TODIEFOR Begins Recording New Album

Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR have entered a studio in Orimattila, Finland to begin recording their sixth album for a tentative early 2011 release. Several tracks are being laid down during the initial sessions, including "Cry For Love" (IGGY POP cover), "Into The Storm" (working title), "Death Comes In March", "Angelica" and "Bittersweet Bleeding Heart". Vocalist Jape Perätalo states, "First we will record these five songs and after all record deal/label things are handled, we will record the rest of the album."

Regarding the musical direction of the new material, Perätalo says, "[The next TO/DIE/FOR CD] is gonna be much darker compared to [2006's] 'Wounds Wide Open', but it will include some rocking ones, too."

He adds, "We are not trying to create anything very 'technically nice' and very 'new'... We just record whatever the fuck we want to . . . We're gonna keep things simple but one thing is important for us... IT MUST HAVE REAL SOUL IN IT!"

TO/DIE/FOR's current lineup is as follows:

* Jape Perätalo - Vocals
* Santtu Lonka - Drums
* Juppe Sutela - Guitar
* Josey Strandman - Bass
* Antti-Matti "Antza" Talala (ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW, FLESHTONE, KALMAH) - Guitar
* Jussi-Mikko "Juska" Salminen (NEW DAWN FOUNDATION, TIAGA, HIM) - Keyboards

The new TO/DIE/FOR lineup will make its live debut on October 23 at the Icehall in Kouvola, Finland.

TO/DIE/FOR released a "best-of" collection, "Epilogue From The Past - Best Of", on January 27 via Spinefarm Records. Included on the set was the brand new song, "Angelica", which is slated to appear on the group's next studio album.

In December 2009, TO/DIE/FOR uploaded a demo version of a new song, "Unknown III", to the band's MySpace page. The track was one of four cuts — alongside "Angelica", "My Hysteria" and "Sad" (working title) — which were being used to try and procure new management and a record deal.

TO/DIE/FOR's fifth album, "Wounds Wide Open", was released in Finland in October 2006. The follow-up to 2005's "IV" was recorded by Samu Oittinen at Fantom Studios and by Jari-Jukka Nippala at Sonic Image, and was mixed at Sweden's Abyss Studios by Peter Tägtgren (DIMMU BORGIR, CELTIC FROST).