Los Angeles-based heavy metal warriorsHoly Grailwill release their third album,"Times Of Pride And Peril", on February 12, 2016 viaProsthetic Records. The follow-up to 2013's"Ride The Void"was recorded earlier this year withGrammy Award-winning producerJohn Spiker(Tenacious S D,Filter) and encompasses the rise and fall of an empire, showcasing a history of triumphs and defeats through the group's quintessential shreddery. The new album's symbolic artwork is seen in the teaser video below.

Following an extensive tour campaign to promote"Ride The Void"- hailed byMetal Hammeras "full-blooded, forward-looking, classic heavy fucking metal" -Holy Grail, who were recently featured in a"Star Wars"-themedHPcommercial, spent much of 2014 writing"Times Of Pride And Peril". GuitaristEli Santanaand drummerTyler Meahlalso kept busy by touring extensively withHuntress, whose lead guitaristBlake MeahlisTyler's brother.

Featuring a blistering dual lead guitar attack and powerful vocals byJames Paul Luna(praised byDecibelas "the finest metal singer of his generation"),Holy Grialburst onto the scene in 2009 with its debut EP,"Improper Burial", which ledMetal Hammerto call the group "one of the most promising traditionally-inclined metal bands to emerge from the U.S. in the past decade." It was quickly followed by"Crisis In Utopia", whichRevolvercalled "a nearly flawless full-length debut that ecstatically revives undiluted, straight-up metal in all its gauntlet-clad glory" and named one of the 20 best albums of 2010.

This weekend,Holy Grail will kick off a winter tour that includes dates withDeath Angel, Flotsam And Jetsam,andNight Demon. To kick off the New Year, the group will join master guitaristMarty Friedmanon the second leg of his"Inferno"North American tour.