Italian "extreme epic metal" act STORMLORD has issued the following update:

“Hi legions of the Storm, finally it’s time for the big announcement: May 23rd, Locomotive Records will release our long awaited fourth album, titled Mare Nostrum. It was recorded at Giuseppe Orlando’s Outer Sound Studios (NECRODEATH, NOVEMBRE, KLIMT 1918) and mastered at Finnvox Studios by the well known engineer Mika Jussila (HIM, CHILDREN OF BODOM, NIGHTWISH, SENTENCED)

The entire artwork was made by Gyula Havancsak (ANNIHILATOR, DESTRUCTION, BENEDICTUM, ELVENKING, GRAVE DIGGER) - click left to view.

This is the final tracklist of the album: 'Mare Nostrum', 'Neon Karma', 'Legacy Of The Snake', 'Emet', 'The Castaway', 'Scorn', 'And The Wind Shall Scream My Name', 'Dimension: Hate', 'Stormlord'.

The journalists that had the chance to listen to it during the studio reports describe Mare Nostrum as a mix of our first two albums, Supreme Art Of War and At The Gates Of Utopia, played and arranged with a superior maturity and technical skill. We just can say that we love our new songs, they sound epic like in the old times without forgetting the style of The Gorgon Cult.

There are a lot of new solutions that we never used before like sitar, folk parts, gloomy clean vocals, Mediterranean ethnic instruments and an amazing drum work. Our singer Cristiano (Borchi) has sealed his best performance so far, going from high pitch screaming to earthquaking growls, while the keyboard work, now up to our guitar/keyboard player Gianpaolo (Caprino), is the most epic thing we’ve ever done in ten years. Expect a bombastic yet furious avalanche of Extreme Epic Metal, we know that some people has been waiting for this since a long time, we will not disappoint them.

For more info stay tuned to www.myspace.com/stormlordband."

Stormlord live dates:

May

31 - Verona, Italy - Lucille

June

28 - Bologna, Italy - Gods Of Metal

July

12 - Lörrach, Germany - Baden In Blut