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March 7th: Mogwai

Artist: Mogwai
Release: Mr. Beast
Producer: Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, The Super Furry Animals)
Label: Matador
Classification: Rock / Psychedelic / Ambient
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Produced by longtime associate Tony Doogan and Mogwai at Castle Of Doom Studio, is nothing short of a monumental moment in Mogwai's storied tenure. Though there are still hints aplenty of the subtle beauty that adorned big chunks of 'Rock Action' and 'Happy Songs For Happy People', there are an equal portion of headcrushers on this one that will leave you gasping for air.

March 28th: Atreyu

Artist: Atreyu
Release: tba
Producer: Josh Abraham (Velvet Revolver, Korn)
Label: Victory
Classification: Post Hardcore / Metal / Rock
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: In 2002 Atreyu exploded out of Orange County . Previously unknown, the band released their stunning debut album, Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, grabbing the attention of a wide spectrum of music fans by demolishing the barriers between rock, melodic hardcore and metal. The band’s unique music hit like a lightning bolt in hard music circles, critical raves poured in from publications like LA Times, Guitar World, and Metal Maniacs, who commented, "The Southern California five-piece brings new definition to overnight success." Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses went on to scan 217,000 units and set the stage for The Curse, which hit stores in June of 2004. Named “Hot New Metal Band” by Rolling Stone and featured in countless music magazines, The Curse has sold over 300,000 copies. The world-spanning “Thick As Thieves Tour” and Warped Tour 2005 cemented Atreyu’s reputation as an incredible live act. With the year’s touring coming to a close, Atreyu has entered the studio to record their third Victory Records release with producer Josh Abraham (Velvet Revolver, Courtney Love, Korn).

February 28th: Hawthorne Heights

Artist: Hawthorne Heights
Release: If Only You Were Lonely
Producer: David Bendeth (Breaking Benjamin, As I Lay Dying)
Label: Victory
Classification: Emo / Hardcore / Screamo
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: From the cover of Alternative Press to rotation on MTV and Fuse TV to a headlining slot on Warped Tour, Hawthorne Heights are one of the hottest rock bands on the scene today. Heavy support from Yahoo! Music, AOL, MTV and Fuse along with a relentless touring schedule and long term promotion helped to build Hawthorne Heights from a complete unknown to a band that is rising toward platinum status rapidly. The Silence In Black and White has been one of the most successful independent albums of the last year –their follow up, If Only You Were Lonely, gives their rabid fanbase the new music they have been craving.

February 21st: The Burning Room, Evans Blue, The Loved Ones, Mastodon DVD

Artist: The Burning Room
Release: We Invented Thunder
Label: Mediaskare
Classification: Post Hardcore / Experimental / Metal
Media: Myspace - Purevolume
Details: Twisting and turning through an onslaught of Halpaus’ Brutally Shrill, Beautifully Melodic, and Surgically Calculated Guitars provide a swirling and crashing soundtrack to the savage, untamed Roars that John Wood emits. Like a 10 foot tall Beast from hell, He rips the stage apart, and at the same time bringing out the soothing vocals that can put that Beast to bed. Wisner’s Pulse pounding Beats hit hard with the precision and power of carefully executed Explosion, as Bass player John Fulwyler sets the fuse with his low end assault of his jazzy thick bass lines, and and Rustin’s High end Screams, and subtle ambience complete the total Face Melting Power of The Burning Room Experience.

Artist: Evans Blue
Release: The Melody And The Energetic Nature Of Volume
Producer: Trevor Kustiak
Label: The Pocket Recordings/Hollywood
Classification: Rock / Alternative / Metal
Media: "Cold (But I’m Still Here)" (MP3) - Myspace
Details: Evans Blue was created when five guys from Tillsonburg, Burlington, and Kitchener, Ontario - then in three different bands - connected through a local musician’s message board. The chemistry of the group was evident from the first rehearsal. The same message board then brought the band to the attention of producer Trevor Kustiak, and they began working together in March 2005. Since then, the band has written and recorded their debut album, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume.

Artist: The Loved Ones
Release: Keep Your Heart
Producer: Brian McTernan (Thrice, Moments In Grace)
Label: Fat Wreck
Classification: Punk / Rock
Media: Myspace - Purevolume
Details: The Loved Ones follow-up their self titled EP on Jade Tree with the release of their full-length, Keep Your Heart, on Fat Wreck.

Artist: Mastodon
Release: The Workhorse Chronicles (DVD)
Label: Relapse
Classification: Metal / Hardcore / Progressive
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Mastodon’s The Workhorse Chronicles, the band’s first official DVD release, is a first-hand account of the blood, sweat and tears that have gone into making this mammoth band you know today. Go behind the scenes in over three hours of hand-selected footage from the band’s personal video archives. The Workhorse Chronicles contains in-depth interviews with each band member and a career spanning range of live performances - including rare footage of the band in their initial form as a five piece through to sold-out clubs worldwide. The Workhorse Chronicles delves deep into the core of Mastodon, exposing all that is loved and respected about this band.

February 14th: Bullet For My Valentine, Matchbook Romance

Artist: Bullet For My Valentine
Release: The Poison
Producer: Colin Richardson (Funeral For A Friend, Machine Head)
Label: Trustkill
Classification: Metal
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: Your favorite Welsh metal lords will release their debut full length upon the unsuspecting US on February 14th. Titled The Poison this album will maintain all the metal that we loved from their debut EP, with a little more experimentation.

Artist: Matchbook Romance
Release: Voices
Producer: John Goodmanson (Blood Brothers, Death Cab For CUtie)
Label: Epitaph
Classification: Rock / Emo / Punk
Media: Label Site / Myspace / Purevolume
Details: The much-anticipated follow-up to Stories and Alibis hits stores.

February 7th: Belle & Sebastian, Far-Less, In Flames, HIMSA, Mastodon

Artist: Belle & Sebastian
Release: The Life Pursuit
Producer: Tony Hoffer (Beck, Air)
Label: Matador
Classification: Indie / Pop
Media: Label Site
Details: Recorded in Los Angeles with producer Tony Hoffer, ’The Life Pursuit’ is as thrilling, funny and focused as any recording to date in the Belle & Sebastian canon.

Artist: Far-Less
Release: Everyone Is Out To Get Us
Label: Tooth & Nail
Classification: Rock
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: The follow-up to the debut EP, Turn To The Bright is set to drop. More info forthcoming.

Artist: In Flames
Release: Come Clarity
Label: Ferret
Classification: Metal / Hardcore / Death Metal
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Over the last ten years, In Flames has defined an entire musical movement, placing them at the forefront of the next revolution in heavy music and on the verge of exploding and exposing the mainstream to a whole new sonic experience. Many critically-acclaimed albums have laid the groundwork, and now In Flames stand poised to blow the gates wide open.

Artist: HIMSA
Release: Hail Horror
Producer: Tue Madsen (The Haunted, Heaven Shall Burn)
Label: Prosthetic
Classification: Metal / Hardcore
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Hail Horror is the follow up to 2003’s critically-acclaimed Courting Tragedy and Disaster. This time around, HIMSA enlisted producer Tue Madsen (The Haunted) to handle mixing and recording, ensuring a tight, intense recording that captures the band’s musical intensity.

Artist: Mastodon
Release: The Call Of The Mastodon
Producer: Matt Washburn (Mastodon)
Label: Relapse
Classification: Metal / Hardcore / Progressive
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: The Call of the Mastodon, a collection of Mastodon’s first-ever forays into the recording studio, exposes the humble beginnings of hard rock’s heaviest hitters. The nine tracks laid to tape here, the first the fledgling quartet had ever written, document a band finding its own voice and place in the musical world. Remixed and remastered by original producer Matt Washburn, and repackaged by the band’s longtime artist Paul Romano, The Call of the Mastodon is a vital piece of heavy metal history and the crucial starting point in the still burgeoning Mastodon legacy.

