Long-running Los Angeles thrash/speed metallers HIRAX have announced they will be recording their fourth full-length studio album with legendary producer/engineer Bill Metoyer (SLAYER, W.A.S.P., MORBID ANGEL, ARMORED SAINT, DARK ANGEL, SACRED REICH, etc.).

The band will enter Skull Seven Studio in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA at the beginning of June. The album will be released worldwide via singer Katon W. De Pena’s own label, Black Devil Records.

Hirax have released their video for the song 'El Rostro De La Muerte', which is from the album of the same, released in 2009 via Black Devil Records. Check it out below:

Canadian vinyl label War On Music Records has announced the upcoming LP release of Hirax' Not Dead Yet, the classic album featuring both the first two full lengths, Raging Violence (1985) and Hate Fear & Power (1986). Originally released by Metal Blade in 1987, the Raging Violence/Hate Fear & Power combo sums up perfectly the raw energy and vicious metal force that Hirax was, and remains today.

Tracklisting:

Side A

'Demons Evil Forces'

'Blitzkrieg Air Attack'

'Guardian Protector'

'Bombs of Death'

'Defeat of Amalek'

'Raging Violence'

'Call of the Gods'

'Warlords Command'

'Suicide'

'Executed'

Side B

'The Gauntlet'

'Destruction & Terror'

'Destroy'

'Bloodbath'

'Hate, Fear and Power'

'Blind Faith'

'Unholy Sacrifice'

'Lightning Thunder'

'The Last War'

'The Plague'

'Imprisoned by Ignorance'

'Criminal Punishment'

Never before released in full on vinyl, Not Dead Yet will be made available spring 2012 as a gatefold LP featuring the iconic artwork of Pushead, including a four-page insert featuring rare photos and flyers from the era. Pressing limited to 1000 copies on classic black wax.

For more details visit Waronmusic.com.