DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, DYING FETUS: 'Metal Alliance Tour' Dates

DEVILDRIVER, THE FACELESS, DYING FETUS, JOB FOR A COWBOY, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD and IMPENDING DOOM will join forces for the Metal Alliance Tour in March/April 2012.

The dates are as follows:

Mar. 15 - Austin, TX @ SXSW / Scoot Inn
Mar. 16 - New Orleans, LA @ The Hangar
Mar. 17 - St Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
Mar. 18 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend
Mar. 20 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
Mar. 21 - New York, NY @ Gramercy Theater
Mar. 22 - Danvers, MA @ Palace Ballroom
Mar. 23 - Montreal, QC @ Club Soda
Mar. 24 - Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Mar. 25 - Columbus, OH @ Alrosa Villa
Mar. 26 - Joliet, IL @ Mojoe's
Mar. 27 - St Paul, MN @ Station 4
Mar. 28 - Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre
Mar. 29 - Regina, SK @ Riddell Centre
Mar. 30 - Edmonton, AB @ Edmonton Events Centre
Mar. 31 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater
Apr. 01 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Apr. 03 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
Apr. 05 - Oakland, CA @ The Pound
Apr. 06 - Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater
Apr. 07 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theater
Apr. 09 - Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
Apr. 10 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium
Apr. 11 - Des Moines, IA @ 7 Flags Event Center
Apr. 13 - Memphis, TN @ New Daisy Theater
Apr. 15 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater
Apr. 16 - Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
Apr. 19 - Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
Apr. 20 - Austin, TX @ Emo's East
Apr. 21 - Houston, TX @ House Of Blues

"Beast", the fifth album from DEVILDRIVER, sold a little over 11,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 42 on The Billboard 200 chart. Released on February 22 via Roadrunner Records, the CD was recorded at Sonic Ranch studios in Tornillo, Texas with producer Mark Lewis (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, ALL THAT REMAINS) and was mixed by acclaimed British producer Andy Sneap (MEGADETH, EXODUS, MACHINE HEAD, NEVERMORE, ARCH ENEMY) at his Backstage studio in Derbyshire, England.

THE FACELESS is currently putting the finishing touches on its third album for a tentative February release via Sumerian Records. Guitarist Michael Keene described the CD as "the most musical and progressive record we've made." He added, "Since recording 'Planetary Duality', the goals of THE FACELESS have changed a bit. You can still expect a fast, technical and blistering record, but I personally am less focused on a musical aesthetic and more on musicality and making an expressive, unique, moody and expansive record. Speed picking, flying double bass and skin melting guitar solos are certainly still in order. However, you can also expect more clean vocals with big harmonies, some unique instrumentation, dark moody passages, interesting keyboards, synth guitars, vocoder and sequenced segments. It's going to be the most focused and depressive FACELESS record to date."

DYING FETUS have entered Wrightway Studios in Baltimore with longtime producer Steve Wright (SLIPKNOT, MISERY INDEX) to begin recording their new album for a mid-2012 release via Relapse Records. The CD will feature nine tracks and is "a 'return to roots,' with production focused slightly more on slam than in the band's last few works," according to a press relase. "Thematically, the album is set to be a good old-fashioned piece of social and political commentary in the style of DYING FETUS as we have come to know."

JOB FOR A COWBOY recently finished recording its next album for an early 2012 release via Metal Blade Records. The CD was laid down at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida with producer Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER),who helmed the group's latest EP, "Gloom".