January 24th: Action Action, Cat Power, Demiricous, Fivespeed, Portugal The Man, Scarlet, Some Girls, Waterdown

Artist: Action Action
Release: An Army Of Shapes Between Wars
Producer: William Wittman (Cyndi Lauper, The Fixx)
Label: Victory
Classification: Indie / Rock / Electronica
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: Action Action emerged from the New York scene in 2004. With the release of their Victory Records debut album Don’t Cut Your Fabric To This Year’s Fashion, Action Action took their unique mix of pop, rock and new wave on the road, touring with bands like The All-American Rejects, Midtown and Bayside to help spread their word. Critical accolades came in from newspapers and magazines, with Long Island Press calling the album, “…a dark, moody, melodic voyage into a world of buzzing ‘80s electronica and chainsaw guitars…”

Artist: Cat Power
Release: The Greatest
Producer: Stuart Sikes (The White Stripes, Loretta Lynn)
Label: Matador
Classification: Indie
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Recorded at Memphis, TN’s Ardent Studios over the summer by Stuart Sikes, The Greatest while the most confident and life-affirming work of Chan Marshall’s career, is as intensely personal, haunting and provocative as any of its predecessors. The album’s players are a bona fide All-Star team of Memphis musicians, including Al Green sideman Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy "Flick" Hodges and David Smith on bass, Rick Steff on keys, Jim Spake on sax and trumpteer Scott Thompson amongst others.

Artist: Demiricous
Release: One (Hellbound)
Producer: Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall)
Label: Metal Blade
Classification: Metal / Death Metal
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Deep from the bowels of Indianapolis, IN rise Demiricous, a band that offers up an unrelenting mixture of pure American metal and thrash. Scott, Nate, and Chris love old thrash but nothing like that was coming out anymore so they decided to start a band of their own on Halloween night 2001. About six month’s later guitarist Ben, formally of Upheaval (on Eulogy and Willowtip), was asked to join the band and that’s when the guys started to get serious about the project. Fast forward to 2005, the bands self-released EP caught the attention Metal Blade Records and landed them the coveted record deal they had been working so hard to obtain. Since the bands inception they have already played with the likes of Exodus, Malevolent Creation, Extol, King Diamond, The Black Dahlia Murder, Obituary, and played the main stage at the infamous New England Hardcore and Metal Fest where they won over the audience with their brand of no frills metal.

Artist: Fivespeed
Release: Morning Over Midnight
Producer: David Bendeth (Breaking Benjamin, As I Lay Dying)
Label: Virgin
Classification: Rock / Alternative
Media: Myspace - Purevolume
Details: Fivespeed has spent the past few years developing a strong nation-wide fan base thanks in part to multiple shows and tours with bands including Finch, Blindside, Jimmy Eat World, Recover, Breaking Benjamin, At the Drive-In, Further Seems Forever, Sparta, From Autumn to Ashes and the 2002 and 2005 Warped Tours, among others. Morning Over Midnight features a rugged blend of power and melody, as well as a musical diversity not heard from today’s hard rock bands.

Artist: Portugal The Man
Release: Waiter: You Vultures!
Producer: Casey Bates (Daphne Loves Derby, This Providence)
Label: Fearless
Classification: Soul / Funk / Electro
Media: Myspace - Purevolume
Details: From the desolate post apocalyptic wasteland future of Wasilla, Alaska roams the nomads of Portugal. the Man. Presenting some odd times (and milldly famous faces featuring members of Anatomy of a Ghost and Mash Potato Mitch and the jet puff marshmellow men) to mess with your noodle and some real good times that will smile your faces.

Artist: Scarlet
Release: This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart
Label: Ferret
Classification: Metal / Electronica / Hardcore
Media: Label Site - Purevolume
Details: Through member shift, multiple theft, and mayhem, Scarlet has managed to keep their aural bloodline pure and strong. Building a history of walking away from calamity unscathed time after time, and leaving the masses wondering how this is possible. "This was always meant to fall apart" serves as a tangible relic commemorating this history. The fact that the new record is led by a new voice further reiterates a sense of tribute to a troubled past, while also serving as chapter one in a new testament. This is a reincarnation of Scarlet, and one that has not forgotten the knowledge of its former lives. This is an iron vein injected with new blood. This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart is a collection of 12 epic sonatas complete with the classic chaotic screaming style and the addition of a newer, pushed forward singing style. In 37 minutes it becomes clear that Scarlet is a whole new monster, demonstrating that within new blood, there are new tricks.

