Brazilian metallers HIBRIA will embark on a Japanese headlining tour in May. So far the following dates have been announced:

May

12 - Osaka, Japan - Big Cat
14 - Nagoya, Japan - Bottom Line
15 - Tokyo, Japan - Shinagawa Prince Stellar Ball

Hibria's new album, Blind Ride, will be released in Japan on January 26. Audio samples of the track 'Nonconforming Minds' that appear on Blind Ride, can be found on the band's MySpace page.

The CD was mixed and mastered at Machine Shop Studios and marks the recording debut of the band's new bass player Benhur Lima, who joined Hibria after the tour in support of the group's previous CD, The Skull Collectors.

Blind Ride tracklisting:

'Blind Ride' (Intro)

'Nonconforming Minds'

'Welcome To The Horror Show'

'Shoot Me Down'

'Blinded By Faith'

'The Shelter's On Fire'

'Beyond Regrets Of The Past'

'I Feel No Bliss'

'Sight Of Blindness'

'Tough Is The Way'

'Rotten Souls'

The cover artwork for Blind Ride was created by Gustavo Sazes (ARCH ENEMY, FIREWIND, SONIC SYNDICATE, GOD FORBID) of Abstrata Art, while the 3D modeling was handled by Hibria guitarist Diego Kasper.

Commented Kasper: "We're sure this is the most intense and raging album in our career so far. Besides keeping the speed, dense arrangements, and melodic lines of the heavy metal we've played until now, we allowed influences from thrash to progressive to permeate our music. We can't wait to hear the feedback from our audience, live and through the web. Also, we have recently inked a deal with Base 2 Productions, in charge of the management of SEPULTURA and ANGRA, and for sure all these new partnerships (label/management) would take us to another level in a worldwide basis."

Hibria is:

Iuri Sanson (vocals)

Abel Camargo (guitar)

Diego Kasper (guitar)

Benhur Lima (bass)

Eduardo Baldo (drums)

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