Florida-based death metal veterans Morbid Angel entered Mana Recording Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida on June 22 with engineer Erik Rutan (former Morbid Angel guitarist and producer for such bands as Cannibal Corpse, Misery Index and Goatwhore) to begin recording their ninth full-length album.
Due in early 2011 via Season Of Mist, the new CD will be the band’s first to be recorded without longtime drummer Pedro “Pete” Sandoval, who recently underwent back surgery for a deteriorating disc problem.
Filling in for him on a temporary basis is Tim Yeung, who has previously played with Divine Heresy, All That Remains, Nile, Hate Eternal and Vital Remains).
Video footage of Yeung laying down the drums on one of the songs that will appear on the next Morbid Angel album can be viewed below.
Commented Yeung: “I must say that it is been a huge honor to be playing for one of my favorite bands that I grew up listening to as well as filling in for one of my biggest metal drumming inspirations.”В
The album, which will mark the Florida-based group’s first release to feature bassist/vocalist David Vincent since 1995’s ‘Domination’.
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Although Morbid Angel has yet to announce a title for the new CD, its name will likely begin with the letter ‘I’, in keeping with the band’s tradition of titling their albums in alphabetical order beginning with 1989’s ‘Altars of Madness’, and continuing through ‘Heretic’.
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