German Death Metal merchants MANDATORY, who already signed to XTREEM MUSIC in fall 2009, were busy during the first half of 2010 working on the mixing their long anticipated debut album "Adrift Beyond" at world-famous swedish Sunlight Studios with Tomas Skogsberg.
"Adrift Beyond" means the first full-length album for MANDATORY who already have gained a strong reputation in the underground Death Metal scene since their inception in 2001 and through 4 demos which have been re-issued by various labels. MANDATORY stands out amongst all these bands that have been flooding the so called "old school Death Metal revival" during the last years, not only because MANDATORY are far more veterans, but also because their brand well-brewed Death Metal features a wide spectrum of influences, not only from sweden (as most of clones do) but from bands like MORGOTH, ASPHYX, UNLEASHED, OBITUARY, DISMEMBER, PESTILENCE, CEMETARY... and to compensate their fans for the long period passed since their latest recording, the album will include not less than 16 songs clocking almost one hour with the following song titles:
01. The Calling
02. Adrift Beyond
03. Into Eternal Sleep
04. Evocation of the Dead
05. Nevermore
06. Torn
07. Impurity of Thoughts
08. Cursed Astray
09. Execution
10. Silent Dementia
11. Crypta Crawler
12. Silenced
13. Enter the Crematorium
14. Toxic Mutilation
15. A Hallowed Sacrifice
16. Passing...
Besides the perfect old-fashioned sounding production courtesy of Mr. Skogsberg, we must add an excellent cover artwork done by SV Bell, responsible of AMORPHIS' "Tales from the Thousand Lakes" amongst many others.
The album is currently being manufactured for an immediate release date in July 1st, which will be accompanied by limited full coloured shirts!! So now the best thing you can do is checking MANDATORY's official MySpace and listen to some advance tracks at: www.myspace.com/mandatory1989
01. The Calling
