Frontman Zel comments: "Finally, the album is ready!! The new album of Ancient, Back To The Land Of The Dead, was mastered today by Mika Jussila at Finnvox Studios in Finland. So, the album is 100% ready now. We will launch news about release date, label, teaser, new video, tour dates etc etc. in about 2 weeks from now."
About the artwork, Zel continues: "The cover shows a hooded figure standing in a passage. He has been away a long time, and is now returning from his journey. The place is crowded with people that are now some kind of "spiritual zombies", he has come back to the place he was born, to "wake them up", and he thinks of this place as the "land of the (spiritual) dead". This is actually what we are doing, in a way."
BTTLOTD tracklisting:
01. Land Of The Dead
02. Beyond The Blood Moon
03. The Sempiternal Haze
04. The Empyrean Sword
05. The Ancient Disarray
06. Occlude The Gates
The Excruciating Journey
07. Part I: Defiance And Rage
08. Part II: The Prodigal Years
09. Part III: The Awakening
10. Death Will Die
11. The Spiral
12. Petrified By Their End
13. 13 Candles [c: Bathory] [bonus]
01. Land Of The Dead
02. Beyond The Blood Moon
03. The Sempiternal Haze
04. The Empyrean Sword
05. The Ancient Disarray
06. Occlude The Gates
The Excruciating Journey
07. Part I: Defiance And Rage
08. Part II: The Prodigal Years
09. Part III: The Awakening
10. Death Will Die
11. The Spiral
12. Petrified By Their End
13. 13 Candles [c: Bathory] [bonus]
