"Blackdemonium", the sixth full-length album from the Greek black metal band ASTARTE, will tentatively see the light of day in early 2015. The mixing process and the mastering will be handled by Steve Lado, "an excellent professional producer and close friend" of ASTARTE vocalist Maria Kolokouri (pictured), better known as Tristessa, who died in early August from complications of leukemia. Additional work on the drums will be done at Made In Hell Studio and David. The cover artwork was created by Maggot Meister, who has previously worked with 1349, AMON AMARTH, CHILDREN OF BODOM, HIRAX and MORTIIS, among others.

"Blackdemonium" recording lineup:

Tristessa (Maria Kolokouri) - Vocals
Nicolas S.I.C. Maiis - Vocals
Jim Harisis - Guitar/Bass
Ice (Nicolas Asimakis) - Drums

ASTARTE's fifth CD, "Demonized", was released in 2007 via Avantgarde Music.

Asked in an interview what "Astarte" stood for an what the band's goals were, Tristessa said: "Astarte is the great goddess of fertility, beauty and war. She is the Phoenician predecessor to the Greek Aphrodite. Her counterparts are well known to all of us, for instance to the Sumerians, she was known as Innanna, to the Babylonians as Ishtar, and so forth. She was associated with the moon and called Mother of the Universe, so her background fits to the Greek pagan spirit."

She added: "Our goal is to create the absolute personal music style and to show that music and generally art belongs to everybody. The world of art welcome all those who have feelings, imagination and creativity and each one shall take what he or she deserves."