Disturbedhave made their new song, “Perfect Insanity,” available fans to download from their official Web site, www.Disturbed1.com. The track will appear on the band’s fourth studio disc, Indestructible, which is scheduled for release in late May. The first single from the album will be “Inside the Fire,” and director Nathan Cox (Marilyn Manson, Queens of the Stone Age) has been hired to shoot a video for the song.
Kittie bassist Trish Doan has left the band because of her ongoing battle with the eating disorder anorexia-athletica-nervosa. Doan developed the condition when the band were working on their last album, Funeral for Yesterday, which came out in February 2007. “It breaks my heart to say goodbye to this family that has given me the best two years of my life,” Doan said in a statement. “I wish my time with Kittie did not have to end, but this decision was made based on doctors’ orders.” Doan was the third bassist to pass through the band’s ranks in eight years. No announcement has been made about her replacement.
Following several months of searching for a new singer, Daath have hired Sean Z, who had filled in for the band’s tour fall with Dark Funeral. Daath’s last singer Sean Faber quit the band after Ozzfest because of creative differences. “Sean Z. brings the whole package and destroys in every aspect of the word,” said drummer Kevin Talley in a statement. “He sounds killer on the new material. Now, we are stronger than ever and we look forward to hitting the road this summer.” Daath entered the studio early this week with producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, Chimaira) to record their third album The Concealers.
Arch Enemy, Dark Tranquillity, Divine Heresy and Firewind will hit the road together in the Tyranny and Bloodshred tour, which launches May 9 in Philadelphia and runs through May 30 in West Hollywood. “It feels great to come back to the U.S and Canada with such a killer package – something with some substance and musical credibility,” said Arch Enemy guitarist Michael Amott in a statement. “We’ll be digging deeper into the Rise Of The Tyrant album and also playing a few things we’ve never performed for our U.S. fans before.”
Extreme New Orleans sludge/grind veterans, Soilent Green shot a video last week with director David Brodsky (Goatwhore, Hate Eternal) for the song “Antioxidant.” The track is from the band’s new album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction, which comes out April 15.
Novembers Doom will shoot a video for “Rain” on November 9. The song comes from the Chicago band’s sixth CD, The Novella Reservoir, which came out in February 2007. “This is something we have been talking about doing since recording the CD, and we finally have things ready,” singer Paul Kuhr said in a statement. “We have chosen a specific style and look to this video, which should be visually interesting.”
Nashville noise metal pioneers, Today is the Day, will launch the Total Resistance Tour on March 14 in their hometown. Dates are scheduled through May 3 in Atlanta. The tour will feature a rotating lineup of opening acts including Thine Eyes Bleed, Mouth of the Architect, Lair of the Minotaur, Psyopus, Rwake, Complete Failure, F— the Facts, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. and At All Cost. Today is the Day’s last album, Axis of Eden, came out last September.
The debut album by Nevermore singer Warrel Dane, Praises to the War Machine, will be released on May 13. Tracks include “Messenger,” “When We Pray,” “Obey” and covers of Sisters of Mercy’s “Lucretia My Reflection” and Paul Simon’s “Patterns.”
