Italian black metallers ABORYM, now featuring former EMPEROR and current SCUM drummer Bård "Faust" Eithun, have commenced the recording sessions for their fourth album, tentatively due before the end of the year via Season of Mist. The band have issued the following update on their current and upcoming activities:

"ABORYM entered the Temple of Noise studio on May 18th. In the first five days, all the drum-tempos and its relative guides and cue points was fixed. Bard G. Eithun joined the band in studio on the 26th of April and he was able to record eight tracks behind his battery in four days [see photo at this location]. No need to say he did an excellent work. Eight cool days in Rome. Apart for the recording session, in the spare time the band spent lots of time in visiting the city of Rome with Faust and his girlfriend. Cool times, relax, good wine and drinks, excellent food and music all the time. Bard G. Eithun — 'Faust' — also recorded a video interview in front of the Colosseum, in which he talked about the new album of ABORYM, his motivations and feelings, his musical past, his present and his imminent future plans in life and music.

"Fabban [bass, synth, keyboards] and Nysrok [gtrs, effects, synth] [will enter] the studio again on June, 17th. In six days all the drums-parts was edited and pre-mixed. The result is simply destructive and intense. The album is an awe-inspiring and breathtaking heart-stirring embryo. Now ABORYM is going to record the guitars and bass guitar and after that they will have a break of 20 days, in order to listen and 'test' the material carefully. When everything will sound perfect, ABORYM will enter the studio again in order to fix industrial scenarios and partitures, keyboards and synths.

"Prime Evil [vocals] should join the band in Rome in July, 4th. The same for Attila Csihar [guest vocals, now in MAYHEM], who should enter the studio around 7-8 July.

"Seth (currently involved in DISSECTION) will not appear in this album as guitar player. He's definitely out of the band. Of course ABORYM are proud of all they did in those years with Seth and they totally stand up for it, but things change.

"The cover artwork of the forthcoming new ABORYM album, yet untitled, will be the result of a cooperation between Lorenzo Mariani (www.lorenzomariani.it) and M:Fabban."