TRISTANIA bassist Ole Vistnes has issued the following update:

"We are proud to announce a collaboration with Mayones Guitars.

Me and Anders (Høyvik Hidle - guitar) will use Mayones guitars and basses for the upcoming recording of the sixth Tristania album, and on the following tours.

Anders has got three guitars, among them a beautiful custom built Regius 6, with Tristania flame inlays, and I have two custom Be Gothic 4-string basses. They play and sound like a dream, and look astonishing too!

More info and pictures will come soon!"

A previous update from Vistnes reads:

"We have been awfully quiet the last few months, I know, but we´ve not been lazy. I still can´t reveal any more details on when the new album is coming out, but I can tell you a little about where we stand right now.

We have now written all the songs that are going to appear on the album. Me and Anders sat down this entire weekend and worked through every detail, turning every stone. There are still a few minor changes to be made, but all in all the songs are done. It´s going to be diverse and varied like before, and both me and Anders agree that it still sounds unmistakably like Tristania. I don´t feel like blowing up expectations too much, but there are a couple of tracks that are really going to treat the fans of large, powerful, melancholic metal.

We have not started the studio sessions yet, but the preparations are going strong. We are going to record the album in a couple of different studios in Norway this time, and have our producer/mixer mix it in a studio of his choice. I have visited several studios in the Oslo area to check out their availability, and if I feel like it is the right place to record our songs. I must say that especially the studio that we intend to record the drums in really impressed me. They have hi-end real vintage gear, and an amazing room, that should really be able to catch the atmosphere and make it really heavy. We also have a very special surprise that we are working on. I can´t say anything concrete, but it is not a new thing.

Like I said before, I can´t say yet when the album is coming out, but I can promise you that we will start recording very soon.

If you don´t do it already, follow us on our official Twitter.com page.

Have a great week, everyone!"

As previously reported, Tristania are the latest act confirmed for the Karmøygeddon Metal Festival, which is being held April 23rd, 24th, 2010 in Haugesund, Norway.

The line-up for the festival is now as follows: ARCH ENEMY, ATROPOS, EVIG NATT, GLITTERTIND, THE HAUNTED, TRISTANIA, TÝR, WOLF.

More acts will be announced soon.

For more info visit karmoygeddon.no/. More on Tristania at the band's MySpace page.