Global Flatline is the upcoming seventh studio album

Studio album

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 by the Belgium

Belgium

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-based death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band Aborted

Aborted

Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom,...

. It is scheduled for release in January 2012, through Century Media Records

Century Media Records

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. The album was recorded at Hansen Studios in Denmark

Denmark

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 with producer Jacob Hansen, and is the first to feature ex-Abigail Williams

Abigail Williams (band)

Abigail Williams is an American metal band, originally from Phoenix, Arizona, but now based in Los Angeles. Formed in 2004, the group would suffer constant changes to their line-up...

 members Ken Bedene (on drums) and Mike Wilson (on guitar), as well as bassist J.B. Van Der Wal.

The songs "Coronary Reconstruction", "From a Tepid Whiff" and "Grime" all previously appeared on the band's 2010 EP Coronary Reconstruction

Coronary Reconstruction

Coronary Reconstruction is an EP by the Belgian death metal band Aborted, released on January 14, 2010 through Century Media Records. The album is the first to be recorded with the band's new 2009 line-up, and was released mainly as a digital EP, with only 1,000 physical copies made...

.

The first single, "Global Flatline", is set to be released digitally on October 25, 2011, the album in January 2012.

Track listing

Personnel

Aborted

• Sven "Svencho" de Caluwé – vocals
• Eran Segal – guitar
  Guitar
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• Mike Wilson – guitar
• Ken Bedene – drums
• J.B. Van Der Wal – bass

Guest musicians

• Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder - guest vocals
• Julien Truchan of Benighted
  Benighted
  Benighted is a brutal death metal band formed in Saint-Étienne, France, in 1998. The band comprises vocalist Julien Truchan, guitarists Liem N'Guyen and Olivier Gabriel, bassist Eric Lombard and drummer Kevin "Kikou" Foley...
  
   - guest vocals
• Jason Netherton of Misery Index
  Misery Index (band)
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   - guest vocals
• Keijo Niinimaa of Rotten Sound
  Rotten Sound
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   - guest vocals

Production

• Jacon Hansen – producer
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  , engineer
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  , mixing
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  , mastering
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• Justin Osbourn – artwork