Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of legendary doom metal act PENTAGRAM.

The band, now entering their 40th year anniversary, will be releasing a full-length album titled Last Rites in the spring of 2011 featuring all new tracks with a DVD to follow in late 2011.

The doomed duo of Bobby Liebling and Victor Griffin has united once again to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Pentagram.

Spring 2011 will bear witness to the revered pair's first studio album together in 17 years. Only days out of the sessions, the band will unleash these newborn heavies live!

Monstrous new riffs and more will be freed the nights of January 6th, at Europa in NYC and January 7th, at Club Hell in Providence, RI. Also playing live with the band will be Pentagram alumni and current full-time bass player Greg Turley with Tim Tomaselli (PLACE OF SKULLS) filling in on drums.