Germany's ATROCITY have uploaded two audio clips from their forthcoming album, "Atlantis", at their official web site. Check them out: "Reich of Phenomena" (mp3), "Enigma" (mp3).

"Atlantis" (view cover here) was recorded at Mastersound Studio in Fellbach, Germany under the production guidance of ATROCITY mainman Alex Krull.

Commented Krull: "The 'Atlantis' album is already a milestone in the history of ATROCITY! I haven't spent so much time and emotion with a theme since the 'Blut' release as with the myth of 'Atlantis' and all the legends concerning the theme. Music-wise we gave 100% to offer the audience a killer album after quite a long break! On one hand, the album is quite gloomy and mysterious — a dark atmosphere, which is a necessary to describe the doom of 'Atlantis' and the whole world. We use a great amount of classical and epical elements in our music and the album turned out immensely heavy — it is raw, bombastic, and it kicks ass! On the other hand, the track list includes hymnic songs to make the listeners float into the stream of wonderful tones. Therefore, 'Atlantis' is neither a one-dimensional nor a monotone album. It is rather an album with a musical concept of an atmospheric soundtrack with metal songs! Of course, there will be grumblers who will start asking silly questions because they simply don't want to understand what the band is doing, and they try to turn the band down by interpreting the whole thing in the wrong way. All I can say is: FUCK OFF! We don't care! We compose music for ourselves and for our fans, and we, as well as the fans, will enjoy the album, no doubt!"

"Atlantis" is scheduled for release on April 26 through Napalm Records. A video for the album's first single, "Cold Black Days", has been posted online at this location (Windows Media).

As previously reported, ATROCITY have been confirmed for the 11th edition of With Full Force festival, a three-day event set to be held July 2-4 at airport Roitzschjora, Löbnitz near Leipzig, Germany. ATROCITY will take the stage on July 4, according to a posting on the band's web site.