FLOTSAM AND JETSAM – Drum Tracking With JASON BITTNER; Video

Veteran Phoenix thrashers, Flotsam And Jetsam, recently announced the addition of drummer Jason Bittner of Shadows Fall, to take over for Kelly Smith, who left to focus on family matters.

Flotsam And Jetsam began tracking their new album on March 13th, with Bittner wrapping the drum tracking on March 16th. Check out footage from Jason’s tracking sessions below:

The band have announced the first wave of confirmed club and festival dates for their upcoming 2015 European tour, scheduled to start in May and run through August. This tour will mark the bands’ return to Europe, coming off the heels of 2013’s Ugly Noise and last year’s re-recording of the band’s 1988 classic No Place For Disgrace, which brought the band extensively through the US and Europe during 2013-2014.

Tour dates:

May
8 – Club Red – Mesa, AZ (AZ Metalfest)
13 – Metropolis Live – Patras, Greece
14 – AN Club – Athens, Greece
15 – Eightball Live – Thessaloniki, Greece
16 – Polyxwros Agora – Ioannina, Greece
18 – Underworld – London, England
19 – Queens Hall – Nuneaton, England
20 – Stereo – Glasgow, Scotland
22 – Rockhard Festival – Gelsenkirchen, Germany
24 – Biebob – Vosselaar, Belgium
25 – Backstage – Munchen, Germany
27 – Modra Vopice – Prague, Czech Republic
28 – Viper Room – Vienna, Austria
31 – PMK – Innsbruck, Austria

June
5 – Hypothalamus – Rheine, Germany
6 – Fortarock – Nijmegen, Netherlands

July
8 – Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY
9 – The Chance Theater – Poughkeepsie, NY
10 – Maximum Capacity – Chicopee, MA
11 – City Limits – Waterbury, CT (Axefest 2015)
12 – Blackthorn 51 – Queens, NY
17 – Bang Your Head Festival – Balingen, Germany
24 – Headbangers Open Air – Brande-Hornerkirchen, Germany
27 – Revolver – Oslo, Norway (with Death Angel)
28 – Sticky Fingers – Gothenburg, Sweden (with Death Angel)
29 – Debaser Medis – Stockholm, Sweden (with Death Angel)