Century Media Records reports:

The new generation of Swedish metal rises!

With influences ranging from HYPOCRISY over DIMMU BORGIR to ARCH ENEMY, ZONARIA have forged a misanthropic mix of brutal riffs, melodic harmonies, maniacal drumming and ominous synth lines that is sure to please metal heads worldwide. Their sophomore effort and Century Media debut The Cancer Empire will be released on the following dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Benelux / Italy: Friday, October 24th

UK / France / Greece / Denmark / Norway / Rest of Europe: Monday, October 27th

Spain / Portugal: Tuesday, October 28th

Sweden / Finland / Hungary: Wednesday, October 29th

Simon Berglund (vocals/guitar) explains the meaning of the album title as follows: “The Cancer Empire refers to a nation that infects the world around it by spreading lies and deceit in order to dominate. For us it has a realistic reflection on the world today.”

The cover artwork by Par Olofsson (WINDS OF PLAGUE, DEEDS OF FLESH, PSYCROPTIC) was also based upon this concept and you can now view it on the left (click image to enlarge)

The tracklisting: 'Slaughter Is Passion', 'Praise The Eradication', 'Crowning King Cancer', 'Contra Mundum', 'Termination Process', 'At War With The Inferior', 'From The Abysmal Womb', 'Damnation Dressed In Flesh', 'Humanity Vs Sanity', 'The Icon And The Faceless'.

The Cancer Empire was produced by Fredrik Nordström (Dimmu Borgir, IN FLAMES, AT THE GATES) at Studio Fredman and mastered by Peter In De Betou at Tailor Maid, as a first appetizer you can now listen to the track 'Praise The Eradication' at the band’s newly re-designed MySpace page.

Guitarist Emil Nyström is confident, that the band will gather new hordes of fans with The Cancer Empire, he states: “There is no one that can take the feeling away from us that we’ve done another great album. More dynamics and more varied than ever - we can’t wait to play the new songs on the road really soon!”

To do exactly this, Zonaria join Polish death metal masters VADER on the North European leg of their 25th anniversary tour in October / November 2008, here are the exact dates:

October

17 - Vilnius, Lithuania - Mulen Ruzas
18 - Riga, Latvia - Melna Piektdiena
19 - Tallin, Estonia tba
20 - Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi tba
21 - Turku, Finland - Klubi
22 - Tampere, Finland - Hella
23 - Oulu, Finland - tba
24 - Umea, Sweden - Midnight
25 - Vasteras, Sweden - Sigurdsgatan
26 - Oslo, Norway - John Dee
27 - Goteborg, Sweden - tba
28 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
29 - Norrkoping, Sweden - Black Horn
30 - Copenhagen, Denmark - The Rock
31 - Odense, Denmark - Kansas City

November

1 - Aarhus, Denmark - Train