Finnish progressive metallers STATUS MINOR have announced they will release their new album Ouroboros on April 25th.

According to a press release: “Ouroboros is a concept album written around a cycle often found in love-related relationships. People meet, they fall in love, then out of love and finally they separate in order to start again. The first song (‘The Wind’) introduces the main character and the starting point of the cycle. Until song four (‘Like A Dream’), the love story builds up and peaks at the introduction of the loved one’s voice (courtesy of Anna Murphy/ ELUVEITIE). The story goes sour from the fifth song (‘Confidence And Trust’) onwards. The final decision is made in the eighth song (‘Flowers Die’) and resolution is tested in ‘Sail Away’, which can be seen as the second part of ‘Flowers Die’ (with many repeated themes both in music and lyrics.) The writing of the music started during summer 2009 and finished around August 2009. The lyrics were finished and vocal melodies finalized around December 2009. The recordings started in February 2010 and ended in January 2011. The albums guest vocalists finished their work around March 2011 after which the mixing and mastering were done. In early fall 2011 the master was finished.”

Drums for the album were recorded at Studio Audio Jyväskylä , Finland in February 2010. The album was recorded by recording engineer Torsti Spoof (LEVERAGE, THE MAGNIFICENT). Vocals and guitars were recorded in Cat Piss Studio, Riihimäki, Finland from March 2010 -January 2011.

An album teaser can be heard below:

Cover artwork for the album was created by Carl-Andre Beckston (MONOWASP) and can be seen below:

Tracklisting is as follows:

‘The Wind’

‘Hollow’

‘Glass Wall’

‘Like A Dream’

‘Confidence And Trust’

‘Stain’

‘Smile’

‘Flowers Die’

‘Sail Away’

Status Minor is:

Markku Kuikka – vocals

Sami Saarinen – guitars

Jukka Karinen – keyboards

Eero Pakkanen – bass

Rolf Pilve – drums