Artist: Some Girls
Release: Heaven’s Pregnant Teens
Producer: Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Locust)
Label: Epitaph
Classification: Hardcore / Progressive / Punk
Media: Label Site
Details: With Heaven’s Pregnant Teens, Some Girls’ first release on Epitaph Records, the group has honed its white knuckled assault down to 25 minutes of unrelenting musical psychosis while adding new dimensions of brutality to their now-trademark thrash attack. Throughout the album’s thirteen tracks, complex time changes invert riffs on their heads as layers of guitars trample each other before spreading out into electrified tendrils. Bassist Justin Pearson’s fuck fuzz-soaked bass and drummer Sal Gallegos’ unremitting percussive attack provide a manic backdrop to singer Wes Eisold’s frantic caged dog vocal assailments. In short, it’s a musical mindfuck. From the cannon shot intro of the album’s crushing opener “Beautiful Rune” to the death drone of its nine-minute closing suite “Deathwish,” Heaven’s Pregnant Teens is a document of five twisted musical minds making the most gloriously deranged noise producer Alex Newport (At The Drive In, The Locust, Sepultura) could commit to tape.

Artist: Waterdown
Release: All Riot
Label: Victory
Classification: Hardcore / Post Hardcore / Screamo
Media: Label Site - Myspace
Details: Waterdown formed in 2000 in the town of Osnabruck , Germany where they dedicated themselves to finding the perfect mixture of explosive, TNT-fueled hardcore, dark metal and melodic punk. The result is blasting walls of metallic guitars and ferocity slammed up against hooky melodicism and ambitious time signatures, melding together into an emotive sub-genre that is uniquely Waterdown’s. The six-piece band has two singers delivering wildly divergent vocals, one screaming in rage while the second‘s soaring melodies tie them both to the band’s crushing breakdowns and unique dynamics. After releasing two albums on Victory Records, 2001’s Never Kill A Boy On The First Date and 2003’s The Files You Have On Me, Waterdown is back with their pummeling third album, All Riot. Skratch Magazine wrote that, “… Waterdown stuffs Snapcase-esque staccato with the cunning musical arrangements of Refused, without sacrificing heaviness or melodicism." All Riot will appeal to fans of post-hardcore with a political bite.

January 10th: The Autumn Offering, Bleeding Through, Hawthorne Heights, Switched, xBISHOPx

Artist: The Autumn Offering
Release: Revelations Of The Unsung (re-release)
Producer: Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall) and Jamey Jasta (Hatebreed)
Label: Victory
Classification: Metal / Southern Rock / Thrash
Media: Myspace - Purevolume
Details: Emerging from the humid air of Daytona Beach, FL, The Autumn Offering will launch their career on Victory Records with the reissue their first full length, Revelations Of The Unsung. On these thunderous, intense tracks, The Autumn Offering combine the brutal riffs of In Flames and Lamb of God with the intertwining melodies of Killswitch Engage and Iron Maiden. The Autumn Offering are veterans of the touring scene, having played with bands like Slayer, Slipknot, Mastodon, Killswitch Engage and Kreator. Look for them to hit the road this spring after they record their follow up album, to be produced by Zeuss.

Artist: Bleeding Through
Release: The Truth
Producer: Rob Caggiano (Cradle of Filth, Anthrax)
Label: Trustkill
Classification: Hardcore / Metal
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: Bleeding Through will deliver their most important album EVER this January 10, 2006. The Truth features 12 tracks of pure devastation and emotion. Expect the band to hit EVERY major city on tours throughout 2006.

