Hollywood rockers SPIDERS & SNAKES will be releasing their ninth studio album worldwide on May 27th on the Sansei Records label. Entitled Year Of The Snake, the album features guest appearances by Billy Sherwood (YES, CIRCA), Angelo Moore (FISHBONE), Rik Fox (WASP, STEELER), Ryo Okumoto (PHIL COLLINS, ARETHA FRANKLIN, SPOCK'S BEARD), Betsy Weiss (BITCH) amongst others.

Year Of The Snake is the first Spiders & Snakes studio album release since 2008's Melodrama on the Corporate Punishment label (distributed by E1 Entertainment) and features all four band members sharing lead vocal and song-writing duties. The multiple lead vocalists lend the disc a depth that separates it stylistically from previous efforts, which mainly featured Spiders & Snakes co-founder Lizzie Grey on lead vocals. The new album was recorded in the Chinese calendar "Year of The Snake" (2013-2014) at Steady Studios in Burbank, California with engineer Gavin Ross at the helm - just short of the band's upcoming 25 year anniversary.

Says Lizzie Grey - who co-founded the band with drummer and vocalist Tim Yasui - "We're simply not has-beens since we never officially became mainstream." Continues Grey "I realized that if you stick around long enough you eventually become somewhat relevant again"

Year Of The Snake will be released on Digital Download, CD and Vinyl formats and a 25th Anniversary tour is in the works. Spiders & Snakes will be appearing live at Paladinos, 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana, CA on Friday, April 11th, 2014 for the annual Rockers Against Trafficking benefit featuring performances by HELMET, Dave Lombardo of SLAYER, Robert DeLeo from STONE TEMPLE PILOTS and members of W.A.S.P., QUIET RIOT and many more.

Year Of The Snake tracklisting:

‘Don’t Step Outta Line’ (featuring Angelo Moore from Fishbone)

‘Crazy’

‘Too Angry’ (featuring Angelo Moore)

‘Kawasaki City’ (featuring Ryo Okumoto from Spock’s Beard, Betsy Weiss from Bitch)

‘Neutron Baby’

‘Drive Me Crazy’

‘Over & Over Again’

‘Hey You’

‘Hello’

‘Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore’ (featuring Rik Fox from W.A.S.P/Steeler, Betsy Weiss)

‘Digital Church’ (featuring Billy Sherwood from Yes/Circa)

Single ‘Too Angry’: