Germany's BRUTAL GODZ - the band featuring former/current members of BLIND GUARDIAN, RHAPSODY OF FIRE, REBELLION and METAL CHURCH - have entered guitar player Uwe Lulis' sound studio in Frankfurt, Germany to begin recording their debut album entitled Echoes Of The Dead, which is scheduled to be released later this year. The entire recording process should require about four months.

Due to the cancellation of overseas flights because of the Icelandic volcano, singer Ronny Munroe had to reschedule his flight from Puerto Rico where he is currently living. Munroe will finally join his band-mates within a very short time. Meanwhile, Uwe Lulis (guitar) along with the Holzwarth Brothers Alex (drums) and Oliver (bass) are working on new material.

Drummer Alex Holzwarth comments on the band's unusual recording philosophy: "The recording concept is simple. We plug our instruments in, get miked up, rehearse the songs and finally record all our music in a live situation to ensure that we catch the magic moment with each single note being played. This concept totally differs from the contemporary recording habits that do hardly catch the magic of music at all. In my opinion it is all about the face to face or ear to ear situation of playing together in the same room at the same time. Like THE BEATLES did it and AC/DC still do it. The audio results we get are just amazing."

Brutal Godz is:

Ronny Munroe - Vocals (ex-METAL CHURCH)

Uwe Lulis - Guitar (REBELLION)

Oliver Holzwarth - Bass (BLIND GUARDIAN)

Alex Holzwarth - Drums (RHAPSODY OF FIRE)

More on the band at Brutalgodz.