photo by Monika Wrzesińska

Polish heavy metal sensation EXLIBRIS will release this Autumn the third studio album entitled “Aftereal”. The release date is scheduled for December, 1st in Europe via Metal Mind Productions, and January, 13th 2015 in North America (via MVD). The band are sure to surprise their fans this time around, also because of the many outstanding guest musicians featured on the album, Evergrey’s Tom Englund being one of them!

The official lyric video for track “The Day Of Burning” is now available:

Piotr Sikora comments: “’The Day Of Burning’ was one of the first songs we wrote for the album  and at the same time a good example of how ‘Aftereal’ differs from ‘Humagination’. Instead of a typical heavy-metal song we chose to  focus on a more complex formula, full of interesting rythmic patterns.  One of the solos in this song was performed by Zbigniew Wodecki – a  legendary Polish violinist, trumpeter and singer who had never had  anything to with metal before but proved that he could easily perform in any style of music.”

In the end, the line-up of guest musicians became quite impressive – apart from Zbigniew Wodecki,  the album also features: Tom Englund (Evergrey), Piotr “Dziki” Chancewicz (Wild Pig, Mech), Piotr Rutkowski (Corruption) and Michał Staszkun (Hate). Exlibris’s drummer comments: “We’re extremely satisfied about that lineup, as every single guest performer did his absolute best, and every one of them did it in their own style, making the album even more diversified. I shudder at the thought of who we might be inviting on our next album.”

Tracklist:

1. The Continuum
2. Escape Velocity
3. The Day Of Burning
4. In The Darkest Hour
5. Omega Point
6. Before The Storm
7. King Of The Pit
8. Darker Than Black
9. Closer
10. False Messiah
11. The Mental Crusade
12. Suspended Animation

The recordings took place at ZED Studio. The vocal parts were recorded at HZ Studio, where the band’s previous album “Humagination” was recorded. The mix and mastering were handled by Tomek Zalewski.

Exlibris – lineup:
Krzysztof Sokołowski – vocals
Daniel Lechmański – guitars, vocals
Piotr Sikora – keys, orchestration, programming, vocals
Piotr Torbicz – bass
Misiek Ślusarski – drums

Exlibris on-line:
https://www.facebook.com/exlibrisband