Dutch death metallers HAIL OF BULLETS have announced On Divine Winds as the title of their upcoming new album, to be released October 11th via Metal Blade Records in Europe and on October 12th in North America.

Hail Of Bullets' debut album, ...Of Frost And War, was a concept album about the Eastern front war of Germany. On Divine Winds is another concept album, this time covering the Pacific battles between Japan and the USA.

Comments singer Martin van Drunen: "This time Hail Of Bullets takes on the Pacific War. The expansion of the Empire of Japan throughout Asia, introducing a full scale war using all forces combined. The massive strike back of the Americans, whose marines bravely fought many tough and bloody battles on now forgotten insulate islands spread throughout the whole Pacific. This led to desperate Japanese defense tactics such as Kamikaze, human bullets and suicidal Banzai charges. Until finally, incendiary bombings brought the empire to its knees."

The album title On Divine Winds refers to the translation for the Japanese word Kamikaze, as kami stands for "God" and kaze means "wind".

On Divine Winds features 12 tracks on the limited first digibook edtion and 11 tracks on the regular jewelcase version.

On Divine Winds tracklisting:

'The Eve Of Battle'

'Operation Z'

'The Mukden Incident'

'Strategy Of Attrition'

'Full Scale War'

'Guadalcanal'

'On Coral Shores'

'Unsung Heroes'

'Tokyo Napalm Holocaust'

'Sugar Loaf Hill' (bonus track on ltd. 1st digibook edition!)

'Kamikaze'

'To Bear The Unbearable'

On Divine Winds was produced by Ed Warby and like before the monstrous mix was in the capable hands of Mr Dan Swanö.

Comments drummer Ed Warby: "I don't think I've ever worked this hard on anything in my entire life, but it sure has paid off! Although ...Of Frost And War is a tough act to follow, my ringing ears tell me we've succeeded in besting it on every level: songs, playing, production... at the moment Dan Swanö is putting the final touches on a mix that could squash a tank, and then it's off to the pressing plant! All the main ingredients of our blood 'n' guts style death metal have remained intact and I honestly can't imagine anyone that liked our previous work is going to be the least bit disappointed... on the contrary!"

The limited edition of On Divine Winds will be released as a digibook including a bonus DVD. More details on the bonus DVD and its content will be announced shortly!.