''Resurrection Macabre'' is the fifth

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band Pestilence, which was released on 16 March 2009. It is the band's first album of original material in 16 years, since 1993's ''

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'' and this fact is referenced in the album's title; hence ''resurrection''. Re-recordings of earlier Pestilence songs make appearances as bonus tracks on the record.

Background

Pestilence were broken up between 1994 and early 2008. In January 2008, frontman Patrick Mameli revealed to Blabbermouth.net that the band was planning on making a return because "people/fans keep asking me for this. The time is right now and Mascot is giving me the opportunity to do so. As you know, I have always been the driving force behind Pestilence, writing all the music and so forth, so that I can state: I will bring back Pestilence to life. More tech and way more brutal than ever before." In October 2008, Mameli revealed to UK's ''Terrorizer'' magazine that Pestilence would enter a studio in

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on 17 October with both the producers. By 31 October Mameli states, "everything will have to be recorded and mixed. Then the album will come out somewhere around March 2009. And by April, we'll do a three-week European tour before doing as much shows as possible on the summer festivals circuit."

Track listing

Personnel

Pestilence

* Patrick Mameli – vocals, all guitars *

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* Peter Wildoer –

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Production

*Jacob Hansen - mixing, mastering *Jeppe Anderson - production *Marko Saarelainen - design, artwork, layout

References

{{Authority control Pestilence (band) albums 2009 albums Albums produced by Jacob Hansen Mascot Records albums