SOIL To Tour With BOBAFLEX And THE AUTUMN OFFERING

Chicago's SOIL will embark on tour in March with BOBAFLEX and THE AUTUMN OFFERING. The dates are as follows:

March 11 - Madison, WI - The Annex
March 12 - Cedar Falls, IA - Reverb
March 13 - Maplewood, MN - The Rock
March 14 - Mokena, IL - Pearl Room
March 15 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's
March 17 - Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
March 18 - Huntington, WV - Monkey Bar
March 19 - Johnstown, PA - Ace's
March 20 - Springfield, VA - Jaxx
March 21 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Small's
March 22 - Columbus, OH - Al Rosa Villa
March 23 - Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasants
March 26 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Legends
March 27 - South Bend, IN - Elva's Fiesta Club
March 28 - Jackson, MI - Motorheads

SOIL recently amicably parted ways with guitarist Shaun Glass due to "personal differences." The band will not seek a replacement guitarist but will remain a four-piece, with vocalist AJ Cavalier filling in on some of the guitar duties.

SOIL's latest CD, "True Self", was released in May 2006 via DRT Entertainment. The follow-up to 2004's "Redefine" was recorded and mixed at Bomb Shelter studios in Los Angeles, California with producer Ulrich Wild (STATIC-X, TAPROOT).

Following his departure from SOIL, Shaun will focus all his efforts on DIRGE, the new extreme metal project which he formed with THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA) and A TEXAS FUNERAL vocalist Jermz.

According to Shaun, who previously played bass in the 1990s death metal act BROKEN HOPE, DIRGE's musical direction is "total fucking extreme metal in a very modern thrash style."