Dani Nolden, vocalist for Brazilian bashers Shadowside, has checked in with the following update on the band's forthcoming album, due out later this year. The album will be produced by Fredrik Nordström:

"This week, Shadowside did the last rehearsal before the new album recordings and I began to think of everything we've gone through in our career... and of what we still have ahead of us!

Since the beginning of Shadowside's career, there have been three albums and shows in 30 countries. I did not get rich with Shadowside. I'm not a rockstar, but that doesn't matter because what we achieved is priceless. I consider myself a very lucky woman because in a few days, we're going to Sweden to record another work, our fourth studio album. And that is only happening because there has been demand and support from the fans, which made possible for this material to be completed.

The songwriting period of the new Shadowside album was troubled. I fought depression, which had been there for many years but became a more serious problem between 2013 and 2015. Other band members also had problems, different than mine, however just as complicated, which I won't go into details in order not to expose their privacy. But the fact is that the creation of this album demanded a lot of strenght from us all.

The new album is quite intense, probably because all those difficulties were translated into music. And yet another chapter begins in the band's history.

To the fans and to everyone who supported us during that time, thank you so much! And let's keep going!"

Nolden recently spoke exclusively with Bravewords scribe Carl Begai about the band's previous experience working with Nordström.

"One of the most interesting stories from the Inner Monster Out sessions is how Fredrik really wasn't enjoying one of the choruses," Dani reveals. "We were having a hard time writing a new one in the studio, so he asked us if we wanted him to call Niklas (Isfeldt / Dream Evil vocalist) to help out. So, Niklas came up during his lunch break, listened to the song, sang a few melodies, and we had a chorus. From there I had the challenge to write the lyrics overnight because it was a completely different melody and I had to make it work. It was a really cool collaboration between the Dream Evil guys and Shadowside on the song 'A Smile Upon Death', and when we asked Niklas what he wanted for it he told us he only wanted a credit. At that point we weren't even friends yet, so for Niklas to just do that for us for no specific reason was fantastic."

"We felt so comfortable working with Fredrik and everything went so well that we don't want to lose that," she adds. "He managed to extract everything we wanted to do on Inner Monster Out. He pushed us very hard, and he was the guy who wouldn't take no for an answer (laughs). I like the fact he's really honest. We didn't need a producer to pat us on the back and say 'Great job!', we wanted someone who would tell us when we were screwing up so we could fix things before it was too late."

Shadowside was formed by singer Dani Nolden, Raphael Mattos on guitars and Fabio Buitvidas on drums and now with Magnus Rosén (ex-HammerFall) on bass. Magnus was part of Hammerfall from 1997 to 2007, did several world tours and recorded several albums, being awarded golden records and a Grammy nomination with Hammerfall. He also recorded albums with Jorn Lande, Tony Martin (ex-Black Sabbath) and has just released his 10th solo album titled "The World Changes" with musicians who played with Hammerfall, Black Sabbath, ABBA, Yngwie Malmsteen and others.