Swedish death metallers DIABOLICAL have issued the following:
“Neogenesis” – the fifth studio album of Diabolical will be released on the 19th of April.
Guitarist Tobias comments: “It is with great pleasure that we finally get to share this album with the world. We have put in a tremendous amount of effort into this recording and spent the most part of the last six months in Studio Necromorbus. I think we have raised the bar for ourselves a lot with ‘Neogenesis’ both with the songwriting and the recording. It has been tough, but very interesting for us as well.”
The album artwork can be viewed below.
Guitarist Carl: “Originally I wanted someone else to do the artwork for us this time since I’ve done it for the last two releases and I also wanted to focus on the recording. However, in the end we didn’t find what we were looking for with any artist, so I once again took on the task. I wanted to make something that reflected the philosophical and spiritual aspects of this album and I had a vision of what I wanted. I discussed it with Pär and he and I realised the idea by him making a painting which I mixed with photos of all of us in the band, so what you see on the cover artwork is actually a band photo with all of us combined into one face blended with Pär’s painting. On top of that I added a lot of symbols that are significant to the concept of ‘Neogenesis’.”
Diabolical have added a Second Chapter to the Neogenesis Tour that will start off on the 12th of April with dates throughout Europe until the 21th of April.
NEOGENESIS TOUR – Second Chapter: DIABOLICAL + SOREPTION + DEATHBREED
12.04 [DE] Greifswald – Klex
13.04 [DE] Leipzig – Hellraiser
14.04 [SI] Ljubljana – Channel Zero
15.04 [AT] Hallein – Club Freysitz
16.04 [IT] Florence – Garage Asd Factory
17.04 [IT] Brescia – Colony Club11
18.04 [FR] TBA
19.04 [DE] TBA
20.04 [DE] Neuss – Das Haus
21.04 [DE] Berlin – Blackland
The band has previously announced the First Chapter of the Neogenesis Tour:
NEOGENESIS TOUR – First Chapter: DIABOLICAL + SOULDRAINER + WARHEIM
1.03 [PL] Slupsk – Motor rock club
2.03 [PL] Warszawa – Klub Progresja
3.03 [PL] Zielona Góra – 4 róze dla Lucienne
4.03 [PL] Poznan – Klub u Bazyla
5.03 [PL] Wroclaw – Od Zmierzchu Do Switu
6.03 [PL] Piotrków Trybunalski – Klub Spirala
7.03 [PL] Sosnowiec – Klub 2doors
8.03 [PL] Kraków – Klub Kot Karola
9.03 [SK] Bratislava – Hudobný klub U Ocka
10.03 [SK] Banská Bystrica – Tirish pub
11.03 [CZ] Trinec – Music club Barrocko
12.03 [CZ] Ostrava – Barrák Musicclub
13.03 [CZ] Plzen – Pod Lampu
14.03 [CZ] Prague – HooDoo Music Club
15.03 [DE] Dresden – Doggma Customs Dresden
16.03 [PL] Szczecin – Rocker
More tour dates and updates will follow, check: facebook.com/diabolicalofficial
The band has also uploaded a third episode of the studio diary documenting the recording of Neogenesis:
