Maryland-based death/black metallers AURORA BOREALIS have issued the following update regarding their upcoming album, Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything:

"After tons of long hard work we are proud to share an 11-minute preview of the new Aurora Borealis CD Timeline: The Beginning and End OF Everything. It will be released in mid-February and will only be available through the band by PayPal (nrthfromhere@aol.com) or by sending check or money order to:

Ron Vento

3432 Rockefeller CT

Waldorf, MD

20602

It has a 12 page full color booklet with artwork by Ron Miller (production designer for the movie Dune). There will only be one pressing so pre-orders are being taken now. The CD was recorded at Nightsky Studios.

The CD will also be available as a free download at Auroraborealis.org in

late February courtesy of Nightsky Productions and Aurora Borealis."

Check out the preview below:

Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything is Aurora Borealis' sixth studio album consisting of nine tracks and two narratives.

The CD is a concept album that starts from the beginning of all existence and continues through until the very end of the universe and the eventual retraction and rebirth of it all.

Timeline: The Beginning And End Of Everything tracklisting:

'Our Lecagy'

'Crucible Of Creation'

'Formation'

'Stygian Depths'

'A Creature Called Human (Among Other Things)'

'The Evolution After Evolution'

'The Only Space Race That Matters'

'Beyond The Oort Cloud'

'Tearing Holes In The Fabric Of Time'

'Prelude To Cessation'

'The Rebirth'

Says Ron Vento (guitars, vocals, bass), "The CD is what I consider to be a true chronological explanation of how everything was started and what will happen over the next 100 billion years and beyond.

I try to touch on everything from the big bang, to the formation of planets and stars, life in the universe, evolution and creationism, eventual space colonization, the fabric of the universe itself, time travel, other dimensions and species trying to preserve their races. I also explain how I think it all will one day end.

There are literally hundreds of hours wrapped up into this CD so far and we still have a good ways to go but the release should be out very early 2011.

The CD will have a limited hard copy run with fairly elaborate package, however we plan to also put up a link with a zip file of the entire package's artwork and layout as well as high quality loss less audio files on the web site for people who cannot afford to buy the CD. I want anyone who wants the CD to have it, its not about making money on this, its about putting out a great cd and getting into the hands of people who want it.

This is not some garbage I am just putting out, it is from years of research and studying the cosmos and the things that make it up. I have been intrigued by this since a very young age because my father who works at NASA always was working on some sort of space mission and bringing info on them home when i was a kid and it just has stuck with me through the years."

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