For Texas modern rockers Drowning Pool, Full Circle, their third album, and first for Eleven Seven Music/ADA, represents a chance to continue to build on their success, with a new lead singer in old friend Ryan McCombs, a new label and new management, but the same fiery commitment to their music and one another.

Marking one of the new album's fateful coincidences is the fact that ex-SOiL vocalist Ryan McCombs made his live debut in Dallas with the band at Ozzfest in August of 2005. It was almost three years to the day since he joined Drowning Pool's guitarist C.J. Pierce, bassist Stevie Benton and drummer Mike Luce on-stage in Indianapolis at Ozzfest 2002 to sing "Bodies" with the late Dave Williams, who would pass away from a rare heart disease just a day later.

"There's never been a point when we thought about stopping," says C.J., who moved to Dallas in the mid-‘90s to form Drowning Pool with Luce, Benton and Williams when they were all still in high school. "Everything we've gone through has just brought us closer."

McCombs had completely walked away from music before joining the band. He had been frustrated with the music industry, but most importantly he wanted to spend time with his family. With the persistence of the three remaining members along with the support of his wife, Ryan joined the band in June 2005.

Drowning Pool feels the addition of McCombs has made them whole again, a family. It was something the band's fans, and the band itself had been clamoring for since Williams' death. With the odds stacked up against them, Drowning Pool has proven that they are here to stay.

"The fans knew this was going to happen before we had a clue," says C.J. "We just didn't have that family vibe with our last lead singer. And now we've got that again with Ryan. For us, this is it. This is Drowning Pool."

Full Circle is a third album that fulfills the expectations of the first two. It promises to reward the band's existing core fan base while continuing to evolve and attract new ones.