Throes Of Dawn have issued the following update regarding their new upcoming effort:

"We have settled a release date for our fifth album The Great Fleet Of Echoes. The album will be released 19th of February in the Finnish Metal Expo. We are also very pleased to announce that the album is released both as a digipack CD and a 12" double vinyl lp with a 24-bit mastering and two bonus songs.

It took a lot of time, but we are happy with the outcome. The Great Fleet Of Echoes is a clear expansion in the bands songwriting. Showing more versatile, progressive and melodic approach into the gloom and melancholy our music reflects. A firm and logical step forward."

The Great Fleet Of Echoes tracklist:

01. Entropy
02. Ignition Of The Grey Sky
03. Velvet Chokehold
04. Soft Whispers Of The Chemical Sun
05. Chloroform
06. Slow Motion
07. We Have Ways To Hurt You
08. Lethe
09. The Great Fleet Of Echoes
10. Blue Dead Skies

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Source:	throesofdawn.com
Band profile:	Throes Of Dawn

Highly acclaimed Finnish band Shade Empire starts recording a new album. Band's newest member Mr. Rasane will start banging drums on the 1st of October. Main parts of the album will be recorded at Studio 33, Kuopio, Finland and this time band uses a real choir to boost up the sound. Vocal sessions will take place at Perkele Studios. If group's preceding album sounded sick this time it won't make a difference. Ajattara's mastermind Ruoja will produce vocals for the album and Sami Niittykoski gives the final touch by mixing the whole grandeur together.

Shade Empire has created a sound which is hardly categorised. They flavour their music using industrial and symphonic elements still being death-, black-, dark metal, you name it. So far Shade Empire has released two totally praising reviews gotten albums, Sinthetic(2004) and Intoxicate O.S.(2006). Intoxicate O.S. went 25th on its releasing week on Finnish official album charts. Single, from Intoxicate O.S.-album, "Slitwrist Ecstasy" went 3rd on official Finnish single charts and stayed there for weeks. Shade Empire were also headlining last years Popkomm's metal night at Berlin, Germany.

Forthcoming album will contain nine songs and two videos will be published from the album. Parts from the video production will be done outside of Finnish borders and the budget will be big at least in Finland's scale. Director for the videos will be Ari Reinikainen.

The 3rd album of Shade Empire will be released in Finland, Sweden and Norway on 12.3.2008. The rest of the world will follow a few days later. Album will be released through Dynamic Arts Records. All other information concerning schedules, international tours etc. will be informed later on. Studio diary enlightens the recording sessions.

Source:	shadeempire.com
Band profile:	Shade Empire