FORTÉ was founded in Oklahoma City in 1987 and in those early stages they band played an abundance of shows, quickly establishing themselves within the flourishing underground metal scene by opening for bands like PANTERA, DREAM THEATER, FATES WARNING, WATCHTOWER, OVERKILL, SAVATAGE and TROUBLE. Signing to Germany’s Massacre Records the band released four albums throughout the 90’s and just last year released, Unholy War, their first new album in 12 years.

In 2011, Divebomb Records reissued a stunning deluxe edition of their debut, Stranger Than Fiction, yielding great results thus helping the band return to their former glory – including a coveted slot on this year’s installment of the Headbangers Open Air festival in Germany. This is just the beginning for Forté as work has already begun on a new album.

Divebomb Records now presents, Invictus, which is a brand new 2CD set featuring brand new cover artwork by Steven Cobb, the man responsible for their captivating Unholy War cover, and collecting the remaining three out of print albums (Rise Above, Destructive and Division). All 32 tracks have been newly remastered by Jamie King allowing fans to complete their Forté collection in one fell swoop.

Due on July 9th, the album tracklisting is as follows:

Disc 1:

Rise Above (1999)

'Man Against Machine'

'Fading Away'

'Ninety Nine'

'Forgiven'

'Rise Above'

'Destroyer'

'Poison Tongue'

'Burn'

'Over My Head'

'Until The End Of Time'

Destructive (1997)

'Barcode'

'Deviate'

'Hammer'

'Destructive'

'October'

'Heal Me'

'Strength'

'Neversleep'

'The Hard Way'

'Art Of War'

'Eternal'

'Far Away'

Disc 2:

Division (1994)

'Dischord'

'One Flesh'

'Inhuman'

'Division'

'Thirteen Steps'

'Legacy Of Silence'

'The Last Machine'

'Ultimatum'

'E.2.M.N.'

'Back To Zero'

'In This Life'

'Fast As A Shark'

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