WOLFSBANE / ex-IRON MAIDEN vocalist BLAZE BAYLEY has announced that guitarist Andrea Neri will be joining him on the upcoming King Of Metal tour.

Footage of Neri performing with Bayley in Rome last year can be seen below:

Bayley has confirmed a live show, on April 2nd, 2012, at Graffiti Club in Lublin, Poland.

A quick update from Blaze states: "I'm actually in a real recording studio in Holland right now, getting ready to record a couple of acoustic versions of my songs! Yay!"

Bayley recently posted a lengthy message via his official website. An excerpt follows:

Work has now started on my new album. With luck it should be ready at the start of my tour on March 8th, 2012 in Belgium. The new album and the tour are called The King Of Metal.

Over the many years i have been a professional singer, and through my ups and downs, I have noticed how some artists and bands take their success and their fans for granted. For me there is no heavy metal without heavy metal fans. I am dedicating the new album and tour to my fans and the fans of heavy metal.

It is called The King Of Metal because you the fans are the real kings of metal. Each one of you that buys albums and merchandise and tickets to gigs, is a king of metal to me. I will try and keep the ticket prices as low as I can where ever it is possible on this tour."

Read the full message at this location.

Blaze is featured in a recent video interview with Rock Scarz, conducted in Chicago, IL on his US solo tour. Check it out below:

As previously reported, Wolfsbane revealed the following tracklisting to their forthcoming reunion album entitled Wolfsbane Saves The World, due out in January:

'Blue Sky'

'Teacher'

Buy My Pain'

'Starlight'

'Smoke And Red Light'

'Illusion Of Love'

'Live Before I Die'

'Who Are You Now'

'Everybody's Looking For Something Baby'

'Child Of The Sun'

'Did It For The Money'

About the new album guitarist Jase Edwards recently posted on Facebook: "Finally unveiled!! Its a suitably modest title... self-effacing, not too ambitious! But the world does need saving and we are gonna start doing it with the help of our fantastic Howling Mad Shitheads. So spread the word and lets get this record out there to the people who NEED to hear it! They dont know they need to hear it but they do!! So we can infect and affect the unknowing masses with our Howlingmad optimism and who gives a fuckery! You can order it now! And it'll be in the post to you as soon as it arrives back from the manufacturers. I can't wait to hold the actual CD in my hand. Love that bit! Its been a real journey but this is just the start of a new chapter of S'bane."

Wolfsbane also feature bassist Jeff Hateley and drummer Steve Danger. For more info visit Wolfsbanehms.com.