

Finnish gothic metallers The 69 Eyes will release their eleventh album, Universal Monsters, on April 22 via Nuclear Blast. The CD was recorded with producer Johnny Lee Michaels at his Helsinki-based Bat Cave Studios. The video for the first single from Universal Monsters, Jet Fighter Plane, is directed by Ville Juurikkala, who worked in the past with Nightwish, Amorphis and Michael Monroe. Juurikkala also created theUniversal Monsters cover artwork, which portrays The 69 Eyes members in movie monster lighting, showing them as classic and timeless creatures.