Beast In Black announce new album ‘Dark Connection’
BEAST IN BLACK have announced a new album!
Titled Dark Connection, the upcoming album from the Finnish power metal band is the follow-up to 2019’s From Hell With Love and is scheduled to be released in October this year, via Nuclear Blast Records.
The release of the album comes ahead of a headlining European, and one date in the UK, tour that will take place in November and December this year.
Speaking about the upcoming album, guitarist Anton Kabanen says, “enter cyberpunk. Flying cars, sprawling metropolis, valleys of neon lights, emotionless killers, gynoids, femmes fatales, shadowy characters, lethal lust, forbidden passion, love larger than life, space travel… All this and much more is what Dark Connection holds within. Such cyberpunk animes as Armitage III, Cyber City Oedo 808, AD Police, Battle Angel Alita and Bubblegum Crisis have essentially served as sources of inspiration, as well as the immortal classic film by Ridley Scott; Blade Runner. And as always, a BEAST IN BLACK album wouldn’t be a BEAST IN BLACK album without a heavy impact of Berserk, the manga and anime creation of Kentaro Miura. Sadly, the beloved author passed away while we were still making this album. Thus, Dark Connection is dedicated to Kentaro Miura.”
Continuing to talk about the album’s artwork, Kabanen continues, “the instantly captivating album artwork was once again done by Roman Ismailov. Its visual emphasis significantly correlates with the recurring themes of Dark Connection. The tense gaze shared between the Beast and the drop-dead gorgeous femme fatale gynoid, Cynthia, speaks of an exciting, arousing, dangerous, mysterious and even questionable connection on a physical, emotional and moral level. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, well, this certainly is the case!”
Alongside the announcement of the new album, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
1. Blade Runner
2. Bella Donna
3. Highway To Mars
4. Hardcore
5. One Night In Tokyo
6. Moonlight Rendezvous
7. Revengeance Machine
8. Dark New World
9. To The Last Drop Of Blood
10. Broken Survivors
11. My Dystopia
12. Battle Hymn (MANOWAR Cover)
13. They Don’t Care About Us (MICHAEL JACKSON Cover)
Dark Connection is set for release on October 29th via Nuclear Blast Records. Pre-orders will be available soon.
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