Extreme metal supergroup LOCK UP - featuring singer Tomas Lindberg (AT THE GATES, DISFEAR), bassist Shane Embury (NAPALM DEATH, VENOMOUS CONCEPT), drummer Nick Barker (ex-CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR) and guitarist Anton Reisenegger (PENTAGRAM, CRIMINAL) - will release their new album, Necropolis Transparent, on July 1st in Europe, and July 12th in North America via Nuclear Blast Records as a regular CD, black vinyl and transparent vinyl.

The new song 'The Embodiment Of Paradox And Chaos' is currently streaming on Lock Up's Facebook page.

Producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, TESTAMENT, ARCH ENEMY) commented: “Having known Nick and Shane (a.k.a. the sumo tag team of grindcore) since the late 80's its always great to get together with old friends and make some noise in the studio. Necropolis Transparent by far, surpasses what we achieved together back in 1999 with Pleasures Pave Sewers in terms of brutality, speed and song writing along with the help of new guitarist Anton Reisenegger. For me personally ,it was quite refreshing and great fun to do something this extreme, especially with my mates Nick, Shane and Carcass mainman Jeff Walker swinging by the studio to handle guest vocal duties and help us drink way too much. I have to say that Necropolis Transparent is way more than just another grindcore album, it has elements of everything that represents brutal and extreme-An absolute MUST for everyone out there that like their metal full of aggression, violence and pure savagery. BUY OR DIE!!!”

New video of Anton Reisenegger talking about the guest musicians and the cover artwork can be viewed below:

Necropolis Transparent will feature several guest appearances from HYPOCRISY/PAIN mainman (and one time Lock Up vocalist) Peter Tägtgren along with Jeff Walker (CARCASS, BRUJERIA).

Commented bassist Shane Embury: “I always wanted Peter on the third album since he was on the first record Lock Up we did. It made sense from a weird trilogy aspect to get him on the record. His tones compliment Tomas perfectly as well. I would have loved to have had Peter sing on more of the songs, but time was short as Peter was heavily involved with his new Pain record. The songs he did sing on though made them extra special. As for Jeff, well me and Jeff go so far back it's unreal. We were mixing the album at Andy Sneap's and I wanted an extra vocal texture on a few tracks to spice it up. My voice is more hardcore and I wanted some extra gravel on things. It all seemed to make sense to Jeff once I had bribed him with a 12 pack of his favorite beer (laughs)!”

“It’s great that Lock Up is back in the saddle again and that I could be apart of it,” commented Peter Tägtgren. “This album will tear you a new asshole!”

Jeff Walker added: "I think it's pretty fair to say that the current incarnation of Lock Up have done the late Jesse Pintado more than proud!"

Necropolis Transparent features the following tracks:

'Brethren Of The Pentagram'

'Accelerated Mutation'

'The Embodiment Of Paradox And Chaos' (featuring Jeff Walker, backing vocals)

'Necropolis Transparent' (Tomas Lindberg and Peter Tägtgren share vocal duties)

'Parasite Drama' (featuring Jeff Walker, backing vocals)

'Anvil Of Flesh'

'Rage Incarnate Reborn'

'Unseen Enemy' (featuring Jeff Walker, backing vocals)

'Stygian Reverberations'

'Life Of Devastation'

'Roar Of A Thousand Throats'

'Infiltrate And Destroy'

'Discharge The Fear' (featuring Jeff Walker, backing vocals)

'Vomiting Evil'

'Stigmatyr' (bonus track)

'Through The Eyes Of My Shadow Self' (Tomas Lindberg and Peter Tägtgren share vocal duties)

'Tartarus' (instrumental)

The new track, 'Life Of Devastation' is now streaming at the band's Myspace page. The track is also available below:

Necropolis Transparent was recorded in late 2010 at HVR Studios in Ipswich, UK and was mixed in January.