Source: Blabbermouth.net

Veteran Arizona-based metallers FLOTSAM AND JETSAM will play a special concert at the Keep It True XVII festival, set to take place April 25-26, 2014 at Tauberfrankenhalle in Lauda-Königshofen, Germany. The band’s set will consists of songs only from their first two classics — “Doomsday For The Deceiver” (1986) and “No Place For Disgrace” (1988).

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM‘s lineup for Keep It True XVII will consist of four of five original members — Eric “A.K.” Knutson (vocals), Kelly Smith (drums), Ed Carlson (guitar) and Michael Gilbert (vocals). Playing bass at the show will be Michael Spencer, who replaced Jason Newsted in 1987 and did the first European tours with the band.

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM recently returned to Metal Blade Records to release their new album, “Ugly Noise”.

“Ugly Noise” is FLOTSAM AND JETSAM‘s eleventh full-length album, their first release on Metal Blade since 2001, and the follow-up to their 2010 album “The Cold”. The record also heralds the return of original members Michael Gilbert on guitar and Kelly David Smith, who hadn’t recorded with FLOTSAM AND JETSAM since “High” in 1997.

Funding for the new FLOTSAM AND JETSAM album was aided by the PledgeMusic.com project, which encourages fans to contribute funds to the recording of albums and the artists themselves to donate to charity as a part of their fundraising.