The new FLOTSAM AND JETSAM video for the song 'Straight To Hell' from the new album, "Dreams of Death", can now be viewed online at the Crash Music Website: http://www.crashmusicinc.com/.

FLOTSAM & JETSAM appear likely to recruit HELSTAR/DESTINY’S END frontman James Rivera to complete the already scheduled live dates on the group’s forthcoming US tour following vocalist Eric A.K.’s announcement that he was retiring from the music business. Here is the latest update on this matter by F&J drummer Craig Nielsen: "I was just called by James Rivera who you all may or may not know from the band HELSTAR, an incredible band that was there to help usher in the prog/thrash scene along with FLOTSAM, and all the others back in the day, also they have recently reformed and just was one of the Milwaukee Metalfest headliners a couple weeks ago along with a whole American tour. In addition to this, James fronted the Metal Blade band DESTINY'S END, who has 2 records out and also played shows with FLOTSAM and I thought was also a killer speed metal band. On top of this he has a BLACK SABBATH tribute band that is one of the consistently very top draws in the major Texas markets (he is from Houston). James Rivera would make a very good choice because of his incredible vocal range, tons of stage experience, and is one of the truest hardcore FLOTSAM fans of all time. It is an added bonus that he happens to be one of the coolest, easy to get along with people I’ve ever met, which goes a long way on a bus tour, not to mention fan interaction. He is over the top with interest to do the very best job possible for our tour, and we will be looking very closely at him in the coming days and I have a feeling he will nail it. For those with interest, go to your favorite search engine and check out his work and I'm sure you will all agree he is a bad mother####er." Source: BLABBERMOUTH.NET

Here's a list of dates of METAL BLADE bands on tour. Check local listings:

