The Swedish melodic-metal musicians NOCTURNAL RITES have announced that their long-awaited comeback album "Phoenix" will be released on September 29th via AFM Records. "We can't wait to share this new album with all of you, it's long overdue,"the band comments on the upcoming release. "It's of course superfluous to mention that it feels great to finally be back." NOCTURNAL RITES had announced in 2011 that they wanted to record the successor of their album "The 8th Sin" from 2007."Phoenix" will be the band's first album to feature guitarist Per Nilsson after his predecessor Christoffer R?rland joined SABATON in 2012