Century Media Records reports:

FINNTROLL are back!

In February 2010 the band will release it's new slab of folk-rooted back metal hymns entitled Nifelvind. It was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (APOCALYPTICA, AMORPHIS, ENSIFERUM, etc.) in Helsinki, Finland and mastered by Mika Jussila (CHILDREN OF BODOM, SONATA ARCTICA, H.I.M., etc.) at Finnvox Studios.

The album cover artwork was done again by the band's own guitarist Skrymer and visually captures the true Finntroll spirit perfectly.

Now, the band presents you the first track from this opus, 'Under Bergets Rot', at its redesigned MySpace page, so head over to myspace.com/officialfinntroll and check it out.

Nifelvind will be released on the following dates:

Finland - February 17th, 2010

Germany/ Austria / Switzerland / Benelux / Italy - February 19th, 2010

UK/ France / Greece / Denmark / Norway / Rest of Europe - February 22nd, 2010

Spain/ Portugal - February 23rd, 2010

Sweden/ Hungary - February 24th, 2010

North America - March 9th, 2010

The tracklist:

'Blodmarsch' (intro)

'Solsagan'

'Den Frusna Munnen'

'Ett Norrskensdåd'

'I Trädens Sång'

'Tiden Utan Tid'

'Galgasång'

'Mot Skuggornas Värld'

'Under Bergets Rot'

'Fornfamnad'

'Dråp'

Whereas the band’s unique style has spawned an entire new genre that successfully blends black metal darkness with folkloristic melodies, in 2010 Finntroll shall proudly reclaim the folk metal throne and leave myriads of copycats crushed to pieces.

To properly celebrate the release of the new album, Finntroll will be headlining the 2010 edition of the Paganfest tour. Head to this location to check out the band's complete live itinerary.