Artist: Hawthorne Heights
Release: This Is Who We Are (DVD)
Label: Victory
Classification: Emo / Hardcore / Screamo
Media: Label Site - Myspace - Purevolume
Details: After two years, a certified gold album, over 45 consecutive weeks in the Top 200, a headlining stint on Warped Tour 2005 and the “Never Sleep Again Tour” in late 2005, Hawthorne Heights is giving their rabid fan base a bird’s eye view of life on the road. This Is Who We Are is their first full length DVD and not only gives the world a backstage pass to the Hawthorne Heights experience with never-before-seen footage, it includes the first listen of three new songs. This Is Who We Are features an entire live set from the “Never Sleep Again Tour”, backstage footage at ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, and goes into the depths of the recording studio in New Jersey with where If Only You Were Lonely was being created. The new songs Light Sleeper, Where Do I Stab Myself In The Ears and This Is Who We Are are only available on the DVD until the February 2006 release of their full length sophomore release, If Only You Were Lonely. This Is Who We Are documents the band’s journey through touring, radio shows, television appearances and recording and gives fans a candid glimpse of their lives.

Artist: Switched
Release: Ghosts In The Machine / Subject To Change
Producer: Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Drowning Pool)
Label: Corporate Punishment
Classification: Rock / Metal / Alternative
Media: Myspace
Details: Ghosts In The Machine, a rarities, b-sides, and demos collection featuring 8 new, unreleased Switched demo tracks initially recorded for the bands sophomore Immortal release. In addition to the new tracks, GITM will also feature demo versions of several tracks from Subject To Change, as well as other unreleased tracks and rarities, including the now out-of -print Spread Your EP, as well as deluxe packaging including liner notes from the band. On January 10th, Subject To Change, originally issued on Immortal, will also be re-released through Corporate Punishment and feature the album b-side "Spread," as well as the Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, P.O.D.) produced alternate versions of “Walkaway” and “Inside”. Other extras will include 2 different videos for “Inside”, as well as a new revised packaging.

Artist: xBISHOPx
Release: Suicide Party
Producer: Jonathan Nunez (Torche, On Our Own)
Label: Ferret
Classification: Hardcore / Punk
Media: Myspace
Details: Bishop formed in 2004 as the sum expression of friends from various bands hanging out and writing together. What formed is an honest, frustrated and impassioned straight-edge hardcore band, one of the last of a dying breed. Bishop’s debut album Suicide Party will rage it’s way to life Jan 10th of 2006. Focused more on social politics and the message than on fame, Bishop embrace their hardcore roots and hope to breath life into a subculture that might soon forget where is came from - Music not just for music’s sake, but music with a meaning and a message and a purpose. With a sound reminiscent of Terror, Hatebreed and Straight Edge Hardcore before them (Side by Side, Alone In A Crowd) Bishop’s Suicide Party cuts straight to the point - 14 tracks of frantic hardcore start to finish.

New Music: The Chariot, Korn

Artist: The Chariot
Release: UNSUNG (EP)
Producer: Matt Goldman (Copeland, Cartel)
Label: Solid State
Classification: Hardcore / Post Hardcore / Metal
Media: E-Card - Purevolume - Myspace
Details: The brand new EP from The Chariot, entitled UNSUNG, features 4 re-worked and re-recorded songs from Everything is Alive... and two brand new songs. It will also feature live footage of The Chariot’s performance at the Masquerade in Atlanta, GA while on tour with Every Time I Die.

Artist: Korn
Release: See You On The Other Side
Producer: The Matrix (Avril Lavigne, Hilary Duff) and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails, Pink)
Label: EMI/Virgin
Classification: Rock / Metal
Media: "Twisted Transistor" video: Windows Media - Real Player
Details: They’ve already revolutionized the heavy genre with their bold, unsettling music that defies categorization and presented it to their fans with unprecedented multi-media events. Now they’ve taken their music to astonishing new heights with See You On The Other Side, their debut album via a partnership with EMI/Virgin Records. It’s a unique alliance that will enable Korn to be even more innovative in the way their music is presented to their fans, who constitute one of the most fiercely loyal followings in all of rock ’n roll. Listening to such daring new songs as “Twisted Transistor,” “Politics” and “Love Song,” among others, it’s clear that Korn have opened the doors to even more creativity and disarray. And no one does “disarray” like Korn.

Media: Evans Blue, Far-Less, Fivespeed, Scarlet

Shoutweb recommends checking out tracks from these upcoming records coming out in 2006.

Evans Blue
"Cold"
The Melody And The Energetic Nature Of Volume (out 2/21)

Far-Less
"Everyone Is Out To Get Us"
Everyone Is Out To Get Us (out 2/7)

Fivespeed
"The Mess"
Morning Over Midnight (out 1/24)

Scarlet
"The Separation Of"
This Was Always Meant To Fall Apart (out 1/24)

Band Of The Week: Allele

Band Of The Week: Allele

Single: "Closer To Habit"

Album: Point Of Origin (in stores now)

Music: Media Player - Myspace

In the cookie cutter world of Modern Rock, artists come and go, most without ever leaving so much as a stain. That makes it all the more special when a band comes along and throws off every doubter’s expectation, connecting with fans on a musical, if not spiritual, level. That is certainly the case with Jacksonville’s Allele (pronounced Uh-Leel), as the Florida 5 piece has been tearing up stages across the US for the past 3 years, alongside major artists like Saliva, Yellowcard, Nonpoint, Staind, Sevendust, Earshot, Trapt, Shinedown, Socialburn, 12 Stones and Godhead, along the way building a devoted family of rabid followers.

As the Allele Army grew exponentially, the band formed in 2002 by vocalist Wally Wood and guitarist Lane Maverick (who had previously been one of the first guitar players for Otep), got an even bigger shot in the arm when they recruited recently departed Cold guitarist Kelly Hayes, who had previously dabbled with Allele on a side project basis. Hayes, who had grown increasingly disenfranchised with his role in Cold, looked to Allele as a fresh, new creative outlet.

Around this time, the band’s buzz caught the ear of Corporate Punishment Records president Thom Hazaert, a longtime Cold fan/associate, who had been involved with the band, and Kelly for almost a decade (he even sports a tattoo of the Cold spider on his hand.) After two meetings a deal was struck, and the band went to work on their debut LP Point of Origin, with new drummer Giancarlo Autenzio and bassist Tim Tobin in tow.

Point of Origin is 10 jarring tracks of sonic weaponry and emotional release, from the stunning album opener "Fake", to the first single "Closer to Habit", that is quickly becoming a staple at Active Rock radio, to "Jaydin’s Song" the beautifully textured instrumental "hidden track".

Recorded at Cleveland’s Spider Studios with producer Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Drowning Pool, Breaking Point, Rikets) Point of Origin shows many sides of this complex, young ensemble, and will assuredly guarantee them a spot in the hearts and CD collections of Rock fans, and on radio playlists, for years to come.

Singer Wood puts it best. "I want Allele to be in every single person’s musical vocabulary. We have a message of unity we want to share with everyone."

The band has rapidly progressed towards those goals with their first single and video steadily beginning an assault on the airwaves, and a rigorous tour schedule taking them through the new year, with clubs, not arenas at the top of the list.

"We’d be happy just to pack clubs. I humbly think that we won’t become an icon thing. That’s rare. That’s when music was to be innovated and you can no longer innovate because it’s all been done. I think the time of being an icon is over. Obviously, I would love to get to a point where our band could headline arenas, who wouldn’t? But that is such a huge goal. I would be happy headlining a 500 person venue, six days a week. That would be the greatest thing to us. If God had a sense of humor, and we were selling out arenas, I wouldn’t even know what to say."

Shoutweb Revamp

We are relaunching the site in January as a weekly online magazine. Our schedules are very busy and keeping up with the daily news just is not realistic these days. You can expect overviews of new albums being released each week, updated release schedules, featured media and special features. We apologize for the lack of updates recently. We think you will find a lot of great content in the newly revamped version of Shoutweb. Stay tuned in December for our annual year-end issue, taking a look back at the many great records that came out this year.

If you have a yearning for daily music news, we highly recommend checking out these great sites:

Rock/Metal/Hardcore:
ThePRP.com
Blistering.com
SMNnews.com
TheGauntlet.com
Lambgoat.com
Blabbermouth.net

Punk:
Punknews.org
Absolutepunk.net
Punkbands.com
Pastepunk.com
AlternativePress.com

Classic Case Join FATA/Emery Tour

Classic Case have been confirmed as the supporting act on the upcoming From Autumn To Ashes / Emery tour. Confirmed dates will be forthcoming. Also, Josh Moore (ex-Beloved)  from Classic Case has a tour journal going. You can read about it at www.classiccase.net . Classic Case are out in support of their debut full-length, Dress To Depress.

Demon Hunter Debut #1 On Billboard Heatseeker

Demon Hunter’s The Triptych tops the Billboard "Heatseekers" chart this week with an astonishing #1 debut. The band’s third album landed on the pop charts at #136 and sold nearly doubled the first week debut of last year’s Summer Of Darkness.

The news arrives as Demon Hunter completed a whirlwind week in support of the album’s release, signing copies of all three variant covers of The Triptych at Sounds Like Records in Riverside, California and shooting a video for the album’s first single in Los Angeles.  

Director Christopher Sims, whose credits include videos for Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying, Norma Jean, Bleeding Through, Throwdown and Eighteen Visions, took the reigns for "Undying" shot on location in Southern California.

Visit the band’s excellent new album site, The Third War, where you can unlock hidden content (including a bonus acoustic song) and more.

The Chariot Prep New EP

The Chariot have set the tracklisting for their forthcoming EP, Unsung, due out on December 6th via Solid State. Catch The Chariot out on the road through December 18th with Evergreen Terrace, As Cities Burn, and Underminded. The dates can be found on Myspace. Below is the tracklisting of the effort, which will include 2 new tracks and 4 re-recorded songs.

01. Yanni Depp
02. Phil Cosby (Before There Was Atlanta, There Was Douglasville)
03. Vin Affleck (Goodnight My Lady, and a Forever Farewell)
04. Kenny Gibler (Play the Piano Like a Disease)
05. Sargent Savage ( Die Interviewer: Germanickly Speaking)
06. Donnie Cash ( The Company, The Comfort, The Grave)

Bullets And Octane Post New Song, On The Road With A7X

Bullets and Octane have posted the new track “Going Blind” from their forthcoming RCA Records debut, due out in April Check it out in Windows Media (96k - 32k) and Real Media (96k - 32k). The album was produced by Page Hamilton (Helmet) and mixed by Ken Andrews (Failure, ON, Year Of The Rabbit) Bullets and Octane are currently out on the road with Social Distortion and will kick off a U.S. tour with Avenged Sevenfold, Saosin and Death By Stereo on November 6th in Detroit, MI. Here is where you can catch Bullets and Octane on the road:

10/28/05 - Atlanta , GA : Tabernacle w/ Social Distortion
10/30/05 - Houston , TX : Meridian w/ Social Distortion
10/31/05 - Dallas , TX : The Granada Theater w/ Social Distortion
11/01/05 - Austin , TX : Stubb’s BBQ w/ Social Distortion
11/03/05 - Denver , CO : Gothic Theatre w/ Social Distortion
11/06/05 - Detroit , MI : Majestic Theatre w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/07/05 - St Louis , MO : Pop’s w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/09/05 - Chicago , IL : House of Blues w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/10/05 - Milwaukee , WI : The Rave w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/11/05 - Des Moines , IA : House of Bricks w/ Saosin
11/12/05 - Minneapolis , MN : Quest w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/13/05 - Kansas City , MO : Beaumont w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/15/05 - Denver , CO : Ogden Theatre w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/16/05 - Magna , UT : Salt Air Pavilion w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/17/05 - Spokane , WA : Fat Tuesday w/ Saosin
11/18/05 - Seattle , WA : Showbox Theatre w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/19/05 - Vancouver , BC : Commodore Ballroom w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/21/05 - Edmonton , AB : Red’s w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/22/05 - Calgary , AB : MacEwan Hall w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/25/05 - Portland , OR : Roseland Theater w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/26/05 - Boise , ID : The Big Easy w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/28/05 - Sparks , NV : New Oasis w/ Avenged Sevenfold
11/29/05 - San Francisco , CA : Fillmore w/ Avenged Sevenfold
12/01/05 - Irvine , CA : Bren Center w/ Avenged Sevenfold
12/02/05 - Las Vegas , NV : House of Blues w/ Avenged Sevenfold
12/19/05 - Los Angeles , CA : House of Blues w/ Social Distortion

