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Sum 41 working on new album, frontman still alive

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 11/5/09 @ 1:08 PM - altpress.com

For those who still believe the false rumor that Sum 41 frontman Deryck Whibley had died, proof that the vocalist/guitarist and his band are still alive and kicking has arrived. Sum 41 are working with producer Gil Norton on a 2010 release for Island. The album will be the band's first since 2007's Underclass Hero.

Whibley wrote in a MySpace blog: "About 20 or so songs are written. We've been in a rehearsal studio for the past few weeks and plan on recording this album over the next few months. I can't wait to get back out on the road and start playing these new songs. As far as the sound of the new record, it's always hard to explain something you're supposed to listen to but it's definitely a darker bigger sounding record than we've ever done. There's a lot of fast, heavy kind of stuff but there's also some really melodic interesting music as well. A bit of everything and it's pretty extreme. Not sure if that makes any sense or not."