APOCALYPTICA have announced that Grammy award-winning producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones, Mastodon) is producing their new album.

Eicca Toppinen: “Nothing better could have happened than Nick being on board for this record. The pre-production time we spent with him in late August gave us so much confidence and input for the new songs. We are all excited and overwhelmed by his energy and creativity."

The band has just arrived at the studio in Nashville to record the material for the upcoming release. Toppinen continues, “Having our singer (Franky Perez) with us for the last few months already made a big difference: For the first time we couldn’t get enough from spending time together at our rehearsal place in Finland but being in Nashville with all our instruments, Franky and Nick now makes us feel like little boys on Christmas. Writing and recording is taking a little longer than expected but I’m sure this will be one of the best Apocalyptica albums and we can’t wait to bring it out for you to hear.”

Due to the extended album production process the European tour which was slated to kick off on April 7th and wrap up on May 7th, 2015 have to be moved to October /November 2015.

Eicca Toppinen: “In order to properly finish and promote the record, the European dates unfortunately need to be postponed. We are truly sorry to those of you who had purchased tickets and have been disappointed by the news, but we realized there is not enough time to put together and rehearse for a full headline-show.”

Rescheduled dates are currently worked on and will be announced in the next days. Tickets remain valid for the rescheduled shows. If ticket holders cannot make the new shows, refunds will be available at point of purchase.

Before APOCALYPTICA will present the album along with a new tour production on an extensive European headline tour later this year, fans will get a glimpse of the new material when the band is supporting Sixx:A.M. for their long awaited North America dates in spring.