Norwegian avant-garde metallers VULTURE INDUSTRIES have entered the studio to begin recording the follow up to their 2007 debut full-length album The Dystopia Journals. The new album is expected to contain seven tracks, and come in at somewhere between 40 and 45 minutes in length. As is usual with Vulture Industries, they will be using the Conclave and Earshot Studios, which is owned by the band’s front man Bjornar E. Nilsen, who, aside from his vocal duties with VI and BLACK HOLE GENERATOR, is also a producer.

Commenting on the new album Nilsen said: “It feels great to be working with the new material and the vibe in the studio has been really good so far. The songs are quite long this time, with the shortest one clocking in at five minutes. We’re really excited about the new material and feel that we have stumbled on a sound that is distinctly our own.”

Vulture Industries is based in Bergen and is part of the prolific local music scene. The band’s line up is a veritable who’s who of black and extreme metal musicians. Aside from Nilsen himself on vocals, synths and programming, band members include guitarists Øyvind Madsen (SULPHUR, ex-ENSLAVED, sessions guitars for DEATHCON) and Eivind Huse (SULPHUR, ex-SYRACH), Kyrre Teigen on bass and Tor Helge Gjengedal (MALICE IN WONDERLAND, ex-SULPHUR, ex-TAAKE) on drums. Assisting with the production are Herbrand Larsen (ENSLAVED) and Arve Isdal (Enslaved, AUDREY HORNE).

So far most of the drum tracks for the new album, which is scheduled for release on Dark Essence Records in April in Norway and May in Europe, have been recorded, and regular updates and photos from the studio sessions will be posted on the band’s MySpace page.

The video below is fan-filmed footage of Vulture Industries performing 'Pills Of Conformity', a track from The Dystopia Journals, in Lubeck, Germany, in March 2008.