We haven't heard much lately from the Umeå based trio but here's something that will most likely make the Zonaria fans happy. They are currently in the studio working on the pre-production for their new upcoming album that is yet to be named, recorded and sealed. We can only speculate about the release date but hopefully it'll be soon.

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Swedish melodic death metal up-and-comers Zonaria have recently released a new video. The video for the track "Silent Holocaust", taken from their latest and third release Arrival Of The Red Sun, can now be seen below. It was directed and produced by Jacob Arevärn. Arrival Of The Red Sun is out since July through Listenable Records.

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Swedish melodic death metallers Zonaria have recently announced that they have signed a deal with Listenable Records for the release of their new album, which will be entitled Arrival Of The Red Sun. The band recorded 11 tracks with Jonas Kjellgren at the Abyss studios to be released on July 23rd (Europe) and August 14th (North America). The tracklist of the follow-up to 2008's The Cancer Empire is available below.

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Swedish melodic death metal band Zonaria have announced on their official website that they have completed the work on the new album and recorded it. Jonas Kjellgren, Per Nilsson and Ronnie Björnström helped with the production and mixing of the album.

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Bass player Markus Åkebo has left Swedish death/black metal band Zonaria.

Emil Nyström states: "We've had some great tours the last couple of years with Markus and we're going to miss him bad. But sometimes people need to move on and Markus needed a change in life. We wish him all the best for his future ventures. The departure will not affect our upcoming plans and tours. We've got a good friend of ours stepping in on our upcoming European tour with Nile, Melechesh, Dew-Scented and Darkrise."

All Those Whom The Gods Detest Tour Part II live dates are available here.

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Swedish death/black metal band Zonaria reports that they've finished writing all the music for their upcoming album. The album recording will be handeled by Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, Sonic Syndicate, Hypocrisy, Centinex, Carnal Forge) in the famous studio Abyss (Dimmu Borgir, Children Of Bodom, Pain, Hypocrisy, Sabaton, Dark Funeral, Immortal, Celtic Frost, Marduk).

Simon Berglund states about recording in Abyss: "I'm stoked about going in to the studio with Jonas. He did an amazing job on Infamy And The Breed and have done some more incredible work with other bands. And not to mention recording in studio Abyss for the first time. Many of our all-time favorites have recorded in that studio and something magic always happens with the albums recorded there."

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Swedish melodic death metal band Zonaria are now confirmed as support for Norwegian black metallers Satyricon, during their Scandinavian tour 2009. A tour poster can be found here.

The dates are as follows:

April 13 - SE Göteborg, Trädgårn
April 14 - DK Århus, Voxhall
April 15 - DK Copenhagen, The Rock
April 16 - SE Malmö, KB
April 17 - SE Mariestad, Folkparken
April 18 - SE Sundsvall, Nordfest
April 19 - SE Västerås, Sigurdsgatan 25
April 21 - SE Stockholm, Klubben
April 23 - FI Helsinki, nosturi
April 24 - FI Tampere, Pakkahoune
April 25 - FI Oulu, Teatria
April 27 - SE Umeå, Folkets Hus

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Event:	Satyricon

Metal Hammer have posted the newest video, "At War With The Inferior", from Swedish Melodic Death metallers Zonaria, online. The song comes off the band's second full-length album, "The Cancer Empire", which was released last month via Century Media Records.

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Swedish Melodic Death metal band Zonaria are pulling out off the Winterfest headlined by Deicide and also featuring Samael, Vader, Devian, The Amenta and Order Of Ennead. The band explaines as follows:

"Zonaria regretfully must drop off the Winterfest 2009 tour featuring Deicide, Vader, Samael, and others due to unforseen circumstances. This is the first time in the band's career that Zonaria has ever dropped off a tour, and we vow this will never happen again. Once again, we apologize to our awesome fans expecting to see us on that tour- we will return!

In the meantime, catch us on tour with Satyricon right now!"

The remaining Satyricon/Zonaria dates can be found here.

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Event:	Deicide: Winterfest 2009 Tour

Swedish metaller Zonaria have uploaded a new track, entitled "Contra Mundum", on their MySpace page. The song comes off the band's second full-length album "The Cancer Empire", to be released later this month. All info about the album here.

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The band announced the following post :

The new generation of Swedish metal rises! With influences ranging from Hypocrisy over Dimmu Borgir to Arch Enemy, Zonaria have forged a misanthropic mix of brutal riffs, melodic harmonies, maniacal drumming and ominous synth lines that is sure to please metal heads worldwide. Their stunning sophomore effort and Century Media debut "The Cancer Empire" will be released on the following dates:

Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Benelux / Italy: Friday, October 24, 2008.
UK / France/ Greece / Greece / Norway / Rest Of Europe: Monday, October 27, 2008.
Spain / Portugal: Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
Sweden / Finland / Hungary: Wednesday, October 29, 2008.

Simon Berglund (vocals/guitar) explains the meaning of the album title as follows:
"The Cancer Empire refers to a nation that infects the world around it by spreading lies and deceit in order to dominate. For us it has a realistic reflection on the world today."

The cover artwork by Par Olofsson (Winds Of Plague, Deeds Of Flesh, Psycroptic) was also based upon this concept and you can now view it in higher resolution here .

The track-listing of "The Cancer Empire" reads as follows:
1. Slaughter Is Passion (4:13)
2. Praise The Eradication (4:04)
3. Crowning King Cancer (5:44)
4. Contra Mundum (4:35)
5. Termination Process (3:31)
6. At War With The Inferior (3:21)
7. From The Abysmal Womb (5:25)
8. Damnation Dressed In Flesh (3:59)
9. Humanity Vs Sanity (4:14)
10. The Icon And The Faceless (5:54)
Total running time: 45:13

"The Cancer Empire" was produced by Fredrik Nordström (Dimmu Borgir, In Flames, At The Gates) at Studio Fredman and mastered by Peter In De Betou at Tailor Maid, as a first appetizer you can now listen to the track "Praise The Eradication" at the band's newly re-designed MySpace page .

Guitarist Emil Nyström is confident, that the band will gather new hordes of fans with "The Cancer Empire", he states:
"There is no one that can take the feeling away from us that we've done another great album. More dynamics and more varied than ever - we can't wait to play the new songs on the road really soon!"

To do exactly this, Zonaria join Polish death metal masters Vader on the North European leg of their 25th anniversary tour in October / November 2008, here are the exact dates:
Vader + Grave + Zonaria + Gilla Bruja
17.10.2008 LIT Vilnius @ Mulen Ruzas
18.10.2008 LAT Riga @ Melna Piektdiena

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Token from the Century Media newsletter:

Swedish death/black hopefuls Zonaria have inked a worldwide deal with Century Media Records. The group has just entered the studio to record its second full-length album, tentatively due later in the year. Be sure to check out http://www.myspace.com/zonaria - but, be prepared for a sonic beat down.

Commented the band: "It is amazing how all this hard work paid off, and we can guarantee you great things this year and beyond. It has been a dream for all of us since we first started listening to metal. We listened to bands like Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Iced Earth and Dream Evil when we were just around 13-14 years old. If someone would have told us that we are going to be signed to the same label back then I'm pretty sure none of us would have believed it. Another equally great thing is that we are about to enter Studio Fredman (!), the studio where almost any great band worth mentioning has recorded their albums, to record our follow-up to "Infamy And The Breed". If any recording studio has been an unreachable dream for us so far ? it has been this one! So everyone, expect great things!"

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Source:	centurymedia.com
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