Florida-based melodic metal act ARTIZAN will have their upcoming album, Curse Of The Artizan, showcased on Wednesday, April 20th between 7 - 10 PM (EST) on The Metal Madman Radio Show.

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Artizan recently announced that their upcoming CD, Curse Of The Artizan, will include a high quality, full-color poster of the album's cover art. The CD - due out worldwide on on April 29th - is now available for pre-order through their record label Pure Steel records here.

The album artwork was recently 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:

The following is the final tracklisting for Curse Of The Artizan:

'Trade The World'

'Rise'

'The Man In Black'

'Fire'

'Fading Story'

'Game Within A Game'

'Torment'

'Curse Of The Artizan'

Artizan recently announced Steffen Robitzsch (pictured far right) as their new lead guitarist. Steffen lives and teaches guitar in Jacksonville, FL. He has extensive training in classical and jazz theory. Steffen has studied with Tony Smotherman and Terry Syrek at the National Guitar Workshop. Some of Steffen's influences include Marty Friedman, Jason Becker, Paul Gilbert, Jeff Loomis and Alex Skolnick. You can see him performing live with Artizan this summer.

Artizan is:

Ty Tammeus - Drums

Tom Braden - Vocals

Shamus McConney - Guitar

Steffen Robitzsch - Lead Guitar

Jon Jennings - Bass

Artizan's 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 on Facebook.