US war metal legends AT WAR have announced that their new studio album, entitled Infidel, will be unleashed upon the masses on August 18th 2009.

Their first new studio album in over 20 years, Infidel proves to be At War'?s most brutal and uncompromising work to date featuring nine tracks of pure war metal the likes of which can only be delivered by At War.

Formed in 1983 by guitarist Shawn Helsel, bassist and vocalist Paul Arnold and drummer Dave Stone, At War went on to solidify themselves as one premier metal bands in the American underground.

After the reviews and college radio play of their 1985 demo Eat Lead, At War went on to release their albums Ordered To Kill (1986) and Retaliatory Strike (1987) for New Renaissance Records. A follow up to Retaliatory Strike was recorded in 1994 but ultimately scrapped which prompted At War to go on an indefinite hiatus only to have the beast awaken from its slumber in 2006 to begin working the material that would become Infidel.

Throughout 2007 and 2008, a series of triumphant US shows and festival appearances in Europe and Mexico showed At War at the top of their game and unphased by the passage of time or musical trends.

Earlier this year At War once again entered Pyramid Sound to record Infidel with Alex Perialas known for not only has work on At War's seminal 1987 album Retaliatory Stike but for genre defining albums by such bands as ANTHRAX, TESTAMENT, OVERKILL, NUCLEAR ASSUALT, etc.

Infidel?s cover artwork (on the left, click to enlarge) comes courtesy of legendary illustrator and photographer Claudio Bergamin.

Upcoming At War shows:

July

24 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC (with Mobile Death Camp, Kiff, Armored Uprising)
25 - Alley Katz - Richmond, VA (with Beyond Fallen, guests)

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