Frontiers Music Srl has announced the release of the brand new Impellitteri studio album, entitled Venom, on April 17th in Europe and April 21st in North America. Guitarist/founder Chris Impellitteri has issued the following statement:

"There will be two different versions of the new Venom record. Japan will have one version and Europe, United States and the rest of the world will have an extended version with two additional killer songs titled 'Reach For The Sky' and 'Rock Through The Night'.

I can tell you this record is by far the vest record of our career. Virtually every label we offered this deal to accepted. That is rare! I can tell you the band has never played or sounded so good. The music is killer! The solos boggle my mind as I must have had an angel or demon possess me when I recorded these solos. The vocals are easily as cool as early Iron Maiden with Bruce Dickinson at the helm, and the drumming and bass playing is maddening.

I would happily play the new Impellitteri record with some of my favorite records by Iron Maiden, Van Halen, Ozzy, Judas Priest and Metallica. I honestly can't wait for you guys to hear this record; I cried when I heard the end result. Records like Venom come once in a life time for artists and we are extremely grateful for what we have just accomplished."

Looking forward to touring in support of Venom!"

With the release of Venom, Impellitteri deliver a record filled with addictive and memorable riffs, guitar solos that feature Chris Impellitteri’s blistering shredding technique coupled with strong melody and taste. Rob Rock’s vocals are mesmerizing, melodic, and will make the listener sing along with each song long after the record is over. Lastly, the band boggles the mind with brutal drumming (featuring John Dette, ex-Testament, Slayer, etc) filled with speed and groove and beastly bass playing (courtesy of James Pulli) that supports Impellitteri’s sonic madness. The result is a record that excites and musically satisfy every metal and rock fan, and every musician around the world.  To add to their quest, Impellitteri also wanted to create music that would take the listener on a musical journey thru different time periods of metal and rock.

Chris Impellitteri is heralded as one of the world’s greatest guitar shredders. He has won Best Rock Guitarist Awards on several magazines during the years for his guitar soloing. He is the first guitarist to be branded as the fastest guitarist in the world by the international media. Recently and without any promotion, Impellitteri was officially voted second fastest guitarist in the world by “Guitar One” magazine; and “Guitar World” magazine recently listed Chris Impellitteri within their top 50 fastest guitarists of all time.

Chris Impellitteri formed Impellitteri in 1987, together with Rob Rock as vocalist. That year, they released an EP called the Black Album which was well-received, and Impellitteri went on to release the full-length album Stand In Line in 1988. As of today Impellitteri have released a total of nine acclaimed studio albums and the new record, Venom, follows after 2009’s Wicked Maiden.

During the writing and recording of Venom, the band pushed the limitations of their artistic abilities in both performance and composition. All musical areas and ideas were explored with only the best recorded.

Frontiers will release the album with two superb new exclusive bonus tracks.

Venom tracklisting:

“Venom”
“Empire Of Lies”
“We Own The Night”
“Nightmare”
“Face The Enemy”
“Dominoe Theory”
“Jehova”
“Rise”
“Time Machine”
“Holding On”

“Rock Through The Night” (bonus track)

“Reach For the Sky” (bonus track)

Album trailer: