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San Francisco progressive rock/metal act Enchant will release the eighth studio effort "The Great Divide" on September 29th in North America via InsideOut Music. It is the first release in eleven years, with the last - "Tug of War" - issued in 2003 via InsideOut.

Enchant is the Bay Area's long-running prog rock institution, founded in 1989, with the debut album "A Blueprint of the World" released in 1995. Main songwriter and guitarist Douglas A. Ott had the following to say about the upcoming release: "Well, it's finally here folks! There was a time when I was unsure of Enchant's future but fear not. We've made another album after 10 years and are very excited and proud of this endeavor! Our new album is called The Great Divide and we can't wait for you to hear it! Nine brand-new ENCHANT tracks, including one instrumental. Classic ENCHANT but with a bunch of new twists and turns. Long time in the making but it is surely worth the wait. Coming out late September, so be sure to check it out!"

The track list for "The Great Divide" is:

1. Circles
2. Within an Inch
3. The Great Divide
4. All Mixed Up
5. Transparent Man
6. Life in a Shadow
7. Deserve to Feel
8. Here and Now
9. Prognosticator

25 years since the release of ENCHANT's debut album, "A Blueprint Of The World", the San Francisco-formed progressive rock/metal group will celebrate with a special limited 10-CD box set compiling all of its studio albums, from the aforementioned debut right up to 2014's "The Great Divide".

Out on July 20, the package also features two discs of bonus tracks that include a selection of demo versions, live tracks, acoustic versions and instrumentals, plus extensive liner notes covering the entirety of the band's career up to now, and brand new interviews with various members past and present.

The band comments: "We are super excited that after 25 years, InsideOut Music is releasing an ENCHANT box set! The box set will contain every song we've ever done, demos, pictures and a detailed history of the band! We're are honored to be at this point in our career to have this milestone and look forward to sharing it with ENCHANT fans young and old!"

ENCHANT is currently hard at work on material for its ninth studio album. "Things are coming along quite well and we are nailing down the songs for the new record out of a plethora of material," the band states. "[We] won't give too much away but [we] will say that [we] think ENCHANT fans are in for a treat! We hope to have it out later this year or early next year."

The 10-CD box-set features the following albums and is now available to pre-order here:

01. A Blueprint Of The World (1993)
02. Wounded (1996)
03. Time Lost (1997)
04. Break (1998)
05. Juggling 9 Or Dropping 10 (2000)
06. Blink Of An Eye (2002)
07. Tug Of War (2003)
08. The Great Divide (2014)
09. Bonus Disc 1 (featuring demos)
10. Bonus disc 2 (featuring demos, acoustic versions, instrumentals and acoustic versions)