The artwork for Passion was once again done by Bjoern from Killustration, you really need to check this guys' My Space, his work is incredible and certainly pretty different.

As you may notice we've had a U-turn on one aspect of the Passion front cover...the tongues are gone! Bjoern actually sent us a version for the back cover but it had these "sparky light flashes" instead of the tongues...and it just looked so good we decided it should be the cover, we think it says "passion" more than the tongues did.

Nick - we are in the final stages of the mixes and it sounds huge, I am working on the mixes with Karl Groom, and we've gone for a very modern energetic sound. Some of the effects we have used have been a real inspiration, there is one called Cosmonaut, and just blows you away.....heck it really sounds like a cosmonaut.

The overall feel of the album is very energetic and is once again a big step forward for Pendragon, what you hear on the clips is only a snippet, there are some very maverick ideas on this album, that are going to challenge...just like a good album should!

My favourite track so far?? It's a toss up between Green And Pleasant and Your Black Heart.

The full track listing is:

Passion

Empathy

Feeding Frenzy

This Green And Pleasant Land

It's Just A Matter Of Not Getting Caught

Skara Brae

You Black Heart

Look out for the massive four page Pendragon feature that is coming up soon in Classic Rock Prog magazine.