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British brutal metallers Akercocke have entered the studio to record a new, as of yet untitled album. Through their label Earache, the band issued the following studio update:

“The studio has recently undergone a refit following the recording of the

previous album Words That Go Unspoken, Deeds That go Undone

and is now a fully digital facility.

It's been interesting to have to work with the new equipment on

this new album. Ideally I would have liked to have completed some demo

work at GoM first to familiarise myself with the new digital mixing

console, but this wasn't possible so it's been a steep learning curve

whilst doing the pre-production for the album.

The drums are 80% recorded and are sounding very powerful. I am

particularly pleased about this as even at this early stage I think the

source sounds are even better than on Words. David has played some killer

performances with one section of blasting topping out at a genuine,

accurate 280BPM (he's playing to a click track so we know this for sure).

I am reluctant to divulge too much about the new material other than to

say 2006 was a difficult year for us and I think this has been

subconsciously reflected in the vitriolic sound of some of the songs. I

can safely say that this will be our most aggressive work to date. I am

pleased about this as it means we are beginning the 10th year of our

bands history in the way we intend to continue - making extremely dark,

violent and challenging music.

Drum sessions are expected to reach a frightening conclusion by the 29th

of January. At that time work on the guitars will begin.

I'm really looking forward to recording the guitars this time.

We've got some fantastic new amplification from Hughes and Kettner that I

reckon will make a significant difference in creating an extraordinarily

heavy yet clear sound.”