Texas heavy rockers sign with UMe/T-Boy
Drowning Pool will release their forthcoming new studio album, Strike A Nerve, on UMe/T-Boy. This is Drowning Pool’s sixth studio album and third with frontman Jasen Moreno. Further album details are forthcoming.
“I’m so grateful for such a big opportunity and proud of everyone’s hard work that afforded us this chance,” says Moreno. “It’s been such a flood of emotions since we started recording this album and talking to Universal. It almost didn’t seem real when everything was put on pause because of Covid. I’m so eager for people to hear the new record and get out there and perform it live. I’m very excited and I welcome the pressure of the moment, but what I feel most is gratitude and anticipation for what the future holds.”
The album and deal were completed prior to the pandemic that put the music industry on hold in March 2020, giving the band the rare opportunity to live with a finished album for more than a year and a half before they could make plans for its release.
“I don’t want to be one of those guys who spouts off about Strike A Nerve being the greatest record we’ve ever made, but I’m looking forward to letting everyone who hears it have that debate,” says bassist Stevie Benton. “What I will say is that we put every bit of our heart and soul into these songs and hope everyone digs the album as much as we do.”
A first glimpse at the album was offered to fans on the Shiprocked cruise where the band unveiled the title track and “Hate Against Hate” live during a January 2022 headlining set. A new track will be added to the band’s setlist with the band’s return to the road in March when they embark on their Brothers In Arms Tour along with longtime friends Ill Niño and (Hed) PE.
The tour comes on the heels of the 20th anniversary of Drowning Pool’s Sinner debut, which saw the album released on vinyl for the first time. The LP release included a standard black vinyl version, a limited number of turquoise vinyl available exclusively through Revolver Magazine, and a forthcoming limited edition run of 666 copies on blood-red vinyl to be available exclusively through the band.
Founding members CJ Pierce, Stevie Benton and Mike Luce have played together for an uninterrupted 25 years, with Moreno joining the band in 2012. The singer’s 2013 debut, Resilience, was recently RIAA-certified gold, further cementing the band’s presence as a pioneer of the nu-metal movement and one of the new millennium’s premier hard rock/heavy metal crossovers.
Fueled by the hit singles “Bodies,” “Tear Away” and title track “Sinner,” the band’s 2001 debut is currently RIAA-certified platinum and closing in on 2x platinum status. With a platinum album and two gold records already on their résumé , Drowning Pool are looking to the future with the new release.
