
    

FATES WARNING are currently editing a live DVD shot on February 20, 2005 in Athens, Greece. The disc, the audio for which was mixed by Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM), is tentatively due before the end of the year via InsideOut Music.

In other news, FATES WARNING guitarist Jim Matheos is collaborating with ex-DREAM THEATER keyboardist Kevin Moore on the second OSI (OFFICE OF STRATEGIC INFLUENCE). According to Matheos, "work on OSI2 is progressing nicely."

OSI's debut album featured Matheos, Moore, former CYNIC bassist Sean Malone and DREAM THEATER drummer Mike Portnoy. It was released in 2003 via InsideOut Music.

ARCH ENEMY's video for the song "Nemesis" has been posted online at Yahoo! Music. The clip was shot in late June with director George Bravo, who previously worked with the Swedish/German extreme metallers on their "We Will Rise" video.

"Nemesis" is the first single/video off ARCH ENEMY's new album, "Doomsday Machine" (Century Media Records), which has sold 12,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The CD was co-produced by the band and Rickard Bengtsson at Slaughterhouse Studio in Sweden and was mixed by Andy Sneap at Backstage Studios in Derbyshire, U.K.

ARCH ENEMY are currently touring the U.S. as part of this year's Ozzfest, which kicked off July 15 in Mansfield, Massachusetts.

BATTERED, the new Norwegian band featuring former EINHERJER members Frode Glesnes (a.k.a. Grimar, vocals/guitar), Aksel Herløe (guitar) and Gerhard Storesund (a.k.a. Vivar, drums), have announced the addition of singer Sigurd Olaisen (HEADBLOCK) to the group's ranks. The group are continuing work on their debut CD at Sifa Lydstudio in Norway. "The recording session is coming towards the end," reads a posting on the group's web site. "We are only a few vocal lines days away from completing the recording of the 11 songs that will become the first BATTERED studio album."

BATTERED's current lineup is rounded out by bassist Ole Moldesæther.

Often cited as the leading "viking metal" act, Haugesund-based EINHERJER released several albums and EPs (1994's "Aurora Borealis" EP, 1995's "Leve Vikingånden", 1996's "Dragons of the North", 1997's "Far Far North" EP, 1998's "Odin Owns Ye All", 2000's "Norwegian Native Art" and 2003's "Blot") before folding in May of 2004.

A video clip of SOULFLY peforming the song "Pain" — featuring special guests Chino Moreno of the DEFTONES and Ritchie Cavalera (SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera's stepson) — at the Fields of Rock Festival on June 18, 2005 in Nijmegen, Netherlands, has been posted online at BandsVideos.com.

SOULFLY's new album, "Dark Ages", is scheduled for release on October 4 via Roadrunner Records. The follow-up to 2004's "Prophecy" was produced by SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera and was mixed by Terry Date, who has previously worked with PANTERA and DEFTONES, among others.

29th August is the release date of the THE VISION BLEAK album called "Carpathia". Forceful, black riffs, heavyweight drums and many-facetted vocals. Horror Metal - monumental, mighty, majestic and magnificent like the Carpathian mountains.
"This is the fateful story of a businessman becoming heir to
the old estates of his family in far and strange Carpathia," Schwadorf outlines the concept. We, the listeners, accompany the young man on this journey through creepy mountain passes, sit beside him in his cab, sense the slow assembly of evil, share his shivers as he encounters the rustic villagers of Carpathia, travel further into the exotic and fearfully outlandish world of "Arabian Nights", and at the end we know: the protagonist is cursed, probably even possessed.
THE VISION BLEAK are also working on a videoclip for the song "Carpathia".
Director of the clip is Dave Palser, who created videos for The Prodigy, My Dying Bride, Burzum, Cradle Of Filth and many more.
Tracklist "Carpathia":
1. The Drama Of The Wicked
2. Secrecies In Darkness
3. Carpathia
4. Dreams In The Witchhouse
5. Sister Najade (The Tarn By The Firs)
6. The Curse Of Arabia
7. Kutulu!
8. The Carm Is Done
"Carpathia" will be released as normal Jewelcase CD and as luxuary Digipak edition with Bonus CD.

