Source: Blabbermouth.net
A one-and-a-half-minute video clip introducing HELLYEAH‘s new bassist, Kyle Sanders (former member of BLOODSIMPLE and the brother of MASTODON‘s Troy Sanders), can be seen below.
HELLYEAH drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott spoke with RockNLive.org about the band’s recent dismissal of bassist Bob “Zilla” Kakaha and guitarist Greg Tribbett, the recruitment of Sanders and the recording of its fourth album, “Blood For Blood”. On the lineup change, Abbott said, “We wanted to make sure that we brought somebody in that was a ‘bro,’ somebody that we felt comfortable with. We didn’t wanna go through an audition process and bring a whole bunch of different people in that we had no idea, anything about their character or dynamic or what they were all about. And Kyle… was the first guy that came to our mind.”
Abbott also revealed that the band will bring in a touring guitarist, hinting, “We haven’t announced who that is yet, but I can tell you he’s a hell of a guitar player.”
Abbott said that HELLYEAH is “gonna be stronger than ever” as a result of the changes, adding, “There’s nothing like having some fresh blood out on the road with you.”
“Blood For Blood” will be released on June 10 via Eleven Seven Music. The CD was helmed by producer Kevin Churko at his The Hideout Recording Studio in Las Vegas, Nevada. Churko is the Canadian musician, sound engineer, songwriter and record producer who has previously worked with OZZY OSBOURNE, FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH and IN THIS MOMENT, among other acts.
A press release describes “Blood For Blood” as a “welcome return to form” for the band, adding that it “sounds like a recharged HELLYEAH, taken up many notches.”
“Blood For Blood” track listing:
01. Sangre Por Sangre (Blood For Blood)
02. Demons In The Dirt
03. Soul Killer
04. Moth
05. Cross To Bier (Cradle Of Bones)
06. DMF
07. Gift
08. Hush
09. Say When
10. Black December
HELLYEAH filmed a video for the song “Sangre Por Sangre (Blood For Blood)” with director Robert Sexton (SOULFLY, DEATH ANGEL, THE DWARVES, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, AMEN, MONDO GENERATOR, GENÖCIDE) in Hollywood, California. The track is the first single from “Blood For Blood”. “Sangre Por Sangre (Blood For Blood)” will hit rock radio in April.
HELLYEAH will hit the road this spring, starting with several festival slots in April and May.
HELLYEAH was formed in 2006 by NOTHINGFACE guitarist Tom Maxwell and bassist Jerry Montano, MUDVAYNE singer Chad Gray and guitarist Greg Tribbett, and former PANTERA and DAMAGEPLAN drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott.
Montano left a week after the release of the band’s self-titled debut album in 2007 and was replaced by Bob “Zilla” Kakaha, who had played with Abbott in DAMAGEPLAN.
HELLYEAH‘s other albums include 2009’s “Stampede” and 2011’s “Band Of Brothers”.
MUDVAYNE has not released an album since 2009 while Gray and Tribbett have been working with HELLYEAH.
