Metal Church - Announce tracklisting and cover artwork for new album ‘XI’

March 25th 2016

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Metal Church

Hard Rock titans Metal Church have announced the track listing and unveiled the cover artwork for their latest album ‘XI’, due for release on March 25th via Nuclear Blast. The band’s 11th studio release also marks the return of legendary vocalist and front man Mike Howe. You can now pre-order the ‘XI’ Limited Edition 2xLP Red Vinyl and CD / T-Shirt Bundle. ‘XI’ was produced by Kurdt Vanderhoof and co-produced by Chris ‘The Wizard’ Collier.

From the first guitar riff of album opener ‘Reset’ through the driving outro of album closer ‘Suffer Fools’, it is clear that Metal Church is back and better than ever. ‘Needle and Suture’ and ‘Soul eating Machine’ showcase the song writing that made the early Mike Howe albums ‘The Human Factor, Blessing in Disguise’ and ‘Hanging in the Balance’ such fan favourites. Musical opuses ‘Signal Path’ and ‘Sky F=falls In’ clock in at over seven minutes each and put the musicianship that Metal Church was known for on full display in 2016.

‘XI’ tracklisting Below:
01 Reset
02 Killing your Time
03 No Tomorrow
04 Signal Path
05 Sky falls In
06 Needle and Suture
07 Shadow
08 Blow your Mind
09 Soul eating Machine
10 It Waits
11 Suffer Fools

Metal Church recently released an official music video for their debut single from ‘XI’...‘No Tomorrow’. The video was filmed in the Satsop Nuclear Facility, an abandoned nuclear power plant in Elma, Washington. The video was directed by Jamie Chamberlin of Black Dahlia Films and features a unique visual that ties in to the location. A behind-the-scenes video on the making of the video for ‘No Tomorrow’ was also recently released and can at the bottom of this page.

The reunion between Mike Howe and Metal Church started in July of 2014 when Mike started working with Kurdt Vanderhoof on a side project he was forming with Nigel Glockler from Saxon. Through these initial conversations, Kurdt convinced Mike to ultimately return to Metal Church. The idea was to see if they could recapture some of the magic from the three albums they released in the late 80’s: ‘The Human Factor’, ‘Blessing In Disguise’ and ‘Hanging in the Balance’. Out of those sessions, ‘XI’ was born and captures the sound that made the band fan favourites in the 80‘s and mixes it with a new, invigorated sound for 2016.
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