Industrial band�XA-VAT (pronounced Zabatto) has announced their first album, "EN�C", will be released on March 2, 2011.

The album will have 10 tracks and come in two limited editions, CD+DVD and CD+CD, and one regular edition. The DVD will be a live DVD and the CD extra will be a remix CD.

Earlier this month, on the 2nd, the band released their first self-titled single, "XA-VAT", and on that same day, they held their first one man live at LIQUIDROOM Ebisu.

They have already planned a Japan tour with two stops: the first in Osaka's umeda AKASO on May 8th, and the second on May 12th at Tokyo's LIQUIDROOM ebisu.

If some of you aren't familiar with the band, you may know more than you think. XA-VAT is made up of ex-visual kei band members from different bands. SADIE PINK GALAXY from SPEECIES, K�zi from MALICE MIZER, Ishii Juuji from cali=gari, and Koma Takao from goatbed. The band is a mix of 80s New Wave and heavy rock, mashed up with gothic punk.

Source: Official Website