Rockfreaks.net

Keyboardist Derek Sherinian (ex-Dream Theater, Yngwie Malmsteen) will release his fifth solo album, Blood of the Snake, on July 27 in Europe and August 1 in North America via >InsideOut Music. The CD includes guest appearances by Slash (Velvet Revolver, ex-Guns N' Roses), Billy Idol, Yngwie Malmsteen, Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne), John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Steve Lukather (Toto), Simon Phillips (Toto, The Who, Judas Priest), Tony Franklin (The Firm, Blue Murder) and Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, ex-Ozzy Osbourne).