Chicago, Illinois-based heavy rock band
SOIL has entered
Groovemaster Recording studios in the group's hometown with
Grammy-nominated producer
Johnny K (
DISTURBED,
3 DOORS DOWN,
STAIND,
FINGER ELEVEN) to begin recording its new album, to be released via
Driven Music Group, the Phoenix, Arizona-based music label and entertainment company created by former
KORN guitarist
Brian "Head" Welch.
SOIL's fifth studio album and the third CD
Johnny K has produced for the band (alongside
"Scars" and
"Redefine"), the effort is currently untitled and is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2009 release. According to the band, the new album will be its "most unique and diverse to date."
Check out photos from the recording studio at
link textthis location.
Fan-filmed video footage of
SOIL performing a new song called
"Like It Is" on July 2, 2008 at the Trocadero in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania can be viewed below (clip uploaded by
YouTube user
"energizerbunny82").
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).

Band photo below by
Stephen Jensen