Reactivated New Jersey thrash metallers WHIPLASH have inked a worldwide deal with Pulverised Records. The band will enter the studio in early March to begin recording its sixth album, Unborn Again, with guitarist/vocalist Tony Portaro co-producing the effort with world-renowned and famed producer Harris Johns who has previously worked with CORONER, HELLOWEEN, KREATOR, SEPULTURA, SODOM and VOIVOD, among many others. The band will also document the full recording session and edit the footage into a free bonus DVD, Unborn Again is tentatively scheduled for a July release.

Tony Portaro: "We are thrilled to be working with Calvin and everyone at Pulverised Records. Their enthusiasm surrounding the Unborn Again project is unmatched by any of the labels that we have worked with in the past. It will also be my pleasure to work side by side with the Harris Johns and although the actual recording of Unborn Again will not begin until March of 2009, we are eagerly anticipating mixing and mastering with him at Spiderhouse in April."

Label manager Calvin: "We are more than just honored to have the legendary Whiplash step foot into the Pulverised roster, and pre-production works have already commenced for the new album titled Unborn Again. The band who once gave you such classics like the 1985 maiden album Power And Pain, the crushing Ticket To Mayhem and the innovative 1990 release Insult To Injury' are back to set the hungry Thrash maniacs on rampage!"

In other news, Whiplash will release a 25th-anniversary DVD in late 2009 entitled 25 Years Of Thrash. According to the group, the disc will feature "true stories that cover the band's history with Roadrunner Records and beyond, 1985-1990, 'Power And Pain', 'Ticket To Mayhem', 'Insult To Injury'; The Massacre years, 1996-1998, 'Cult Of One', 'Sit Stand Kneel Prey'; 'Thrashback'."

It will also include rare concert footage, photos, interviews, backstage footage and much more. 25 Years Of Thrash will also "take you back in time, hands on the mixing board in very raw setting as the band shares their experiences of the writing and recording of some of the greatest Whiplash albums released to date."

Fore more information visit the band's MySpace page.