Polish heavy metal act, Exlibris, will release their third studio album, Aftereal, on December 1st in Europe via Metal Mind Productions, and January 13th in North America (via MVD). Today the band reveal the artwork and tracklisting for the new album.

 

 

Tracklisting:

"The Continuum"
"Escape Velocity"
"The Day Of Burning"
"In The Darkest Hour"
"Omega Point"
"Before The Storm"
"King Of The Pit"
"Darker Than Black"
"Closer"
"False Messiah"
"The Mental Crusade"
"Suspended Animation"

The band are sure to surprise their fans this time around, also because of the many outstanding guest musicians featured on the album. While working on Aftereal, the band kept coming up with ideas for particular guest appearances. In the end, the lineup became quite impressive: Piotr "Dziki" Chancewicz (Wild Pig, Mech) and Piotr Rutkowski from Corruption played guitar solos.

Misiek comments: “It was Dani who thought of Piotrek ‘Rutkoś’ Rutkowski, known from, among other bands, Corruption and Spirit, and that was a bullseye. This incredibly talented young man recorded a beautiful guitar solo - the longest one on Aftereal. The album's intro, in turn, was recorded by Michał Staszkun, known from his cooperation with Hate. There's one more guest performer that will appear on the album. The details regarding that guest appearance, however, are for now shrouded in mystery. We only know he's a well known artist and that he contributed his vocal talent."

Exlibris's drummer adds: “We're extremely satisfied about that lineup, as every single guest performer did his absolute best, and every one of them did it in their own style, making the album even more diversified. I shudder at the thought of who we might be inviting on our next album.”

The recordings took place at ZED Studio. The vocal parts were recorded at HZ Studio, where the band's previous album, Humagination, was recorded. The mix and mastering were handled by Tomek Zalewski.

Exlibris  lineup:

Krzysztof Sokolowski - vocals

Daniel Lechmanski - guitars, vocals

Piotr Sikora - keys, orchestration, programming, vocals

Piotr Torbicz - bass

Misiek Slusarski - drums