First international press reactions:
TERRORIZER (UK): "Conjures the image of a horror epic with all the atmosphere of a Lovecraft classic...imagination and creativity running on
all cylinders...Nosferatu-esque"
METAL HAMMER (D): "This is a class of it´s own" METAL SHOCK (I): Top Album September
UNRESTRAINED (CAN): With ist dark visions and a masterful sense of exploration and storytelling, THE VISION BLEAK´s "Carpathia" is a worthwile journey"

Norway's legendary eccentric artist MORTIIS will release his first-ever DVD, entitled "Soul in a Hole" on September 26 via Earache.

"Soul in a Hole" contains a full live set filmed during MORTIIS' mammoth seven-week European tour in support of "The Grudge" album, released last year. It also includes MORTIIS' unparalleled videography to date, with clips shot as far afield as Death Valley, New York and London, plus never-seen-before interview footage, including MORTIIS speaking candidly about the recording process, live shows and the reason for the mask!!

"Soul in a Hole" track listing:

MORTIIIS Live At The Hackney Ocean, London - September 24, 2004:

01. Intro
02. Broken Skin
03. Way Too Wicked
04. Marshland
05. The Worst In Me
06. Monolith
07. Gibber
08. Decadent And Desperate
09. Parasite God
10. The Loneliest Thing
11. Asthma
12. The Grudge
13. Smell The Witch
14. Mental Maelstrom
15. Le Petite Cochon Sordide

Music Videos:

01. Parasite God
02. Mental Maelstrom
03. The Grudge
04. Decadent And Desperate (Absentia)

Bonus Material:

MORTIIS interview
"The Grudge" TV advert
"The Grudge" EPK
Picture gallery

Holland's Mascot Records has set a September 13 European release date for the sophomore album from BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION, entitled "Runaway Brides". The CD is due in the U.S. on September 27 via Shrapnel Records.

The follow-up to last year's "Here Come the Brides", "Runaway Brides" was recorded in part at a studio in Malibu, California with producer Andy Johns, who has previously worked with guitarist Tracii Guns on the L.A. GUNS' "Waking the Dead" album (which Guns has referred to as "my favorite L.A. GUNS record."). Johns was reportedly involved with the album during its early recording stages but ended up leaving the project due to unspecified differences with Guns and the rest of the band.

Commented Guns: "This is the record we always wanted to make. It has a great blend of modern rock heaviness with retro sounds and styles. It is the perfect BRIDES record of today."

"Runaway Brides" final track listing:

01. Aunt Biente
02. Lords of the Mind
03. Deadman's Ruin
04. Criminal
05. This Time Around
06. White Trash
07. Brothers
08. Never Say Never
09. Blown Away
10. Porcelain Queen
11. White Horse
12. Tunnel of Love
13. Dimes In Heaven

BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION's current lineup includes former AMEN bassist Scott Sorry (replacing MÖTLEY CRÜE's Nikki Sixx).

The debut album “Alice’s Inferno” from the Spanish gothic metal band Forever Slave is already finished and will be released on September 26, 2005. The outstanding voice of Lady Angellyca, combined with Edward’s grunts, together with grandiose gothic melodies and an excellent metal thunderstorm, doesn’t have to hide behind the big names of the scene.

Forever Slave was founded in 2000 by Servalath and Lady Angellyca. Hate, their first mini demo (2000) and Schwarzer Engel (2001) were determining its special music style. The copies were limited in Both Cds, and they are sold-out in this moment.

In December 2003 Forever Slave start to record Resurrection, where they mix medieval melodies, bloodcurdling keyboard ambients by Leal, female and male chorus, the sweet female voice by Lady Angellyca with powerful guitars by Servalath and Oswalth.

The German medieval folk metal/rock band Schandmaul have released a special DVD and CD at 25.07.2005 of the acoustic performance they have done in april with an orchestra at the Krone circus. The performance was enhanced by the addition of the bagpipes of members of Corvus Corax. Before this, Schandmaul have released their first single 'Bin Unterwegs' at 20.06.2005.
The album has reached position 12 in the Media Control charts, and the DVD has reached position 3 in the DVD charts by now !!
The DVD Kunststuck is of 5.1 quality so you it will sound as if you are in that circus right in the middle of this happening. The release contains extra special footage and a report on the collaboration of the band with the ''Deutschen Zentrum für Musiktherapie“.

During the last year Schandmaul became the most popular medieval inspired German language band in Germany, with over 175.000 sold CD's and an audience with a size that more than doubles this amount. The latest album "Wie Pech und Schwefel" was in the charts for weeks and held a top position at number 13, almost belonging to the 10 most popular CD's in Germany.

Line-Up:
Thomas Lindner – Gesang, Akustik-Gitarre, Akkordeon
Birgit Muggenthaler – Flöten, Dudelsäcke, Schalmei
Martin Duckstein – Gitarren
Anna Kränzlein – Geige, Drehleier
Stefan Brunner – Schlagzeug, Percussion
Matthias Richter – Bass

Discography (F.A.M.E Recordings / EDEL): „Wahre Helden“ CD (1999), „Von Spitzbuben und anderen Halunken“ CD (2000), „Narrenkönig“ CD (2002), „Hexenkessel“ CD & DVD (2003), „Wie Pech und Schwefel“ CD (2004)

Polish death metallers VADER have posted the following message on their official web site:

"The MCD 'The Art of War', containing four brand new tracks plus two intros (both made by Siegmar from VESANIA) and a videoclip, is ready to release. For the first time in the band's history, there's a song entirely written by Mauser! The band recorded also a bonus track for the Asian version of the album, it's called 'Die!' (the song from their very rare, old demo tape, 'Live') and Peter sang it in the original, Polish-language version! Another worth underlining issue is production, this time the band entrusted the entire matter to well-experienced producers — Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawscy known from Hertz Studio, who were charged not only with the engineering, but also with mixes and mastering.

Commened VADER frontman Peter: "We have just finished recordings of 'The Art of War' — our newest effort at Hertz Studio. The MCD will be out in October, but we are going to include two new tracks in Blitzkrieg 3 live set. The new songs, what can I say... music-wise they are extremely fast and incredibly aggressive...This is the time for new gigs, new emotions and... the war you've wanted!!! See you soon!!!"

"The Art of War" will be released via Sweden's Regain Records.

Sweden's WOLVERINE have finished recording their new album, "Still", at Spacelab studio in Tönisvorst, Germany. The follow-up to 2003's "Cold Light of Monday" was produced by Oliver Philipps, Christian "Moschus" Moos and WOLVERINE and will be mixed at the end of August. An October/November release via Elitist/Earache is expected.

"Before we started the recordings we announced a running order of the songs that has now been updated," the band write on their web site. "This is because we wrote an acoustic song while we were in the studio. The track is called 'Hiding'.

"The entire band feels that 'Still' is an amazing album. We can only hope that you'll feel the same way. We do of course hope to be able to go out and promote it live as much as possible."

"Still" track listing:

01. A House of Plague
02. Bleeding
03. Taste of Sand
04. Nothing More
05. Sleepy Town
06. Liar on the Mount
07. Hiding
08. This Cold Heart of Mine
09. And She Slowly Dies

German "dark Satanic metal band" MYSTIC CIRCLE have parted ways with drummer Necrodemon. "There is no bad blood betwenn the bandmembers," reads a posting on the group's web site. "Necrodemon left the band for doing his own studio. MYSTIC CIRCLE has already a new drummer that is a full member of the band. Necrodemon will produce the new MYSTIC CIRCLE album. The band will enter the studio for the new album right after the MARDUK tour in the middle of September 'till the end of October 2005."

As previously reported, MYSTIC CIRCLE have set "The Bloody Path of God" as the title of their seventh full-length album, tentatively due in early 2006 via Dockyard 1, the new company formed by Dirk Putzke, Christine Stephan (both ex-Sanctuary/Noise Records) and Piet Sielck (IRON SAVIOR).

MYSTIC CIRCLE issued a "best of" album, entitled "Mystic Circle Unholy Chronicles 1992–2004", last November via Massacre Records. The CD, which contains 18 songs spanning the group's entire career, includes a bonus DVD, featuring concert and backstage footage, as well as interviews and a video clip.

German melodic rock legends FAIR WARNING have reformed and will record a brand new studio album for release in 2006.
Vocalist Tommy Heart has just released a new SOUL DOCTOR album in Japan, but that has not stopped him from reuniting with Helge Engelke (guitars), Ule Ritgen (bass) and CC Behrens (drums).
The band split in 2000 and members re-emerged into two separate projects - SOUL DOCTOR and DREAMTIDE. The future of these projects is not fully clear at the moment, but as Helge Engelke told Russian Darkside E-Zine, "I don`t think that this will mean the end of SOUL DOCTOR or DREAMTIDE."

