On May 8th, GOD DETHRONED will present their new album, Passiondale, at a CD release party at Vera in Groningen, Netherlands.

As previously reported, A live version of the band's song ‘The Warcult’ is available here. The song is taken off the bonus live CD that is included in the limited first edition of Passiondale.

Mainman Henri Sattler goes a bit in-depth about the musical direction of the new masterpiece Passiondale: “In contradiction to the previous album ‘Passiondale’ is a lot more extreme and furious also because of the return of Roel Sanders on drums, but still with the typical melodic parts which make the band sound unique among the competition. Roel played on ‘Grand Grimoire’ and ‘Bloody Blasphemy’ as well. Albums that were dominated by blast beats, brutal riffing but also many hymnic parts. It seemed the most logical thing to do, to go back to our early sound, so also Danny Servaes who played keyboards on aforementioned albums participated again and added that touch of mystique which made the songs even more special. The grimness of the war is reflected in the songs and the atmosphere creates a feeling of listening to the soundtrack of a war movie.”

Passiondale was be released by Metal Blade Records in Germany/Austria/Switzerland/Italy on April 24th, in the rest of Europe on April 27th and in the rest of the world on April 28th.

As previously reported, Passiondale is available as a limited double-digipak edition including a bonus CD, featuring a live recording from 2005.

Passiondale tracklisting: 'The Cross Of Sacrifice', 'Under A Darkening Sky', 'No Man’s Land', 'Poison Fog', 'Drowning In Mud', 'Passiondale', 'No Survivors', 'Behind Enemy Lines', 'Fallen Empires', 'Artifacts Of The Great War'.

Bonus disc Live in 2005: 'Nihilism', 'Boiling Blood', 'The Warcult', 'Soul Sweeper', 'The Art Of Immolation', 'Villa Vampiria', 'The Last Zip Of Spit', 'Sigma Enigma', 'The Serpent King'.

Passiondale is also released on vinyl in a limited amount of 666 copies.