They started the year Iron Maiden put out The Number of the Beast and they are still here. Skanners have named their next album Midnight Call.
Francesco Gambarini recorded, mixed and mastered it at Black Alley Studio; he has worked with Chronosfear and Shiver Down. Punishment 18 Records will release it, and the date, tracklist and artwork are all still to come.
The band formed in Bolzano in 1982 and have been part of the first Italian heavy metal wave since, alongside the names that got further out of the country than they did. Temptation in 2019 was their last album, and Starlight MMXXIV, a single from 2024, was the last thing before this announcement.