Back in March, Full Devil Jacket released their first full length album in over a decade. Entitled Valley Of Bones, the band is hitting the road in support of it, confirmed dates are as listed:

August
29 – Memphis, TN - International Raceway ThrottleFest

September
9 - Waterloo, IA - Spicoli's Grill
10 - Dubuque, IA - Eronel
11 - Eau Claire, WI - Hipps Pub
12 - Onalaska, WI - Onalaska America
13 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
15 - St. Louis, MO - Firebird
16 - Lansing, MI - The Loft
17 - Toledo, OH - Frankie's Inner City
18 - Westland, MI - The Token Lounge
19 - Jackson, MI - The Foundry

The band recently debuted a video for their first single and title track from Valley Of Bones. "We cut all the footage for 'Valley Of Bones' in one day in a little town on the outskirts of our hometown of Jackson, TN. The video director Rob Nielson at Wired Films did a great job of putting the images together. He combined my artwork with live footage. He did a fantastic job," says vocalist Josh Brown.

When asked what went into the new effort, Josh Brown offers, “When we write music, we only write it if it’s real. I only sing it if I believe in it. I only write it if I’ve experienced it. When I listen to some rock n’ roll music today, I hear the same important sounding words as the bands I grew up listening to, but I don’t hear any conviction. Everything I write about, I’ve lived.”

Brown’s heroin overdose ended the Full Devil Jacket fans had come to know and love through hit singles like “Where Did You Go?” and “Now You Know” in 2002. FDJ was first discovered by producer Malcolm Springer (Matchbox 20, Collective Soul) then signed to Island/Def Jam under the watchful eye of Tom Zutaut, the A&R legend best known for his work with Motley Crue and signing Guns N’ Roses to Geffen.

Brown returned refreshed, reinvigorated and renewed as singer/songwriter for Day Of Fire, touring and playing shows with Sevendust, Papa Roach, Saving Able, Cold, Nonpoint as well as co-writing (and touring) with Daughtry. The band’s debut album was nominated for a Grammy and won Album Of The Year at the GMA Dove Awards in 2005, where the group was also nominated for New Artist Of The Year and Rock Song Of The Year. But after three successful records, Day Of Fire went on indefinite hiatus in 2010.

The gritty sludge of Down is a great reference point for Valley Of Bones, as well as the dark melody of the mighty Alice In Chains and modern rock accessibility of Stone Sour. There’s even some old school, throbbing hard rock grit and grime, particularly in songs like “Picturebox Voodoo,” a scathing indictment of the mainstream media and a pop culture that obscures designs toward the apocalypse. Full Devil Jacket is a band that had the world at their fingertips, lost it all, and now rises again.

“If I can share with people my struggle and my mistakes and tell them there is hope,” says Brown, “even when we stumble, we rise again. That’s what it’s all about.”

Tracklisting:

"Killers"
"Valley Of Bones"
"7X Down"
"The Moment"
"We Got The Love"
"What If I Say"
"Blood Of The Innocent"
"Picturebox Voodoo"
"Paper Crown"
"August"