Drowning Pool Name New Album

Drowning Pool have set "Full Circle" as the title of its new album, due in the second half of 2007 through the group's new record label, Eleven Seven Music (Buckcherry). The band was reportedly looking at offers from Sanctuary and Century Media, but turned both down in favor of Eleven Seven Music. Drowning Pool also has taken on a new management company, Tenth Street Entertainment (Mötley Crüe, Buckcherry), following the group's split with Paul Bassman of Bass Management (Damageplan).

Drowning Pool will team up with Ill Niño for a co-headlining tour of U.K. and Ireland in April. Also appearing on the bill is Panic Cell.

Commented Drowning Pool guitarist C.J. Pierce: "The band was recording in Dallas when we heard that we could do a tour around the U.K. and Ireland with Ill Niño and Panic Cell before our new album, 'Full Circle', is released through our new record label — Eleven Seven Music. We're pumped to go over to Europe to play for our fans over there and showcase some of our new music...get ready to have your asses kicked."

A brand-new Drowning Pool track, entitled "No More", was included on the "Saw III" soundtrack, which was released on Oct. 24 via Warcon Enterprises.

"No More" was the first Drowning Pool track to be officially released featuring the band's new vocalist, Ryan McCombs, formerly of SOIL.

Drowning Pool parted ways with Wind-Up Records last year after releasing two albums through the label, each featuring a different lead singer.

Drowning Pool's original vocalist, Dave Williams, was found dead on the band's tour bus in August of 2002 while the group was on the road with that summer's Ozzfest. An autopsy revealed that Williams died from cardiomyopathy, a heart muscle disease for which he was never diagnosed. His successor, Jason "Gong" Jones, lasted less than two years before he left the band and was replaced by McCombs.

Drowning Pool, Ill Niño, Panic Cell U.K./Ireland tour dates:

04/08 - Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall
04/09 - Nottingham - Rock City
04/10 - Newcastle - Academy
04/11 - Glasgow - Cathouse
04/12 - Aberdeen - Moshulu
04/14 - Dublin - Ambassador Thtr
04/15 - Belfast - Spring & Airbrake
04/16 - Liverpool - Academy
04/17 - Leeds - Rios
04/18 - Cardiff - Solus
04/20 - Peterborough - Cresset
04/21 - Sheffield - Corporation
04/22 - Southampton - Nexus
04/23 - London - Koko

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[kryzay311]

I saw them with Gong. Not bad, especially for a free tickets show. If I had to pay I probably wouldn't have gone. Atomship played too and they were definately the best

[Speedy13]

yeah atomship is pretty good

[ready2breakdown]

yeah i saw them on that tour with flaw and atomship and dropbox. They did real good with gong, but i wasnt crazy about Desensitized. I think that Gong sung better on Dave songs then he did his own. I wasnt crazy about that song "No More," it was way too light! But hopefully they will keep their original sound, just with Ryan on vox. Instead of turning into or trying to be what Soil was with him. I loved Ryan in Soil, I'm pretty sure I like him in Drowning Pool too!

[silencesoloud]

I'll probably check it out mainly because I know how great Ryan was with Soil...

[DP_SF_DTX_RATM]

I wouldn't count Desensitized as one of there albums, yeah it had some cool songs but gong really ruined the band. This album is going back to there "creepy" look.

I saw them live with Ryan and they are absolutley terrific. I highly recommend gettin this next cd.