Tooth & Nail/Solid State Ink with RED

TOOTH NAILS A DEAL: Seattle-based indie labels Tooth & Nail Records and Solid State Records have entered into a new deal with RED Distribution. The first new release through RED will be the third studio album from The Almost, Fear Inside Our Bones, out June 11 on Tooth & Nail. "We are very excited to be working with Brandon Ebel, the entire Tooth & Nail/Solid State team and their great roster of acts on the next chapter of the labels' successful 20-year run," says God-fearing RED President Bob Morelli. "This addition strengthens RED's already storied hard rock music business." RED's radio promotion team and 'stache media marketing division will also be engaged with the labels, starting with the new single from Love & Death, the band formed by Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, in conjunction with the summer reissue of Between Here & Lost. Additional new releases include August Burns Red (just announced as the Vans Warped Tour 2013 headliner), the Letter Black, Icon for Hire (presently in the studio working on the sophomore follow-up to Scripted, which had the biggest first-week sales in the label's history) and Solid State's Emery. (4/16p)