Mnemic Take On Sartre and Nietzsche With New Album

Denmark's self-professed "fusion future metal" band MNEMIC have named their upcoming third studio album Passenger, which is scheduled for release in Europe on February 2nd and in North America on February 6th.

In regards to the potent lyrical content, MNEMIC guitarist Mircea states:

"It's thematically built around the meaning of existence, or in other words, the philosophy of Existentialism. There are several philosophical positions - one of them being the value and meaning of the world around the individual, and the other is that Existentialism is often associated with anxiety, dread, awareness of death, and freedom. We chose this subject and theme mainly because it's so vast, and second, because we have always been big fans of Stanly Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" movie. We wanted to do something like that, just with music and lyrics."

Produced by MNEMIC, Fear Factory's Christian Olde Wolbers, and Warren Riker (Down, Crowbar, The Fugees) at Track Record Studios (Kiss, Megadeth, Aerosmith) in Los Angeles and mixed by fellow countryman Tue Madsen (Halford, The Haunted) at Antfarm Studios in Denmark, 2007's Passenger will feature guest vocal appearances by Jeff Walker (Carcass, Brujeria) and Shane Embury (Napalm Death, Brujeria) and artwork by Asterik Studios (Anthrax, Unearth).

The tracklisting for Passenger is as follows:

01. Humanaut
02. In The Nothingness Black
03. Meaningless
04. Psykorgasm
05. Pigfuck
06. In Control
07. Electric I'd Hypocrisy
08. Stuck Here
09. What's Left
10. Shape Of The Formless
11. The Eye On Your Back
Japanese Bonus Track: Zero Synchronized

MNEMIC are currently preparing to shoot a video for "Meaningless" at Revolver Studios in Gothenberg, Sweden with Revolver Film director Patric Ullaeus. The band's new lead vocalist, Guillaume, will make his live North American debut on the upcoming tour with labelmates Soilwork and Threat Signal plus Darkest Hour. The band will also debut "Shape Of The Formless" off the new album.

Photos from Passenger's recording session can be viewed here. You can hear some of MNEMIC's material on their MySpace page.

Tour dates for "The Last Stab" tour, which launches in Virginia on October 5th are as follows:

(w/ Soilwork, Threat Signal and Darkest Hour)
10/05/06 WEST SPRINGFIELD, VA - Jaxx
10/06/06 POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The Chance
10/07/06 HARTFORD, CT - Webster Theatre
10/09/06 TORONTO, ON - The Opera House
10/10/06 QUEBEC CITY, QC - L 'Imperial
10/11/06 MONTREAL, QC - Fou Founes Electriques
10/12/06 COHOES, NY - Saratoga Winners
10/13/06 WORCESTER, MA - The Palladium
10/14/06 CLEVELAND, OH - Peabody´s Down Under
10/15/06 MOKENA, IL - The Pearl Room
10/16/06 OMAHA, NE - Sokol Underground
10/17/06 ENGLEWOOD, CO - Gothic Theatre
10/19/06 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Pound
10/20/06 HOLLYWOOD, CA - House Of Blues
10/21/06 ANAHEIM, CA - House Of Blues
10/22/06 TEMPE, AZ - The Clubhouse
10/23/06 ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Launch Pad
10/24/06 SAN ANTONIO, TX - White Rabbit
10/25/06 HOUSTON, TX - Warehouse Live
10/27/06 FT. LAUDERDALE, FL - Culture Room
10/28/06 ST. PETERSBURG, FL - The State Theatre
10/29/06 TALLAHASSEE, FL - Beta Bar
10/30/06 LAKE BUENA VISTA, FL - House Of Blues
10/31/06 FAVETTEVILLE, NC - Jester´s Pub
11/01/06 ATLANTA, GA - The Masquerade
11/02/06 JACKSONVILLE, NC - Planet Rock
11/03/06 NORFOLK, VA - The Norva
11/04/06 BALTIMORE, MD - Sonar
11/05/06 NEW YORK, NY - B.B. Kings Blues Club
11/07/06 PHILADELPHIA, PA - Starlight Ballroom
11/08/06 JOHNSON CITY, NY - Magic City Music Hall
11/09/06 PITTSBURGH, PA - Rex Theatre
11/10/06 ROCHESTER, NY - Penny Arcade
11/11/06 DETROIT, MI - Harpo´s Concert Theatre