Epic Norwegian black metallers KEEP OF KALESSIN are currently working on the follow-up to their 2008 release "Kolossus". After several successful tours in North America with such bands as DIMMU BORGIR, BEHEMOTH, KATAKLYSM and DYING FETUS, the members are eager to write an album which, according to them, is "stronger, heavier, more brutal and yet more beautiful at the same time." During the pre-production and recording stages of their yet-to-be-titled release, the band will upload footage from the sessions on their official YouTube channel.

Commented guitarist Obsidian C.: "Right now we're in the pre-production stage of the new album and we're finally home long enough to only focus on getting all the material to the level it should be. We'll work in our studio in Trondheim with test-recording and making new songs all until October, when we head to Sweden and Dug Out Productions with Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, BEHEMOTH, MESHUGGAH) to record the drums. Then we'll head back to our own studio, where we recorded both 'Armada' and 'Kolossus', to record all the other instruments and vocals before we ship it over to Daniel again for the mix."

A 10-minute video report from the pre-production sessions for the new KEEP OF KALESSIN CD can be viewed below.

KEEP OF KALESSIN last year shot a video for the song "Ascendant" in Gothenburg, Sweden with director Patrick Ullaeus, who has previously worked with such bands as DIMMU BORGIR, WITHIN TEMPTATION and IN FLAMES. According to the group, "It [is] a performance video shot on white screen / green screen and . . . [is] one of the 'baddest' metal videos of 2008!"

"Ascendant" comes off "Kolossus", which was released in June 2008. The CD was made available via Indie Recordings and was licensed to Nuclear Blast for the following territories: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and rest of the world outside Europe (except Australia and Russia).