Australia’s melodic death metal heavyweights UNIVERSUM announce the world wide web launch of their new album, Mortuus Machina.

A nitro fuelled collection of crushing riffs, heavy rhythms, catchy melodies and decimating vocals, the album also features a swag of guest appearances including that of vocalist Christian Älvestam (ex-SCAR SYMMETRY, SOLUTION .45), guitarist Ola Frenning (ex-SOILWORK), and NIGHTRAGE axe men Marios Iliopoulos and Olof Mörck.

Guitarist and producer for Universum, Stephen Murphy comments: "The band is very pleased with Mortuus Machina. We believe this album accurately quantifies the inter-dimensional progression the band has made since last album. From composition and performance to production we are satisfied that the album represents a significant step up for us. We are also tremendously pleased to have worked with the awesome guest musicians that have appeared on this album, the performances are exceptional!"

Mortuus Machina tracklisting:

'Fractured Archetype' - featuring Christian Alvestam (ex-Scar Symmetry, Solution .45)

'Morte Noir'

'Sum Of The Universe' - featuring Christian Alvestam (ex-Scar Symmetry, Solution .45), Marios Iliopoulos (Nightrage) and Olof Morck (Nightrage)

'Genetic Sequence Distortion'

'Asymmetric Dimensional State' - featuring Ola Frenning (ex-Soilwork) and Tommy Tuovinen (MYGRAIN)

'Slaves To The New Order'

'Aeon Displacement' - featuring Paul Wardingham

'Transcendence 0.0'

'2.0' - featuring Christian Alvestam (ex-Scar Symmetry, Solution .45)

'Take Another'

'Blank Infinity'

Universum is now streaming 90 second preview clips of each of the 11 songs that comprise Mortuus Machina via their MySpace page and YouTube site.

Mortuus Machina can be purchased directly from the band at this location.