Metal Express Radio recently caught up with ARTILLERY's Michael Stutzer. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

MER: Recently you guys released your new album, My Blood ... how long have you been working on it?

Stutzer: "After we released When Death Comes we started to work on two new songs and 'Monster' was one of them. After three months we had about four or five songs ready, and two months before hitting the studio we did rest of the songs. 'Thrasher' was the last one."

MER: Do you think that My Blood follows the same line of music that you guys maintained in the 80s?

Stutzer: "Yeah, in many ways ... we really love playing this music. We will always try to develop the songs and try some new things as long as we are true to what we like. I think My Blood has a lot in common with By Inheritance, for example. I know a lot of people think we have more power metal influences now due to our singer, but I really don´t think there is so much power metal now than there used to be. We have always considered ourselves to be a melodic thrash band."

MER: As a guitarist that can be considered one of the pioneers of technical Thrash, do you think that the '80s style of playing Thrash Metal is virtually gone nowadays?

Stutzer: "I will say there are still vibes from the '80s, but you are right in many ways -- Metal just sounds very 'modern' now in many ways and that can both be a weakness or a strength. It's a matter of what you like."

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The follow up to the acclaimed When Death Comes album from 2009, My Blood was recorded in late 2010 at the Medley Studios, Denmark in the following line-up: Søren Adamsen - vocals, Michael Stützer - guitars, Morten Stützer - guitars, Peter Thorslund - bass, Carsten Nielsen - drums.

The cover artwork (below) was designed by the well known Polish graphic designer Graal known from his previous work for VITAL REMANS, SINISTER, SOLITUDE AETURNUS and BULLDOZER. Graal was also responsible for the covers of Artillery’s Through The Years box and When Death Comes.

The tracklist is as follows:

'Mi Sangre (The Blood Song)'

'Monster'

'Dark Days'

'Death Is An Illusion'

'Ain´t Giving In'

'Prelude To Madness'

'Thrasher'

'Warrior Blood'

'Concealed In The Dark'

'End Of Eternity'

'The Great'

Check out a video teaser from the studio below: