Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have finished recording their ninth studio album, "Pro Patria Finlandia", at Sonic Pump studio with producer Tapio Pennanen and will mix the CD in January. The album will be mastered by Mika Jussila at Finnvox studios for a tentative March 28, 2006 release through Osmose Productions. Cover artwork will be handled by Ritual. The group had previously described the new material as "fast, brutal as fuck, in-your-face IMPALED NAZARENE."

"Pro Patria Finlandia" track listing (in no particular order):

01. Weapons to Tame a Land
02. Something Sinister
03. Contempt
04. For Those Who Have Fallen
05. Cancer
06. Neighbourcide
07. This Castrated World
08. Leucorrhea
09. Kut
10. I Wage War
11. Goat Sodomy
12. One Dead Nation under Dead God
13. Psykosis
14. Hate – Despise – Arrogance

IMPALED NAZARENE will be heading out on a long European tour between April and June 2006. Exact cities and dates will be announced soon.

As previously reported, the double 10" version of IMPALED NAZARENE's "Death Comes In 26 Carefully Selected Pieces" live album was released in September, limited to 500 copies. The band's "Latex Cult" (1996) and "Rapture" (1998) albums will be released in digipack format with new artwork and layout. Both CDs will be remastered at Finnvox studio and will include videos as an extra bonus.

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