CATASTROPHIC
7/05 Albany, NY Valentines
7/06 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance
7/07 Sayre, PA Hurricane Billboards
7/08 Syracuse, NY Action Sports Center
7/09 Meriden, CT Hanover House
7/12 Hudson, NH Club Euphoria
7/13 Worcester, MA The Palladium
7/14 Toronto, ONT Kathedral
7/15 Montreal, Oue, Can. L'x
7/16 Randolph, NJ Obsessions Nite Club
7/17 New York, NY Wetlands Preserve
7/18 Morgan, NJ Club Krome
7/19 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
7/20 Norfolk, VA Taj Mahal
7/21 Columbia, SC Uncle Doctors
7/22 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
7/23 Orlando, FL Sapphire Supper Club
7/25 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's
7/26 Dallas, TX Galaxy Club
7/27 Corpus Christi, TX Zero's
7/28 Austin, TX The Backroom
7/29 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
7/31 Tempe, AZ Boston's Night Club
8/01 San Diego, CA Brick by Brick
8/02 San Jose, CA The Cactus Club
8/03 San Francisco, CA The Pound at Pier 96
8/04 Anaheim, CA The Shack
8/05 Hollywood, CA Whiskey a Go Go
8/07 Fort Collins, CO Starlight
8/08 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
8/09 Aurora, IL Riley's
8/10 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Auditorium
8/11 Clinton, IA Pig Pen
8/12 St. Paul, MN The Lab
8/13 St Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
8/14 Detroit, MI I-Rock
8/15 Lorain, OH Flying Machine
8/16 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
8/17 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
8/18 Tampa, FL Brass Mug
8/19 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
CATASTROPHIC-EUROPEAN DATES
9/01 Trier, Germany Exil
9/02 Vooselaar, Belgium Biebob
9/03 Paris, France Locomotive
9/04 Essen, Germany Zeche Carl
9/05 Offenbach, German Hafenbahn
9/06 Hengelo, Holland Metropool
9/07 Zaandam, Holland Kade
9/08 Helmond, Holland Plato
9/09 Rotterdamn, Holland Baroeg
9/10 Hamburg, Germany Markthale
9/11 Berlin, Germany Razzle Dazzle
9/12 Warsow, Poland Proxima
9/13 Praha, Czech Republic Futurum
9/14 Zwickau, Germany Alarm
9/15 Vienna, Austria Arena
9/16 Bresso, Italy Idian's Saloon
VADER
6/28 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
6/29 Fayetteville, AR Clunk Music Hall
6/30 St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl
7/01 Aurora, IL Rileys
7/03 Bowling Green, OH Howards Club H
7/04 Columbus, OH Whiskey Pete's
7/05 Detroit, MI The Shelter
7/07 Toronto, ONT Kathedral Room
7/08 Montreal, QUE Salle L'X
7/10 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
7/11 Albany, NY Valentines
7/12 Randolph, NJ Obsessions
7/13 Worcester, MA Palladium
7/14 Brooklyn, NY Lamour
7/15 Springfield, VA Jaxx
7/18 Winston-Salem, NC Ziggy's
7/19 Birmingham, AL Boiler Room
7/20 Tallahassee, FL Cow Haus
7/21 Tampa, FL Brass Mug (Tent Show)
7/24 Houston, TX The Engine Room
7/25 Arlington, TX Dreamworld
7/28 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
7/29 San Francisco, CA The Pound
IMMOLATION and Krisiun (* Immolation only)
8/03 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance *
8/04 Jackson Heights, NY Castle Heights *
8/05 Syracuse, NY Planet 505 *
8/06 Boston, MA Bill's Bar and Lounge *
8/07 Randolph, NJ Obsessions *
8/09 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre *
8/10 Detroit, MI I-Rock *
8/11 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Auditorium
8/12 St Paul, MN The Lab
8/13 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
8/14 Colorado Springs, CO Colorado Music Hall
8/16 West Hollywood, CA The Whiskey A Go-Go
8/17 Tempe, AZ Boston's Night Club
8/19 Austin, TX The Backroom
8/21 Tampa, FL The Brass Mug
8/22 Ft Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
8/23 Spartanburg, SC Ground Zero
8/24 Richmond, VA Twisters
8/25 Norfolk, VA Taj Mahal
8/26 West Springfield, VA Jaxx
8/27 New York, NY Wetlands
FLOTSAM & JETSAM
7/28 West Hollywood, CA Troubadour
9/28 Dallas, TX Canyon Club
9/29 Austin, TX The Metro
10/02 Tampa, FL Brass Mug
10/06 Richmond, VA Canal Club
10/13 Lorain, OH Flying Machine
10/14 Aurora, IL Riley's
10/20 Tucson, AZ The Rock
11/02 Reseda, CA Paladino's
SPOCK'S BEARD
7/15 Detroit, MI The Magic Bag
7/16 Toronto, ONT tba
7/17 Montreal, QUE tba
7/18 Quebec City, QUE Le Dagobert
7/20 Boston, MA House Of Blues
7/21 W. Springfield, VA Jaxx
7/22 Philadelphia, PA North Star Bar
7/23 New York, NY The Bottom Line
7/25 Lansing, IL JJ Kelly's
7/26 Milwaukee, WI Shank Hall
7/29 Las Vegas, NV Legends
7/30 Los Angeles, CA tba
7/31 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
8/01 San Diego, CA Cane's
DAVE BROCKIE EXPERIENCE
8/30 Charlotte, NC Fat City
9/01 Atlanta, GA Star Bar
9/05 New Orleans, LA Dixie Taverne
9/06 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's
9/11 Tempe, AZ Big Fish Pub
9/30 Cincinnati, OH Top Cat's
10/01 Muncie, IN Fraction's
10/02 Cleveland, OH Blind Lemon
10/05 Worcester, MA Lucky Dog
LIZZY BORDEN
7/06 Hollywood, CA House of Blues
7/12 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
7/13 San Francisco, CA Maritime Hall Ballroom
7/14 Santa Cruz, CA Palookaville, Santa Cruz
JACOBS DREAM
7/28 Columbus OH Park Metal Festival