For all of last year’s much-hyped reunions one that flew under the radar is the rejoining of guitarist Marcos Curiel with his San Diego brothers P.O.D. Don’t expect it to go unnoticed in 2008, as the line-up that took P.O.D. to multiple platinum successes with 1999’s The Fundamental Elements of Southtown and 2001’s triple-platinum Satellite, which featured the hit singles “Youth of a Nation,” “Alive,” “Boom,” and the title track, is back to reclaim their place atop the rock scene with their Columbia Records debut, 'When Angels and Serpents Dance.'

“Our fans are excited and we’re having a lot of fun,” front man Sonny says. “After four years Marcos is back in the band, we’ve got new music. Things are exciting. When the four of us are in a room making music it’s definitely right and Marcos has a distinctive sound, it definitely sounds like him and he brings that passion for music into the band.”

The quartet’s renewed vigor is evident throughout 'When Angels and Serpents Dance,' from the searing guitar line that kicks off the in your face hard rocker “Addicted” to the monumental, “End Of The World” complete a gospel choir, to the album’s most ferocious track, the savage “Like Old Times,” the first song written by the reunited incarnation of the quartet. “I think the first riff [Marcos] showed us, the working title was called “Seems Like Old Times,’” Sonny says of the song. “He started writing a riff and the only way we could remember it being it was our first riff together was to call it ‘Seems Like Old Times.’”

Indeed, 'When Angels and Serpents Dance' is the sound of a rejuvenated band, the P.O.D. you know and love doing it the only way they know how, passionate, aggressive, and with a message for our times. This is P.O.D. in 2008.

Don’t forget - fans who pre-order the album will receive an “All Access Warrior Pass”, comprised of a four day virtual event: a meet-and-greet, backstage pass, plus a live performance from P.O.D.’s home turf of San Diego on April 7. P.O.D. will also begin a national Hard Rock Café tour TOMORROW, March 25; full tour dates are listed below.

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