Seattle, Washington-based power metal band Fifth Angel have signed an album contract with Nuclear Blast Records, confirming this development on May 24th, 2018.

Drummer and founding member Ken Mary commented: “Over the years, we have worked with some amazing record companies, such as RoadRunner Records, Shrapnel Records, and one of the biggest labels in the world, Epic Records. However, we are even more excited to be working with the Nuclear Blast family for one simple reason: the incredible people that run this company really love the music itself, and are themselves fans of great metal music. This indeed is a unique and astounding situation, and we could not be more excited to make this announcement of making Nuclear Blast our home! We also want to thank all of the metal warriors that have kept the spirit of Fifth Angel alive and well for over three decades, and we are so very excited to finally… finally… finally announce the release of our long awaited new album The Third Secret.”

Vocalist and guitarist Kendall Bechtel added: “We also want to say a special thank you to Nuclear Blast for giving us the musical freedom to create the art that we feel best represents Fifth Angel! We had an incredible and very long journey creating this record and we hope the fans love it as much as we loved making it for them. In the end, it is the fans of the music that keep it alive, and without you this record would not be possible!”

Nuclear Blast A&R manager Jaap Wagemaker offered the following words. meanwhile: “Nuclear Blast is very proud to reveal the secret about the signing of legendary U.S. metal band Fifth Angel! Last year when I was at the Keep It True Festival I was blown away by the live performance of Fifth Angel! I have always been a big fan of the two albums they released, and seeing them play these songs live with such an ease was a real joy for the ears! Before and after the show, I had the pleasure of meeting John Macko and Kendall Bechtel and they played me some new music. Although it was still in the demo-stages and sounding rough, you could hear that it had that iconic Fifth Angel signature! We remained in contact and a couple of months later I received the first of three completed demo songs. These songs captured the sound and the spirit of the old classics perfectly! I listened to those songs in rotation for days! It is with great pride that we welcome Fifth Angel to the Nuclear Blast Family!”

Third full-length studio album The Third Secret will be released in September 2018.

Fifth Angel’s line-up is as follows:

Kendall Bechtel (vocals and guitar)
John Macko (bass)
Ken Mary (drums)

Second studio record Time Will Tell was released in August 1989 via Epic Records.