Maldives-based death/black metallers NOTHNEGAL's guitarist Hilarl and keyboardist Marco recently spoke with Metal Underground about their forthcoming debut album, Decadence. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Q: With this being your debut full-length, how has the music changed from your earlier EP and how would you describe the sound of the band at this point?

Marco: "The EP was fully like European melodic death metal, more or less sticking in one genre. We needed to change towards a more standout approach so we made a mix with thrash/death-guitars/drums and atmospheric/industrial keys mixed yet with catchy choruses and overall melodic approach. Quite a combination I would say but I think we nailed the concept."

Q: Although Nothnegal is obviously a death metal band, there is a lot of melody and atmosphere in the songs. What sort of balance do you try to strike between heaviness and melody and how do you decide which lyrics will be growled and which will use clean singing?

Hilarl: "We wanted to have more variety on the album instead of limiting ourselves to just death metal, so you will hear a lot of different styles on the songs. As for the clean singing, it’s not really related to the lyrics in any way. We decided those based on the music. If we thought the song sounded better with clean singing after trying out other approaches, then we’d settle on that."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Decadence will be released on January 20th (January 24th in North America) via Season Of Mist. Metal Injection has posted a trailer for the album, check it out below:

Decadence tracklisting:

'Salvation'

'Claymore'

'Janus'

'Decadence'

'Armageddon'

'R.A.D.A.R'

'Sins Of Our Creations'

'Singularity'

You can listen to a 40-second snippet of 'Claymore' at the band's homepage.

Decadence is available for pre-order on Season of Mist's e-shop as a limited digipak edition.Each copy from the first pressing of the album will come with a unique code that can allow you to win a trip to the Maldives!

The 5-day journey will take place at the Fihalhohi Island Resort, in summer 2012. The winner will receive one return flight to the Maldives, an all-inclusive stay (including scuba-diving and other water sport activities) for two persons and a meet & greet with the band. More details can be found in the booklet of the album.