SKINLAB In Pre-Production

Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of the veteran San Francisco Bay Area metallers SKINLAB has issued the following update:

"We've been in pre-production recording mode for the last few weeks. This will be the first time SKINLAB has ever spent so much quality time on pre-production. In the past our producers would show up a couple days early pror to recording and run through some ideas with us on arrangements, vocals and tones. This time around, we've taking a more hands-on approach with Snake [guitar] behind the board engineering and recording everything so it can all be heard played back and arranged, rearranged and ultimately thought out so we get the best out of each song.

"We've been getting a lot of emails asking what the new materials sounds like. All I can say is that we've tried to take our favorite part of SKINLAB and combine them though each song individually. For instance, we have a one of the slowest songs since 'Art Of Suffering/Noah' days called 'Still Suffering', sure to please all the old schools; one of the heaviest songs we've ever written, 'Scream at the World', which has been sounding pretty cool as the album title, but we'll see; 'Wolvsblood', which is super-heavy song with sick-ass vocal and guitar hooks in the vein of one of our all time faves, ENTOMBED; 'We're All Gods Now' is a straight-up beatdown tune, very aggressive with a new SKINLAB flavor that hasn't really been heard yet... just a nice brutal tune should make all you thrashers happy; 'Suicide Notes' is lyrically probably one of the most intense songs we've written. A few others without title are starting to take shape. We can't wait to share this music with you, this will be the best SKINLAB record ever! Spread the word!!!! We will also be announcing a special Bay Area headlining show next week. For now, make sure to get you're tickets for our show with FORBIDDEN [on February 24 at The Fat Cat in Modesto]; this is gonna be fuckin bad-ass!! Me and the rest of the guys are fuckin stoked, plus Gene Hoglan on drums [playing with FORBIDDEN].... Geeezus, it's gonna be off the hook!!"

SKINLAB recently completed work on a live album, "SkinnedAlive!", due later in the year via BCD Music Group. The CD was recorded on June 3, 2007 at The Metro in Oakland, California.

A brand new SKINLAB song entitled "Face of Aggression" is available for streaming on the group's MySpace page.

SKINLAB's 1997 debut album, "Bound, Gagged and Blindfolded", was reissued on October 2, 2007 via Century Media Records. The repackaged disc features never-before-seen video footage and pictures with liner notes from founding members Steev Esquivel and Mike Roberts along with new artwork layout.

SKINLAB recently inked a two-album deal with Crash Music Inc.

SKINLAB has set "Now That You're One of Us" as the title of its upcoming DVD.

SKINLAB's current lineup:

Paul Hopkins - Drums
Glen Telford - Guitars
Steev Esquivel - Bass/Vocals
Snake - Guitars

SKINLAB's last studio album, "ReVolting Room", came out in 2002. A double-disc set, entitled "Nerve Damage", featuring alternate versions of studio tracks, several live tracks recorded on the band's "ReVolting Room" tour, plus two new songs, came out in 2004.

SKINLAB live in Maplewood, MN on May 11, 2007: