Brazilian metallers ALMAH have recently finished the recordings for their new album at Norcal Studios (São Paulo, Brazil). As previously reported, the forthcoming CD will be entitled Motion.

At the end of July Almah played its first shows since their Fragile Equality tour in 2010. The band is now preparing for the upcoming Motion release and tour.

Guitarist Marcelo Barbosa has released the following comment on the new album and their recent shows:

"Actually, I play in a few bands, and every one is special in its own way. Besides the fact that Almah is the most famous one among them and it has an opportunity to travel more playing live, the band is about to release a new album! It's always a challenge and as usual it's a very special feeling of this cold in the stomach when you have no idea what comes next. I'm very happy that the band is back on stage and I'm looking forward to the moment when everyone will hear the work that we've recorded. All of us are really excited with the final result.

At the end of July we played the first live shows after a big break. We spent more than a year without playing live on stage but even the first rehearsal showed good sound and great team work. It's interesting, especially taking into account all the conditions... Moreover, some song parts sounded even more natural and it was easier to play them. Of course, we have very good musicians in the band, but the songs, especially from Fragile Equality album, have very high technical level. And I believe, no one expected that it would be so easy to come back to live activities! I'm convinced that with more time and more rehearsals for the upcoming Motion Tour Almah will sound so great on stage as never before! I hope to visit as many places as possible with the future Motion Tour to present our new work live and to have fun playing this stuff! I'm totally sure that this CD will kick ass and let's see what happens next!"

The onstage and offstage photo gallery from this trip is available at this location.

Video footage from Norcal Studios can be found below: