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Facedown Records have signed HANDS. (12/22)
A Hope For Home have signed with Strike First Records. (12/4)
Believer have signed to Metal Blade Records (Lambgoat.com) (11/22)
It appears that The Chariot will be releasing 'Wars And Rumors of Wars" on May 5 of 2009. (11/22)
Gwen Stacy has lost yet another vocalist. Bobby has stepped down from his role in Gwen Stacy. Oceana vocalist, Keith, will be filling in on their next tour. (11/22)
,br>Solid State Records has signed The Ascendicate (bandsonfire.com) (11/15)
Oh, Sleeper drummer, Ryan Conley, has left the band. (11/15)
Life In Your Way will be reuniting to play a show in Connecticut on December 20th. I, personally, hope this mean they are not done making music. (11/7)
Inked In Blood have called it quits. You can read more about it on their myspace page. (11/7)
Below is The Famine's video for "Consume, Devour, Repeat"
.. Famine - New Music - More Music Videos (11/6)
BlessTheFall have posted a new song on their myspace page called "We'll Sleep When We're Dead"> (11/1)
Earth From Above have signed with Strike First Records. (11/1)
Becoming The Archetype have posted a new song called "Artificial Immortality" on their myspace page. It's off their album called "Dichotomy" due out November 25th. (10/29)
Haste The Day's new album called "Dreamer" sold 7,700 copies in the first week and debuts at number 68 on the Billboard sales chart. (10/23)
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster's new video for "The Day Hell Broke Loose at Sicard Hollow" is now posted here (10/23)
Becoming The Archetype have posted a new song on their myspace page called "Dichotomy" featuring Ryan Clark of Demon Hunter. Becoming The Archetype's new album comeso ut November 25th as does Demon Hunter's live collection called "45 Days". (10/21)
Soul Embraced have posted the following update: "Hello everyone this is Rocky. I wanted to let everyone know about some changes going on in the Soul Embraced camp. I want to dedicate my guitar playing to Living Sacrifice and make our new record the best record we’ve ever done. To do that I need to focus on LS and LS alone as far as my guitar playing goes. I wanted to end my guitar playing for SE on a high note, like a boxer retiring as a champion and I believe I’m doing just that because to me Immune and Dead Alive are highlights in this area of my carreer and I’m very proud of everything we accomplished. Lance Garvin will be dedicating all of his efforts to Living Sacrifice as well so in his place I will be playing drums for Soul Embraced so Chad, Devin and Jeff can continue on and start working on a new record. Soul Embraced is NOT breaking up, just changing. It may be the final chapter for Lance and I in one way but in another way it is the first page of a brand new book. I’m excited to see what happens. To be continued… BOOM! - Rock, Chad, Lance, Devin and Jeff" (10/15)
Below is Norma Jean's video for "Robots 3, Humans 0"
Robots 3 Humans 0
(10/12)
Below is War of Ages new video for "Through The Flames"
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(10/12)
According to IndieVisionMusic As Cities Burn are rumored to have broken up, but they plan on releasing one more album. (10/12)
MyChildren MyBride have decided to let guitarist Kyle Ray go. They appear to be on good terms as you can read in the blog section of their myspace page. (10/12)
Means have decided to call is quits. (9/26)
BlessTheFall have announced that their new vocalist is Beau Bokan, formerly of Take The Crown. Check out "To Hell And Back here with the new vocalist. (9/25)
Tim Lambesis will be co-producing the next Zao album (Blabbermouth.net) (9/22)
Before Their Eyes have posted a couple new songs. Their new album “Until the Dawn of My Death†is due out on October 28th. (9/22)
Zack and Andy have lest Take It Back! Nick will now be the lead singer. They are now looking for a bassist and guitarist. (indievisionmusic) (9/22)
Here are some chart postition os FMQB.com's metal radio chart;
#5 Norma Jean - The Anti Mother #14 Austrian Death Machine - Total Brutal #21 The Showdown - Back Breaker #26 Underoath - Lost In The Sound of Separation #41 Agraceful - The Great I Am
(9/17)
Below is the tracklist for Demon Hunter's upcoming live CD/DVD called "45 Days"
01. Storm The Gates Of Hell
02. Lead Us Home
03. Ribcage
04. I Am You
05. Carry Me Down
06. Fading Away
07. Soldier’s Song
08. Follow The Wolves
09. Undying
10. Infected
11. Sixteen
12. Heartstrings
13. The Flame That Guides Us Home/ Not I
14. Not Ready To Die
(9/17)
Corpus Christi have signed with Victory Records. (9/17)
Watch Norma Jean making the video for "Robots 3, Humans 0" here (9/17)
On November 25th Demon Hunter will release "45 Days". It's a 3 disc set featuring a documentary a concert from Nashville, TN. and a CD with original music. (indievisionmusic) (9/16)
The Showdown are shooting a music video for the song "Back Breaker". (8/13)
Underoath debuted at number 8 on The Billboard 200 sales chart with 56,000 albums sold in it's first week! (8/13)
Check out the cover art for Haste The Day's upcoming album called "Dreamer" on their myspace page. They will be posting a new song called "Haunting" at midnight tonight. (9/5)
Becoming The Archetype will be releasing a new album called "Dichotomy" on November 25th. The tracklist is below: 1. Mountain of Souls
2. Dichotomy
3. Artificial Immortality
4. Self Existent
5. St. Anne’s Lullaby (instrumental)
6. Ransom
7. Evil Unseen
8. How Great Thou Art - (adaptation)
9. Deep Heaven
10. End of the Age
(BandsOnFire) (9/9)
Call To Preserve have posted a new song called “Hope for the Fallenâ€. It's off their album due out September 30th called “From Isolationâ€. (9/9)
Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster have begun writing for their next album. They will enter the studio in December and hope to have the album out by next summer. (Jesusfreakhideout) (9/4)
Trenches have posted a new song called "Pathways" on their myspace page. It's from their upcoming album called "The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole" due out on September 16th. (9/3)Underoath's new alum called "Lost In The Sound of Separation" is now in stores! (9/2)
Looks like there going to be an issue that will prevent the shipping of Underoath's Deluxe Box Set of "Lost In The Sound Of Separation". The band posted this message: "Unfortunately, due to issues beyond Underoath’s control, there has been a manufacturing delay in the production of the deluxe box and they will be shipped later than we were told by T&N and their manufacturer. We are angry and upset that this is happening to our fans especially considering how much money everyone spent to buy it! It looks like it will be as long as 4 weeks until we all get our copies.I know this doesn’t replace the box but we asked Tooth & Nail to create a system to send a digital copy of the record to everyone that pre ordered it. If you pre orderd the record from Interpunk, Zambooie, Smartpunk or Underoathmerch you will get an e mail Monday AM with a link to download the record immediately, 1 day before its available to the general public. We know that’s not the greatest short term replacement but at least you get the record a day before everyone else. If you pre orderd from Amazon or any other company we’re still not sure what is happening but were trying to get you digital copies as well.Thank you for your patience. In the meantime, please enjoy the digital version of “Lost In The Sound Of Separation.†Many hours went into the conceptualization and design of the Deluxe Limited Edition Boxset, so we assure you that it will be well worth the wait. We will ship your copy just as soon as they are available." (9/1)
Blessed By A Broken Heart have posted a new song called "Carry On" on their myspace page. It's from their album called "Pedal To The Medal" due out tomorrow. (9/1)
Below is Underoath's new video for "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures"
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The Devil Wears Prada will be re-releasing their album "Plagues" on Oct. 28. More details to come soon, I'm sure. (8/28)
Underoath's new album called "Lost In The Sound Of Separation" is now streaming on their myspace page. (8/29)
Check out this new band called Year One . The band features current and former members of the bands All In, As I Lay Dying, and Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster. (8/28)
The Showdown's new album "Back Breaker" sold 3,200 copies in the first week. They debut at number 11 on the Billboard Heatseeker's chart. (8/28)
Underoath have posted a new song called "The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed" on their myspace page. It's from their album called "Lost In The Sound Of Separation" due out September 2nd. Stop by any Hot Topic store tomorrow, 8/22 at 7pm to hear the new album. (8/21)
Below is AUstrian Death Machine's video for "Get To The Choppa"
(8/20)
The track list for Haste The Day's upcoming album called "Dreamer" is below. The album comes out on October 14th.
01. 68
02. Mad Man
03. Haunting
04. Resolve
05. An Adult Tree
06. Babylon
07. Invoke Reform
08. Sons Of The Fallen Nation
09. Labyrinth
10. Porcelain
11. Autumn
(8/17)
The Showdown have posted a new song called "Prometheus - The Fires of Deliverance" on their myspace page. It's from their album called "Back Breaker" due out August 19th. (8/15)
The track list to Trenches album called "The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole" is below. The album comes out on September 16th.
1 Calling
2 Eyes Open
3 Sacrament
4 Trip The Landmine
5 Pathways
6 Bittersweet
7 Call It Correct
8 End
9 Ocean Currents
10 Cornered
(8/14)
Below is Inhale Exhale's video for "It's Myself Vs. Being A Man"
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Wrench In The Works video for "Dust Over Time Test" can be seen below.
Wrench In the Works - Dust Over Time Test
(8/14)
Norma Jean's album called "The Anti Mother" debuts at number 29 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart with 16,000 sold in the first week. (8/13)
August Burns Red's video for the song "Back Burner" is below
Back Burner
(8/13)
You will be able to purchase a new Haste The Day song from Itunes on September 2nd. The song is called "Madman" and comes from their album called "Dreamer" due out October 14th. (8/13)
Inhale Exhale will be premiering their video for "It’s Myself Vs. Being A Man" on August 14th on Headbanger's Blog. It will make it's debut on Headbanger's Ball on August 16th. (8/13)
Here I Come Falling have called it quits. Check their myspace blog for more details. (8/12)
Blood & Ink Records have signed Venia. (8/12)
Torque Records have signed Until Eternity (8/12)
You can listen to Blessed By A Broken Hearts new album called "Pedal To The Medal" on their myspace page. It comes out on September 2nd. (8/8)
Underneath The Gun have signed to Ferret Records. (8/7)
Trenches have posted a new song called "End" on their myspace page (8/7)
Before Their Eyes will be releasing a new album called "The Dawn Of My Death" on October 28th. (8/6)
The Showdown have posted a new song on their myspace page called "Aries - I Am Vengeance". It's from their album called "Back Breaker" due out August 19th on Solid State Records. (8/6)
Wrench In The Works have posted a new song called "One Foot Out of Hell" on their myspace page. It's off their album called "Lost Art of Heaping Coal' due out August 19th on Facedown Records. (8/5)
Norma Jean's album "The Anti Mother" is now in stores and online. (8/5)
You can now stream Norma Jean's new album called "The Anti Mother" on their myspace page. (8/1)
Haste The Day have posted a new song called "68" on their myspace page. (8/1)
Below is Impending Doom's video for "My Nemesis"
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Buden of A Day vocalist, Kendall, has left the band. (7/31)
War of Ages new album called "Arise And Conquer" sold 2,600 copies in the first week. (7/30)
Austrian Death Machine's album called "Total Brutal" debuts on the Billboard 200 sales chart at number 179 with 3,700 copies sold in it's first week. The album is also number 3 on fmqb.com's metal radio airplay chart. (7/30)
Trenches are officially signed to Solid State Records. They've posted a new song called "Sacrament" on their myspace page. Their debut album will be called "The Tide Will Swallow Us Whole" and it will be out September 16th. (7/30)
You can watch the trailer for Norma Jean's upcoming album "The Anti Mother" here (7/30)
Norma Jean will be posting a new song called "And There Will Be A Swarm Of Hornets" at midnight tonight. (7/29)
Former With Blood Comes Cleansing vocalist Dean Atkinson has reformed his own band called When Tomorrow Doesn't Come. Check out their myspace page here (7/28)
Lyle Pashal is no longer in A Plea For Purging. (7/28)
No Wings To Speak Of are no longer on Blood & Ink Records. (7/28)
A Plea For Purging have posted a new demo called "Prevaricator" on their myspace page. (7/23)
Haste The Day will be posting a new song on myspace on August 1st. (7/22)
Underoath have posted a new song on their myspace page called “Desperate Times, Desperate Measuresâ€. (7/22)
The Showdown have posted a new song called "Hephaestus The Hammer Of The Gods" on their myspace page. (7/22)
New albums from War of Ages and Austrian Death Machine are in stores and online now. (7/22)
Austrian Death Machine's album called "Total Brutal" was the most added album at metal radio last week with 48 adds. It also debuts at number 37 on the metal radio charts. (source: fmqb.com) (7/20)
Oceana have announced that their new vocalist is Brennan Taulbee formerly of the band Commerica. (Source: Indie Vision Music) (7/20)
Jason Barnes is no longer a guitarist in Haste The Day. You can read about that here . In other news, they have announced that their new album will be called "Dreamer". (7/19)
Underoath will be posting their new single "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" on their myspace page monday at midnight. (7/16)
The latest Underoath press release is below
"As the final notes ring out on LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, it's clear that UNDEROATH--who've built their career on being both heavy and experimental--have delivered their most accomplished album to date. Succinct and resolute, there's no denying the power of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, due out September 2 on Tooth & Nail/Solid State as the follow-up to 2006's rapturously received and gold-certified Define The Great Line. Now headlining the Hot Topic stage of the Mayhem Tour, UNDEROATH perform daily from 6:25-7:00pm at the festival, joining hard music heavyweights Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastodon and Dragonforce, among others. During days off from the Mayhem tour, UNDEROATH will play a series of headlining dates with The Red Chord supporting. Next, in early September, UNDEROATH will headline an eight-city U.K. trek, to be followed by dates in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Australia. In October and November, look for UNDEROATH to return to the U.S. for a major headlining run--kicking off at Honolulu's Pipeline Café (3,000 cap) on October 4--before touring Central and South America. UNDEROATH--whose last three albums count combined sales in excess of one million copies--have worked diligently to reach this creative apex while building what may be the biggest metalcore following in the world. "Breathing In A New Mentality" launches the new record with an ingenious false start that gives way to innovative ferocity. "We wanted people to hear it and have a first impression like, 'Man they must've cut a lot of corners,'" says guitarist MCTAGUE of the disc-opener. "And then it kicks in and your entire car, blows up. We wanted to come out, blow them away. Just shut people up. And in doing that, we've made the beginning of the record very memorable." Beyond exceptional, it's a breathtaking brain-rattling affirmation that the six men of Tampa, FL-based UNDEROATH--lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRIS DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH--have taken a huge creative step forward. The group recently shot a video for the scathing "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" with director Walter Robot (Milosh "The City," Modest Mouse "Missed the Boat," The Pinkertones "Sexy Robot") in Los Angeles. Expect more news about the clip soon. By trusting their instincts, pushing their songcraft to the limit and meticulously perfecting it with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage) and Matt Goldman (Copeland, The Chariot), the band has soared to new