ANTHRAX will be issuing a two-CD collection of classic studio recordings, entitled "Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)", on September 20. Also scheduled for release is a separate a live concert CD, "Alive 2", recorded earlier this summer on the band's reunion tour.

If you pre-order "Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)" and "Alive 2" now, you will receive a a free t-shirt, just like the band wear on stage. You also qualify to win a Scott Ian guitar and get your demo heard by ANTHRAX.

"Anthrology: No Hit Wonders (1985-1991)" track listing:

Disc 1:

01. A.I.R.
02. Lone Justice
03. Madhouse
04. The Enemy
05. Armed and Dangerous
06. Medusa
07. Gung-Ho
08. Among the Living
09. Caught in a Mosh
10. I am the Law
11. Efilnikufesin (NFL)
12. A Skeleton in the Closet
13. Indians
14. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
15. I'm the Man (Def Uncensored Radio Version)

Disc 2:

01. Be All, End All
02. Make Me Laugh
03. Antisocial
04. Who Cares Wins
05. Now It's Dark
06. Finale
07. Time
08. Keep it in the Family
09. In My World
10. Intro to Reality
11. Belly of the Beast
12. Got the Time
13. Discharge
14. Bring the Noise
15. Antisocial (French version)

"Alive 2" track listing (recorded on summer 2005 reunion tour):

01. Among the Living
02. Got the Time
03. Caught In A Mosh
04. A.I.R.
05. Madhouse
06. Antisocial
07. Efilnikufesin (NFL)
08. Medusa
09. Deathrider
10. In My World
11. Indians
12. Be All End All
13. Metal Thrashing Mad
14. I'm the Man
15. I Am the Law

Brazilian thrashers SEPULTURA have entered Trama Studios in São Paulo, Brazil to begin recording their new studio album, "Dante 05", the follow-up to 2003's "Roorback". The band have previously used Trama Studios to record the "Revolusongs" EP, which included cover versions ranging from MASSIVE ATTACK to HELLHAMMER to JANE'S ADDICTION, and was included in the limited-edition digipack version of "Roorback".

Working under the watchful eye of producer Andre Moraes, whom they've previously worked with on various Brazilian film soundtracks, the new album "is like a metal soundtrack for a movie, based on 'The Divine Comedy', but making a parallel with the days and situations we live today," says guitarist Andreas Kisser.

The ten or eleven songs that will make it to the finished album are, as previously reported, all based on the epic poetic masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" written by Italian author Dante Alighieri in the early 14th Century. The three main components of "The Divine Comedy" are Dante's descriptions of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.

"Dante 05" is expected in erly 2006 via SPV Records.

As previously reported, SEPULTURA drummer Igor Cavalera will be collaborating with hardcore Brooklyn rapper NECRO on a track for NECRO's upcoming release, "Circle of Tyrants".

DEATHLINE INT'L is back in the studio and just finished writing the songs for their upcoming album "Pax Americana". The band is planning to wrap up the recording during summer and present the album as a fall release. A US tour to support the CD is planned.

The Count [0] joined forces with GW Childs from Soil & Eclipse as the main songwriter [Keys]. They met while The Count was producing the last Soil & Eclipse album "Purity". 3rd member is Virgil an extremely talented Guitar Player from the Bay Area specializing in heavy rhythm tracks.

The result of this collaboration is a very dark and heavy sound, punctuated by beautiful lush keys and strings. Very much in the DLI style of things the album revolves around personal issues as well as politically charged tracks.

"I want "Pax Americana" to be the best thing we ever did and judging the progress I think it is safe to say that we are succeeding. I went through a very difficult time where everything that I worked for and wanted in my life seemed to fall apart. This slow decay of faith and courage resulted in some very intense tracks which helped me to overcome my obstacles. This album is a journey into darkness and back into the light. Naturally I also had to address some of the
political issues that are changing our lives dramatically. I think it will be a very well-rounded album with a good blend of catchy club tracks and more introverted intense and heavy songs" - The Count [0]