THE 69 EYES Drummer Interviewed At U.K.'s DOWNLOAD Festival; Video Available

Sam Darcy conducted an interview with drummer drummer Jussi Heikki Tapio Vuori of Finnish goth metallers THE 69 EYES at this year's Download festival, which was held June 12-14 at Donington Park, United Kingdom. Watch the five-minute chat below.

THE 69 EYES has scheduled a listening party for its new album, "Back In Blood". Fans will get a chance to meet and greet guitarist Pasi Moilanen and Jussi Heikki Tapio Vuori as well as rock out to the new tunes while having a beer or two with the guys on Sunday, June 28 at club Wild At Heart in Berlin, Germany beginning at 8:00 p.m. Guest tickets are limited to 50 and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.

THE 69 EYES will release "Back In Blood" in Europe (excluding Finland) on August 28 via Nuclear Blast Records. The CD, which was tracked with the Grammy-winning producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, MONSTER MAGNET, FU MANCHU), features a guest appearance by MONSTER MAGNET's Ed Mundell. The recording process took place both in Helsinki and Los Angeles.

According to a press release, "THE 69 EYES return with their ninth studio album, which has been hailed a latter-day 'Appetite For Destruction'. With blood on their hands and AC/DC on their stereo, the bloodsuckers have combined their past to focus on the future. Turning their back on the comic-book glam of 'Angels', the EYES have opened a heavier chapter in their musical career. For the first time this decade, honorary sixth vampire Johnny Lee Michaels has been granted temporary leave from the batcave and Matt Hyde has been invited over the threshold.

"The first single will be the tongue-in-cheek 'Dead Girls Are Easy' — a nasty power anthem for sleazy pin-ups complete with a sing-a-long chorus aimed at those online chicks with the looks that kill! The video has been directed by MTV superstar and close friend Bam Margera and the artwork has been designed by Estevan Oriol, whose work has graced countless covers from CYPRESS HILL to THE TRANSPLANTS and SNOOP DOGG."

"Back In Blood" track listing:

01. Back In Blood
02. We Own The Night
03. Dead N' Gone
04. The Good, The Bad & The Undead
05. Kiss Me Undead
06. Lips Of Blood
07. Dead Girls Are Easy
08. Night Watch
09. Some Kind Of Magick
10. Hunger
11. Suspiria Snow White
12. Eternal