Pendragon formed in 1978 and over the past 30 years have built up a fanaticalfanbase around the world, releasing eight albums along with countlessEPs, live and mini-albums, most of which have been available via their ownToff Records label. Their recent studio album, 2008 s Pure was named Albumof the Year by Classic Rock Society and described by Classic Rockmagazine as Pendragon s finest hour so far without a doubt and they returnin April with their new album Passion, which is to be released on Madfish, adivision of Snapper Music.Frontman Nick Barrett explains the decision to work with a label after allthese years: After the success of the last album, the obvious next step wasto sign to with a label who could continue this success. Snapper/Madfishare currently the best in the field at releasing and promoting creative rockmusic so signing up with them seemed like the perfect option and it s somethingI am very excited about. Passion promises to build on the excitingfoundations 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 mixessound amazing. There has been so much activity since Pure and there are a lot of new fansnow 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 featuringa behind-the-scenes Progumentary filmed by the band themselves while recordingthe album.