NEW NEVERMORE!

Yes, it’s true! The new first Nevermore album in five years is finally on the way. Entitled The Obsidian Conspiracy, it will be released on Century on June 8 here in North America, and a week earlier in Europe. (Lucky fucking Europeans.) It was produced by Soilwork’s Peter Wichers, who also produced Nevermore front dude Warrel Dane’s righteous 2008 solo album, Praises to the War Machine.

Above is the cover art, which features a blonde Joey Jordison squaring-off against a demonic kid who really, really wants to lick a large phallic symbol. Bad-mutha-fuckin’-assed.

Meanwhile, I’ve been chewing on the meaning of the phrase “obsidian conspiracy.” If there are any geology geeks out there (which would be a completely different kind of “rock dork” than the ones who usually read this site – ah-cha-cha-cha!), they can feel free to correct me if I’m wrong, my I think that obsidian is basically a form of glass that you can’t actually see-through. So the conspiracy of the title would presumably be a tricky one.

Now mull that over while we wait for the band to release some new music.

-AR