Greece's SEPTICFLESH will release their new album, entitled The Great Mass, on April 18th via Season Of Mist in Europe (April 19th in North America).

The album will feature the following tracklisting:

'The Vampire From Nazareth'

'A Great Mass Of Death'

'Pyramid God'

'Five-Pointed Star'

'Oceans Of Grey'

'The Undead Keep Dreaming'

'Rising'

'Apocalypse'

'Mad Architect'

'Therianthropy'

The cover artwork for the album’s jewel case edition, designed by Seth Siro Anton, can be seen below:

Seth Siro Anton (bass/vocals) explains: “This is a small fragment of the artwork that will dress the new artistic experiment of Septicflesh, The Great Mass. It is a small part of an occult machine made from marble and flesh, fantasy and reality, order and chaos. A great machine composed from the blasphemous union of strange figures, creations of Man, the creator of the gods and demons. Their grotesque purpose will be revealed soon, when all the cover editions of the new album will be presented and will be combined together… Let the great self-cannibalistic symposium begin.”

The band's new opus will be available in the following formats:

- CD + Blu-ray Digipak
- Collector’s book including 2 CDs + Blu-ray
- 12” gatefold LP
- CD jewel case
- Digital download

The main artwork for The Great Mass will appear on the limited Digipak edition, the gatefold LP and the dust jacket of the collector’s book. To be revealed later.

As previously reported, a six-part studio report will be spread over the next weeks. All aspects of the new album will be detailed, from the first ideas back in 2009 to the final mastering stage.

Part 2 is an interview with guitarist / composer Christos Antoniou, conducted by Hard Rock Mag editor Sven Letourneur. The following is an excerpt:

Q: Christos, you worked on all the orchestral parts and arrangements of course. Why did you choose to work with the Orchestra of Prague again?

A: "With Communion, they did an excellent job and their interpretation on the new album is amazing. I know them, they know me very well and I can say, although it’s still very early, that they will perform also for our next album in the future."

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Stay tuned for further studio reports. 'The Vampire From Nazareth', a brand new song from The Great Mass, can be heard below:

'The Vampire From Nazareth'