Costa Rica-based melodic metallers DECEMBER'S COLD WINTER have issued the following update:

"Cheers guys!

After some months with a low profile, we have some good news to share with you.

First of all, after the announcement made some months ago that we were looking for a singer, finally the line-up is ready again.

Our new singer is Alfredo Guzman, who used to sing in a band called FALLEN MEMORIES.

After several sessions and a lot of dedication, Alfredo has perfectly aligned to the band and musically represents the change we, the band, wanted since the beginning of this new era.

The five of us are willing to play live again and have some headbanging with our fans and bands! DCW is: Isak Arroyo - Guitars, Allan Chaves - Drums, Esteban González - Bass, Max Gutiérrez - Guitars and Backing Vocals, Alfredo Guzman - Vox.

On the other side, since the second half of 2007, we have been working with the preproduction of the songs that will be part of our new material.

Despite the lineup changes we suffered some months ago and after a very productive process, on February 2008 we started to record our second full length album: Ablaze All Shrines.

This new album shows not only the musical evolution we had suffered, but the lyrical as all the lyrics were written by Allan, Isak and Max and arranged by the five of us. Compared to the Decaying Recollections album, the new lyrics are much more direct and aggressive against politics, religion and problems derived from us, human beings.

We are about to finish the recording phase (just the vocals and some extra arrangements), after that we will mix the album.

The Ablaze All Shrines album will be mastered in the Imperial Studios by Colin Davis (VILE), who has mastered albums for DEEDS OF FLESH, DISGORGE, EXHUMED and ALAS among others.The album will be edited by our label and friends, Freak World Entertainment.

We are expecting to release the album between August and September.

Ablaze All Shrines' songlist is: 'Envenomed Cult', 'Your Sordid Pride', 'Ablaze All Shrines', 'Black Garden's Sculptures', 'Manipulating Human Emotions', 'Kings Of Lies', 'Consequences'.

A video, new merch and a gigs will be part of the promotion phase we have been planning.

We expect to upload a home made "make of" video in some days, as well a preview of the upcoming material.

We are excited about all the things to come in the near future, and we expect we will continue enjoying your support for this DCW's new era!

Horns up!"