Finnish assassins of the light THE 69 EYES are currently hard at work on their tenth studio album in Stockholm, Sweden. The new album will reference the band’s trademark “goth’n’roll” sound best exemplified on the albums Blessed Be from 2000 and Paris Kills from 2002. “The last album was recorded in Hollywood adding that special L.A. glam flavor to our sound,” states vocalist Jyrki Linnankivi (aka Jyrki69). “Now this time – as this album is our ‘Made in Sweden’ record – our melodic, Scandinavian melancholy side is rising to the top!” THE 69 EYES have paired up with the Swedish production team On The Verge to bring back the beauty in their sound.
The band’s new album will be released worldwide via Nuclear Blast Records in late September 2012 and is the follow-up to 2009’s Back In Blood, which was produced by American Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Matt Hyde (Slayer, Hatebreed, Monster Magnet). Now, Helsinki vampires THE 69 EYES have revealed the cover art for the bands upcoming tenth studio album, "X“. Commented lead alchemist Jyrki69: „The cover is pure Goth 'n' Roll: a psychedelic mirror image of old wild animal bones with our X-tagram projected over all. It's good, evil, magic & voodoo all together! Something to stare at when tripping on the album.“ A first single, „Red“, will be released in August.
Source: Nuclear Blast
