CANNIBAL CORPSE has begun recording their twelfth studio album at Sonic Ranch studios in Texas with producer Erik Rutan. The band has spent months writing the album and has recorded at Sonic Ranch in the past, but never with Rutan at the helm. More details on the album, including art, songs, title and more will be revealed in the months to follow. For now, the band is hard at work forging their next death metal offering.

Bassist Alex Webster adds: "After having spent the past 7 months writing and rehearsing new material, we're very excited to finally begin recording. We've had great success working with Erik Rutan on our past two albums so we've decided to work with him again, but to keep things fresh we decided on a change of location - we're returning to Sonic Ranch studios in Texas, where we've recorded several albums in the past. We are psyched to see how this combination works out- we feel it's pairing that could result in our best album yet."

Erik Rutan worked with Cannibal Corpse for both Kill (2006) and Evisceration Plague (2009) and is returning for a third time. Rutan explains further: "I am super excited to work with Cannibal Corpse for our 3rd album together. We are determined to make the best album we possibly can. Everyone is very focused and the new material is awesome. There is a great blend of classic, old school CC with a newer, more heavy, dynamic and aggressive approach. I look forward to the challenge of making one heavy as hell record!"

Cannibal Corpse's latest release, the Global Evisceration DVD, was released March of this year and contains nearly three hours of live and behind the scenes footage of the band as they travelled to 10 different countries in 18 days, three of which were countries the band had not previously played. To order and view clips, head over to this location.

Cannibal Corpse, BEHEMOTH, LEGION OF THE DAMNED, MISERY INDEX, SUICIDAL ANGELS, plus special guest (TBC) are confirmed for the upcoming Full Of Hate 2012 European tour.

Tour dates:

February

9 - Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
10 - Oberhausen, Germany - Turbinenhalle
11 - Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn
12 - Enschede, Netherlands - Atak
13 - Paris, France - Bataclan
14 - Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage
15 - Pratteln, Switzerland - Z7
16 - Milan, Italy - Live Club
17 - Wien, Austria - Arena
18 - München, Germany - Backstage
19 - Antwerpen, Belgium - Trix
21 - Bologna, Italy - Estragon
22 - Bratislava, Slovakia - Majestic Music Club
23 - Prague, Czech Republic - KD Vltavska
24 - Linz, Austria - Posthof
25 - Geiselwind, Germany - Music Hall
27 - Stockholm, Sweden - Munchenbryggeriet
28 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Traedgarn
29 - Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall

March

1 - Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
2 - Leipzig, Germany - Hellraiser
3 - Giessen, Germany - Hessenhalle
4 - Tilburg, Netherlands - O13 (Neurotic Deathfest)