While we previously reported that Finns The 69 Eyes were working on new album, now the band has released the first teaser of the new material. The gothic outfit is currently still in the studio with producer Johnny Lee Michaels in his Helsinki-based Bat Cave Studios. Their 11th studio album is titled Universal Monsters and will see the light of the day in April 2016 through Nuclear Blast Records. So, the wait is almost over.

The first single and video from it will be released on January 15th, 2016. It's called "Jet Fighter Plane" and the video for it was directed by Ville Juurikkala known for his work with Nightwish, Amorphis, Michael Monroe, etc.




"The song has a dark early 80's kind of vibe. I wrote the lyrics with those Cold War-era times in my mind. Strangely the world has totally returned into those dark days again after recording the song," says The 69 Eyes vocalist Jyrki. "It's been some 15 years since we recorded Blessed Be and Paris Kills albums with producer Johnny Lee Michaels here in Helsinki. You can consider Universal Monsters as a follow-up to those records. Nobody makes this kind of music anymore."

Shows:

2016-02-06 - Helsinki (Radio Rock/Baltic Queen) FIN
2016-04-24 - Pratteln (Z7) SUI
2016-04-25 - Munich (Backstage) GER
2016-04-26 - Stuttgart (LKA Longhorn) GER
2016-04-27 - Frankfurt (Batschkapp) GER
2016-04-28 - Bochum (Zeche) GER
2016-04-29 - Cologne (Gloria) GER
2016-04-30 - Berlin (PBHCLUB) GER
2016-05-01 - Hamburg (Markthalle) GER

Source:	nuclearblast.de
Band profile:	The 69 Eyes