Slaves On Dope Are Back

I bet you thought this whole nu-metal revival thing couldn't get any worse, right? We've already got new albums from Korn and Limp Bizkit coming down the pipeline and Creed put a new disc out last year.

Montreal's Slaves On Dope are the latest nu-metallers to be back in action. The band plan to release Over The Influence, their first album since 2003's Metafour, later this year.

The disc will feature guest appearance from The Agonist's Alissa White-Gluz, and The Agonist tubthumper Simon McKay will also play drums on the album. It doesn't have a definite release date yet.

Slaves On Dope played their first gig in six years on Friday (Feb. 5) night at Montreal's Cafe Chaos with fellow Montrealers The Catalyst and WarCall. You can watch that performance here.

Slaves On Dope formed in 1994 and originally included vocalist Jason Rockman, guitarist Kevin Jardine, bassist Frank Salvaggio and drummer Rob Urbani. They released five albums before splitting up in 2004 when Rockman left the band. Their 2000 Inches From The Mainline album saw them break out in the United States, selling 70,000 copies in that country.

Jardine has since become a producer and also formed a band called The Monarchy.