Blast Head Records has announced the signing of Ancient Roman death metal band ADE, for the spring release of their sophomore album, entitled Spartacus, which features extreme metal drummer George Kollias and will be the band's follow up to their 2009 debut, Prooemivm Sangvine.

True masters of music, Ade formed in 2007 with the purpose of blending death metal with the traditional instruments of ancient Rome and Greece.

“When I first listened to Spartacus I was instantly intrigued by the amazing song structures, production and most importantly the musicianship of Ade! From start to finish Spartacus grips you with musical hooks and their use of traditional Roman instruments allows you hear something new with every listen. The album is very powerful, memorable and in all honesty is a major contender for album of the year! I am beyond proud to have Ade on Blast Head Records to showcase their talents to the world!", comments Paul Shaw, owner of Blast Head Records.

The album artwork, by Phlegeton Art Studio, can be seen below:

Spartacus tracklisting:

'Betrayer From Thrace'

'Sanguine Pluit In Arena'

'The Endless Runaway'

'Crixius Flags Of Dishonor'

'Duelling The Shadow Of Spartacus'

'Mars Unpredictable Favour'

'Decimate The Coward'

'Six Thousands Crosses'

'Divinitus Victor'

'For Everything To Be The Same...'

This first single, 'Duelling The Shadow of Spartacus', featuring George Kollias, is streaming below:

“Spartacus is a masterpiece… that simple! I feel blessed and honored recording the drums for this album. Ade can play great and write some of the best songs in the genre; the combination of writing, feel and musicianship is in this album outstanding; they worked very hard on each song and that shows very well. Spartacus has some really unique elements and ideas that Ade combines with the best – and fresh - way possible... this is why I can’t wait to see people’s reaction with this AMAZING album!!!”, comments drummer George Kollias.

Video of George Kollias commenting on Ade can be seen below:

Pre-order the CD here. Pre-order bundles are available here.

More on Ade at this location.