artistic heights with LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION. "The Created Void" offers a melodic reprieve. "Naturally we are a heavy band and we want to put our best foot forward in that respect, MCTAGUE says. "I love 'The Created Void,' one of the most melodic songs we've ever done, the bottom line is everything sounds the way it does on the record because we agreed that's how it should sound, whether it's heavy or melodic." "We've had to work hard at being open-minded about our own art and let it flow naturally", MCTAGUE continues. "We love melodies, but our instincts usually go in the other direction." Defying the band's traditional approach, the uplifting "Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear" is a beautiful near ballad lighter destined to become a fan favorite. "I originally wrote the music without intending for it to be a quote-unquote accessible song," MCTAGUE says of the memorable soundscape. "It was a slow-paced, slowed- down jam-out song." With such a diverse musical display coupled with the input of six opinionated souls, the completion of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION--thanks in part to the skilled mixing of veteran David Bendeth--is an epic achievement. "We laboriously toiled over this record," GILLESPIE admits. "Even when we're in the studio, I don't think we are all ever totally happy. There is constant change and flux until we're done. We always push ourselves to make the best music imaginable." (7/16)
Underoath announced that they will be chatting on stickam this wednesday at 4 pm EST. (7/14)
Trenches will be releasing "The Tide Will Swollow Us Whole" on September 16th on Solid State Records according to indievisionmusic. It had also been reported that the album will be called "950 Times Per Second". (7/14)
You can hear a new track by Norma Jean called "Self Employed Chemist" on Altpress.com. (7/14)
War of Ages have posted a new song called "Sleep Of Prisoners". It's from their album called "Arise And Conquer" due out July 22nd. (7/14)
Wrench In The Works will be releasing their debut album on August 19th. It's going to be titled "The Lost Art of Heaping Coal". (7/12)
Check out The Devil Wears Prada's new video for HTML Rulez Dood below
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Underoath will be premiering a new track on the Madden 09 soundtrack. (7/9)
The Showdown have posted a new song called "Achilles - The Backbreaker" on their myspace page. It's from their upcoming album called "Backbreaker" due out August 19th. (7/9)
Soul Embraced are at number 33 on FMQB.com's metal radio chart for their album "Dead Alive" (7/3)
I Am Terrified's album will be available at their shows starting July 18th. No word on an official release date. (7/1)
Sever Your Ties have posted a new song on their myspace page called "Hand In Hand". It's from their album due out July 8th called "Safety In The Sea". (7/1)
Guitarist Alex Kenis has left Becoming The Archetype. He's being replaced by former guitarist Jon Star. (6/30)
Check out MyChildren MyBride's video for "Faithless" here (6/30)
I, Sleepwalker have decided to call it quits. (6/28)
Trenches have said their debut album is due out on September 16th. They still aren't allowed to announce the label, but it's Solid State Records according to reliable sources. (6/28)
The track list for Norma Jean's album "The Anti Mother" due out August 5th is below
1. Vipers, Snakes, And Actors 2. Robots: 3, Humans: 0 3. Birth Of The Anti Mother 4. Self Employed Chemist 5. Death Of The Anti Mother 6. Surrender Your Sons 7. Murphy Was An Optimist 8. Opposite Of Left And Wrong 9. Discipline Your Daughters 10. And There Will Be A Swarm Of Hornets
(6/27)
Details on how to be in the video for a new Underoath song called "Desperate Times, Desperate Measures" can found below.
"The video shoot will be in Pittsburgh, PA on Sunday July 6th and one other date, which is yet to be determined. Endeavor Media Group (www.iendeavormedia.com) will be directing the video. We need more people on the TBA date, but we will still select a handful of people to participate in the shoot on July 6th.We are looking for a diverse crowd of various ages, genders, races, etc (18 & Over Please + we would love older people as well!) to play the role. The extras will play trapped victims to a man loosing his mind. The video is a surreal blend of "The People Under The Stairs" (Wes Craven) and "The Tell-Tale Heart" (Poe).Their is no pay, however, if desired, you will get a copy of the video, along with the exposure.For more information & consideration please submit your headshot to [email protected] [email protected] with the following info: Headshot and/or Myspage Page Link Full Name Age Contact (Phone and Email) Location (Where you live)Please only send an email if you can actually participate because our assistant is going to have to sort through all the emails and it can take a long time.This video will air on TV (MTV, MTV2, Fuse, etc)."(6/26)
War of Ages have posted a new song called "Through The Flames" on their myspace page. it's from their upcoming album called "Arise And Conquer" due out July 22nd> (6/25)
Underoath upcoming album will have three different versions (6/24)
Norma Jean have posted another new song called “Birth of the Anti-Mother†on myspace (6/24)
Below is the cover and track list for Underoath's album called "Lost In The Sound of Separation"
01) Breathing in a New Mentality 02) Anyone Can Dig a Hole But it Takes a Real Man to Call it Home 03) A Fault Line, a Fault of Mine 04) Emergency Broadcast / The End is Near 05) The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed 06) We Are the Involuntary 07) The Created Void 08) Coming Down is Calming Down 09) Desperate Times, Desperate Measures 10) Too Bright to See, Too Loud to Hear 11) Desolate Earth / The End is Here
(6/24)
Norma Jean have posted a brand new song called "Robots 3 Humans 0" here and on their myspace page. (6/23)
The Devil Wears Prada have signed to Ferret Records. (6/20)
Sever Your Ties have posted a new song on their myspace page called "Drifting". It's from their album called "Safety In The Sea", due out July 8th. (6/20)
Letter To The Exiles will be releasing their album called "A Call To Arms" on August 12th. (6/17)
Twelve Gauge Valentine have apparently decided to keep going. They posted the following message, "Okay so first off this may seem as though we decided to break up and then decided against it or some other agenda may be at hand.. wrong.We, the current line-up that has been TGV for the past 2 years never once decided to quit playing music EVER. The entire idea and approach was once we started writing new material as this new band we realized it was coming along as nothing similar to anything TGV had done. So we made the decision with some others that pushed us along on the idea..that we should change our name and create a new image for ourselves within the new sound.Well we have been writing ever since the final TGV tour back in December we have 8 songs finished and a few more nearly there, drawing influences from bands we grew up listening to in the hardcore genre and others as well. It’s more so what we’ve always enjoyed as individuals and it seems to fit us all as a band very well. I know I speak for the entire band in saying it is the best music we’ve ever been a part of ias individuals and we’re very excited about getting it out to everyone. This time it’s something we hold very personal and not just something to play simply to be playing. We are taking our time to get it all together at the best of our abillity and making sure we are fully satisfied with it before we decide to put it out there.Lately a lot of stuff has changed for us in our plans and we’ve made some decisions for the future of the band that will be a great new step for us we feel. I just felt it was way past time to explain our moves and ideas as a band. So in actuality TGV has never ceased we’re still the same group and still writing music to tour on and release. We’re just trying to reach a more mature sound that will be a bit different than TGV. Keep in mind we all loved TGV and everything created within it.. it’s just simply time to take on something new. We really hope you guys can get into it and get as excited as we are about the new music and future of the band!On a final note we’re still debating ideas on the name we may continue on as TGV we may approach this all under a new name.. still not sure on that. We have been doing some rough demos for us to hear and better our music lately but within the next couple of months we plan to get a few songs recorded and up for everyone to hear! Please keep watch because we are FAR from done playing music at this point.. Thank you to everyone who still reads this and keeps up with what we are doing here.- Twelve Gauge Valentine" (6/17)
Bobby Oakley is now the vocalist for Gwen Stacy. He had been a fill in on guitar since last year. Cole Wallace is no longer in the band. (6/16)
Saints Never Surrender have posted a new song called "Protector" on their myspace page. It's from their upcoming album called "Brutus" out July 15 (6/16)
Underoath's new album will be called "Lost In The Sound of Separation". It's due out September 2nd. (6/13)
As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis talked to MTV about his Austrian Death Machine project. You can read it here (6/13)
The cover art for Norma Jean's upcoming album called "The Anti Mother" can be viewed below
(6/11)
Living Sacrifice have made two new songs available for purchase on their myspace page. (6/11)
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