SOULFLY was scheduled to enter a studio in Los Angeles, California on Friday (November 6) to begin recording its new album for an early 2010 release. The group's bassist, Bobby Burns, writes on SOULFLY's official forum, "We've been playing together better than ever in recent times and we're all really excited to get to work on the new shit!"

In a recent interview, SOULFLY mainman Max Cavalera stated about the songwriting process for the band's next album, "We're thinking about making the songs a little shorter, so if you can imagine maybe a little bit like MINOR THREAT mixed with [SLAYER's] 'Reign In Blood' mixed with SOULFLY, with still some world music, but much smaller, and the songs not so long — shorter. It'll be more aggressive than [last year's] 'Conquer' [album] even, because it'll be shorter — it'll be like when SLAYER did 'Reign In Blood', [that] kind of thing."

In other news, Burns and wife Joy are expecting their first baby, a son named Ryder Lee Burns, on Febuary 4. Bobby says, "I'm so fucking excited / scared / nervous, I can barely stand it! He'll be a little rocker, for sure! He's already been to three PRIMER 55 [Bobby's other band] shows and five SOULFLY shows and he's not even here yet!"

He adds, "Needless to say, I'll be taking the month of Febuary off to be at home with him and my wife.. So I hope I won't be missing any of the SOULFLY tours, but what can ya do?!"

"Conquer" sold around 8,400 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 66 on The Billboard 200 chart. This number is in line with the opening tally of the CD's predecessor, "Dark Ages", which shifted a little more than 8,000 copies during its first week of release in October 2005 to enter the chart at No. 155.