SOIL Guitarist Launches 'Extreme Metal' Project DIRGE

March 10, 2007

SOIL guitarist Shaun Glass has teamed up with THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL drummer James Knight (ex-THE BLANK THEORY, CHACOPA) and A TEXAS FUNERAL vocalist Jermz in a brand new project called DIRGE. 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." First audio samples will be made available online via the band's MySpace page during the coming months.

Glass also adds: "This will by no means affect my SOIL time as all is well there."

SOIL, SEEMLESS and LIGION will team up for "True Rock Tour" in May. The dates are as follows:

May 01 - Vnuks Lounge - Cudahy, Wisconsin
May 02 - The Machine Shop - Flint, Michigan
May 03 - Elixur - Rockford, Illinois
May 04 - Peabodys - Cleveland, Ohio
May 07 - The Buffalo Icon - Buffalo, New York
May 08 - Ace's - Johnstown, Pennsylvania
May 10 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, Pennsylvania
May 12 - Jaxx - West Springfield, Virginia
May 13 - Webster Theatre - Hartford, Connecticut
May 16 - Jesters Pub - Fayetteville, North Carolina
May 17 - Hooligans - Jacksonville, North Carolina
May 18 - Ground Zero - Spartanburg, South Carolina
May 21 – Exit In - Nashville, Tennessee
May 22 - Zydeco - Birmingham, Alabama
May 25 - The Ritz - Warren, Michigan
May 26 - The Pearl Room - Mokena, Illinois
May 27 - Level 8 - Evansville, Wisconsin

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). The CD is the group's first to feature singer A.J. Cavalier, who previously fronted the California-based DIESEL MACHINE (also featuring ex-DAMAGEPLAN frontman Patrick Lachman on guitar). The band's original vocalist, Ryan McCombs, has since joined the Texas act DROWNING POOL.

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