Pendragon formed in 1978 and over the past 30 years have built up a fanatical fanbase around the world, releasing eight albums along with countless EPs, live and mini-albums, most of which have been available via their own Toff Records label. Their recent studio album, 2008 s Pure was named Album of the Year by Classic Rock Society and described by Classic Rock magazine as Pendragon s finest hour so far without a doubt and they return in April with their new album Passion, which is to be released on Madfish, a division of Snapper Music. Frontman Nick Barrett explains the decision to work with a label after all these years: After the success of the last album, the obvious next step was to sign to with a label who could continue this success. Snapper/Madfish are currently the best in the field at releasing and promoting creative rock music so signing up with them seemed like the perfect option and it s something I am very excited about. Passion promises to build on the exciting foundations created by Pure and further expand the band s sound, following and profile. Nick explains: Our new album is again another step forward for us musically, the mixes sound amazing. There has been so much activity since Pure and there are a lot of new fans now and but I really think Passion will reach even more new fans too. The album, which will be packaged in a deluxe digibook, is accompanied by a DVD featuring a behind-the-scenes Progumentary filmed by the band themselves while recording the album.