EX DEO, the new band featuring KATAKLYSM frontman Maurizio Iacono, have announced that their debut album, Romulus, is now scheduled for release on May 22nd (Europe) and June 16th (North America) via Nuclear Blast Records.

Iacono has offered the following update:

"I’m now back home after quite a long journey to Canada (to record the rest of my vocals for Ex Deo) and Belgium with Kataklysm for some good beers and a good time (headlining the Maximum Metal & Hardcore Festival). It was killer! Meeting up with old friends is always fun times.

From there I flew to Belgrade, Serbia where I filmed the video for the title track 'Romulus'. The set up was extremely pro. Stanimir "Staca" Lukic and Ivan did such an amazing job and paid attention to every single detail. To recreate Rome and the story of Romulus and Remus was a big challenge, but I think we nailed it and the ideas behind it are incredible. Expect an epic feel, like the movie 300"for the texture... A big thank you to all the film crew and the actors!

I’m also glad to say the album is complete! J-F, Steph, Max , Francois and Jo did a fantastic job. I can’t thank you enough for the dedication for a project so close to my heart (it’s a part of us all now!). The sound is in your face, huge and with so much feeling it will grab you instantly.

This is some of the best material we have ever written as a band and a completely different outlook and feel then what we have done before. Expect anthem after anthem!"

Romulus tracklisting: 'Romulus', 'Storm The Gates Of Alesia', 'Cry Havoc', 'Surrender The Sun', 'Invictus', 'The Final War (Battle Of Actium)', 'Legio XIII', 'Blood, Courage And The God's That Walk The Earth', 'Cruor Nostri Abbas', 'In Her Dark Embrace', 'The Pantheon (Jupiter's Reign)'.