Swedish metallers NOSTRADAMEUS have issued the following band update from drummer Esko Salow:

"Well, all friends and fans,

This is a happy moment for us in Nostradameus. Time has come for us to announce the latest addition to the band, a dear friend and excellent guitar player with the name Lennart Specht.

After the decision to (part ways) with Michael Åberg we decided to finish the album before starting the work with us finding a replacement. We stood before the choice of lots of auditions and learning to live with people we didn’t know or to take someone we already knew as a great guitar player and songwriter, and it sure was an easy choice that we don’t regret.

Specht has been playing together with me (Esko) for the past 18 years in various bands and for the last eleven years with Thomas and myself (Esko) in PATHOS and later FEJD. We’ve already had the opportunity to learn and rehearse over 90 minutes worth of live material and also started the songwriting process for our forthcoming album.

The Pathway album is set to be released January 19th, 2007 and we are currently working with some gigs and tour options that will take place during the time of the album release.

We hope too see you out there on a kick ass tour and we know you’re bound to like the album!"

As previously reported, Pathway will include the following tracks (in no particular order): 'Wall Of Anger', 'No Trace Of Madness', 'Not Only Women Bleed', 'MDCC Pt. 1', 'MDCC Pt. 2', 'The Untouchebles', 'Death By My Side', 'Until The End', 'Demon Voices', 'Welcome To Living', 'P.I.R'.