Melodic metal act ARTIZAN will release their first full-length CD, Curse Of The Artizan, on April 29th worldwide via the German based label, Pure Steel Records.

The album artwork has been revealed. Fantasy artist Marc Sasso (DIO HALFORD) has created characters based on the conceptual idea of the album's title track, 'Curse Of The Artizan.'

The album contains an intro track to 'Curse Of The Artizan' titled 'Torment' which illustrates the Artizan as a child being bullied and ostracized. As the Artizan matures, he discovers he was born with a gift to sculpt and paint characters which come to life and seek retribution on those that were cruel to him.

In the CD artwork we see a beast that he has sculpted from granite that is coming to life and breaking free. The beast will soon be delivering vengeance to those who scarred the Artizan. Check out the artwork below:

Artizan founder/drummer, Ty Tammeus, states: “Marc has outdone himself with this project. The characters he has created and the level of detail applied are beyond what I envisioned. I wanted to establish unique, identifiable characters relating to the Artizan concept that are captivating to the viewer. Marc has achieved that for us. The artwork is just plain badass!”

The album tracklisting is as follows:

'Curse Of The Artizan'

'Rise'

'Trade the World'

'Game Within a Game'

'The Man in Black'

'Fire'

'Fading Story'

Artizan has also announced that Ty Tammeus will be at this year's Keep it True Festival in Germany to promote the CD release. Ty will be at the Pure Steel Records merchandise booth. The festival is April 29th and 30th.

Samples of the new material can be heard here.