GODS, a project featuring former Zao drummer Jesse Smith, has signed with Hand Of Hope Records.  The band will be recording their debut full-length, which is expected to be released early in 2005, with Andreas Magnusson (Scarlet).  GODS will also self-release a five-song, self-titled EP later this month.  Hand Of Hope Records has posted an mp3 of "The World In Your Arms," which you can download by clicking here.  Lastly, GODS has some September tour dates.  They are as follows:

9/4 Canton OH @ Fallen Eyes
9/12 Owego NY @ Tioga Trails Cafe
9/13 Annapolis MD @ RTBC
9/15 Charlotte NC @ Avondale Presbyterian Church w/ Seneca
9/18 Birmingham AL @ The Shma w/ Athena In Hades, Under Bleeding Stars, To Die With Honor
9/20 Fayetteville AR @ The Music Hall
9/21 Springfield MO @ The Rockwell
9/23 Houston TX @ Walters on Washington