{"id":38493,"date":"2016-03-25T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T00:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=38493"},"modified":"2018-10-04T18:32:29","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T18:32:29","slug":"news-metal-church-release-11th-studio-album-xi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-metal-church-release-11th-studio-album-xi\/","title":{"rendered":"METAL CHURCH Release 11th Studio Album \u2018XI\u2019 (March 25th, 2016) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

METAL CHURCH Release 11th Studio Album \u2018XI\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nMarch 25th, 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Aberdeen, Washington-based heavy metal group Metal Church issued 11th full-length studio album XI<\/em> on March 25th, 2016 in North America and South America through Rat Pak Records. European release was handled by Nuclear Blast, while Japanese release was handled by King Records.<\/p>\n

Produced by guitarist Kurdt Vanderhoof and co-produced by Chris \u201cThe Wizard\u201d Collier, the effort marks the first Metal Church platter to be recorded since the return of vocalist Mike Howe, whose re-entry into the band\u2019s ranks was revealed<\/a> on April 30th, 2015.<\/p>\n

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The track listing is as follows;<\/p>\n

01. \u2018Reset\u2019
\n02. \u2018Killing Your Time\u2019
\n03. \u2018No Tomorrow\u2019
\n04. \u2018Signal Path\u2019
\n05. \u2018Sky Falls In\u2019
\n06. \u2018Needle And Suture\u2019
\n07. \u2018Shadow\u2019
\n08. \u2018Blow Your Mind\u2019
\n09. \u2018Soul Eating Machine\u2019
\n10. \u2018It Waits\u2019
\n11. \u2018Suffer Fools\u2019<\/p>\n

Metal Church\u2019s recording line-up was as follows;<\/p>\n

Mike Howe (vocals)
\nKurdt Vanderhoof (guitar)
\nRick Van Zandt (guitar)
\nSteve Unger (bass)
\nJeff Plate (drums)<\/p>\n

XI<\/em> shifted roughly 11,000 equivalent album units in the United States in its first week of release, charting at position 57 on the Billboard 200. <\/p>\n

Music videos were filmed for the tracks \u2018No Tomorrow\u2019, \u2018Needle And Suture\u2019 and \u2018Reset\u2019, which can be viewed below. In addition, official lyric videos were created for the songs \u2018Killing Your Time\u2019 and \u2018Reset\u2019.<\/p>\n

Tenth studio record Generation Nothing<\/em> was released in October 2013.<\/p>\n