ATHEIST co-founder and drummer Steve Flynn was interviewed by Justin M. Norton at Hellbound. He discussed the band's difficult early years; the new album Jupiter and his life away from metal. Excerpts follow:

Q: Were you ever worried that you might be considered obsolete or do you think people are only beginning to appreciate bands like Atheist or albums like PESTILENCE’s Spheres, which were completely misunderstood when they came out?

A: "When Relapse said they were going to reissue our records I thought they would sound dated… that it was old-fashioned 80s metal. I was shocked at the number if people who heard Unquestionable Presence for the first time and didn’t know it was a 20-year-old record. I was quite surprised to hear people say it sounded like it could be released today.

Q: Do you think Jupiter will silence anyone who thinks this reunion is just another attempt by a metal band to bank on their past successes?

A: "There were a lot of people who seriously doubted we could pull this off. They thought we’d try to slap something together for the sake of doing it. When they heard (the album) the first time the early feedback was that it’s a natural progression. It will silence a lot of critics. If you liked us then you will like Jupiter."

Read the full interview at this location.

Atheist''s fourth album, Jupiter, will be released via Season Of Mist on November 9th (November 8th internationally). A new track from the album, 'Second To Sun', is now streaming at the band's MySpace page.

The album's cover artwork, created by Eliran Kantor, can be seen below:

Jupiter will feature the following tracklisting:

'Second To Sun'

'Fictitious Glide'

'Fraudulent Cloth'

'Live And Live Again'

'Faux King Christ'

'Tortoise The Titan'

'When The Beast'

'Third Person'

The album was recorded at LedBelly recording studios in Atlanta, GA with engineer Matt Washburn and was mixed by Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER).

Kelly Shaefer remarked recently: "We have been working our asses off for a year and have taken great strides to make this the record we, as fans, would want to hear from Atheist. It's ferocious, intelligent, and dead balls heavy as shit! When people hear this they're going to say, 'it's Atheist!'"

Season Of Mist have released a new video clip, in which Atheist drummer Steve Flynn explains the band's approach to creating their signature layered sound. The footage features the band's new track 'Fictitious Glide'. Check it out below: