German thrash metallers DEW-SCENTED have revealed the front cover artwork for their new album, Invocation, to be released May 25th in North America via Prosthetic Records, and May 24th in Europe via Metal Blade.

The artwork was created by the band’s longterm partner Björn and can be viewed on the left (click image to enlarge).

Vocalist Leif Jensen comments: “We were lucky to work with Björn / Killustrations again and he did an amazing job on this one, nailing down an apocalyptic artwork that fits perfectly to our style as well as the concept/vibe of Invocation. Total Thrash! We have been working with Killustrations non-stop for all our albums and merchandising matters since 2003’s release Impact and are once more very proud of the final results!”

Invocation will contain 12 songs in its regular edition and an additional two bonus tracks for the limited first pressing Digipak version via Metal Blade Records in Europe.

Here is the exact tracklisting:

'Downfall' (Instrumental)

'Arise From Decay'

'The Invocation'

'Have No Mercy On Us'

'Artificial Life'

'Condemnation'

'Totem' (Instrumental)

'Torn To Shreds'

'Revel In Contempt'

'A Critical Mass'

'Global Hysteria'

'Slaves Of Consent'

The bonus tracks on the limited Digipak edition will be:

'On The Brink'

'Thrashard' (D.R.I. cover)

Furthermore, Dew-Scented have just announced a very special Invocation album release show in Bremen / Northern Germany at the Tower club, where the band already presented their previous album Incinerate back in 2007. The concert will take place on Friday, June 4th, and next to an especially long D-S set, the show will also feature legendary death-thrash metallers and labelmates GOD DETHRONED from The Netherlands as well as local Northern German death metal friends DESPONDENCY. The club’s traditional metal disco will run after the show as well and the low-priced tickets for the gig will start to be pre-sold as of next week, so look out.

In other news, Dew-Scented just returned from an intense weekend on shows in Portugal (Porto and Moita Metal Fest) and the trip was nothing but a pleasure, with fantastic crowd reactions. We will have some photos, video links and a brief report available in the coming days.

More on Dew-Scented, including their live itinerary, at: dew-scented.net, myspace.com/dewscented.