Brazilian metallers ALMAH continue work on their third studio album, the follow-up to Fragile Equality (2008). The band entered the Norcal Studios in São Paulo, Brazil on May 2nd. This week, they have started to record the guitars.

Check out the comments from Edu Falaschi, Marcelo Barbosa and Felipe Andreoli about the first two weeks of the recording sessions:

Marcelo Barbosa (guitars) reports that this time the whole composing process, “has been a little bit different. It’s been a bit faster than in case of the previous CD. We started to exchange some ideas through the Internet. When we had got enough material, we set up an appointmemt and spent almost a week in São Paulo in order to finalize the songs and the arrangements for the new album and right after that Marcelo Moreira entered the studio to record the drums. This part has already been finished and this week we have started to record the guitars, acoustic guitars and the bass. Everything is happening very very fast. We waited for some break in Angra’s schedule to have a space to go on with Almah. And when it happened we immediately caught this opportunity! We have choosen the same studio where we made Fragile Equality, Norcal, with excellent equipment, technical staff, organization and where we are very welcome. With old partners by our side the whole process becomes easier and more agile. The main difference is the fact that this time the album will be mixed in Europe”.

Bassist Felipe Andreoli says, “the new CD is heavy enough. Of course, with melodic parts which Almah has always had, with catchy refrains, with the lyrics full of melodies, with cool harmonies and even more, but it’s still quite heavy and it contains some parts which is the heaviest stuff we have ever done. We intend to mix the album in Holland and it will take more time than we would like, because the studio there is quite full of other appointments, but it will work.”

Frontman and founder Edu Falaschi came up with a short video message about the new album right from the studio, it’s available below:

The release of the band's new album, as-yet-untitled, is planned for September 2011 worldwide. The new CD will include 10 songs.

(Photos: Felipe Andreoli Photography)