Danny Diablo Preps EP, Gets Help From Tim Armstrong

Danny Diablo will drop his new EP, Hardcore 4 Life, on October 18th through LaSalle Records. Tim Armstrong (Rancid, The Transplants) produced the tracks “We Don’t Care”, “Jersey White Trash” and “Livin’ By the Gun.” The EP also features tracks produced by Zeuss (Hatebreed) and Lord Ezec, and was mixed by Zeuss. Preview the new cuts "We Don't Care" and "Jersey White Trash" here.

Danny Diablo Steams EP

Danny Diablo is currently streaming his brand new EP, Hardcore 4 Life, here. The effort will hit stores on Tuesday, October 18th.

Vaux Parts Ways With Atlantic/Lava

An announcement to our fans, friends and family.

Vaux has parted ways with Atlantic/Lava Records. Currently we are in the midst of the “separation process” with the label and are awaiting the outcome. This includes regaining ownership of our album “Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice” that was scheduled for a November 8th release date. With all that has recently happened there is no “official” release date for the album, but we feel very confident that we will get the album back and be able to put it into the hands of our fans very soon. Despite all that has happened, the band is tighter than ever and feels very positive about the situation. We would like to thank everyone for their continued support and we look forward to seeing you on the road. For more information on VAUX and to hear some of the new songs visit vauxrock.com, purevolume.com/vaux, and myspace.com/vaux

Sincerely, Ryder, Quentin, Greg, Joe, Adam, Chris

On The Record: 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie Exclusive

With their sophomore record A Beautiful Lie, frontman Jared Leto, brother and drummer Shannon Leto, guitarist Tomo Milicevic and bassist Matt Wachter break away from the fold of expendable novice acts to make a firm bid for rock supremacy. Not that their first album, 2002's self-titled gem was a shabby or poorly constructed effort, afterall, it did house the hit "Capricorn," it's just that 30STM have now unearthed a rawer and more cunning beast. Gone are the somewhat over-cooked synths and in their stead live an organic, undaunted communication of the human condition. The likes of which reinstate faith in the art form known as rock today. read the full interview here

In The Studio: Remembering Never - God Save Us

Remembering Never has just begun work on their next full-length album to be titled God Save Us with producer Zeuss (Madball, Shadows Fall, Hatebreed, Throwdown, Blood Has Been Shed) in his Massachusetts based Planet Z Studios. The effort will be released on Ferret Records in February.

New Music: Thrice - Vheissu

It can often be a treacherous leap when bands make a bold change in style and scope. In the case of Thrice, where the respectable The Artist In The Ambulance was a solid screamo post-hardcore release, Vheissu is a prolific and daring album. The sometimes cliché style that coated the band’s previous endeavors is out, ushered in is a moody, atmospheric style all their own. The first single "Image Of The Invisible" represents the transition from old to new, featuring the staple Thrice sound and hints at new experimentation. From there Thrice dives into much deeper waters, especially on the new song "The Earth Is Shattering" which features an eerie chain gang and stirring sonic backdrops.

Songs like "Atlantic" and "For Miles" create such a broad, deeply moving experience. Where some modern bands would borrow heavily from newly infused inspirations, the popular one today being Muse, Thrice have painted a familiar, yet inventive new musical world. Although it is a difficult record to pull comparisons from, think Dredg, A Perfect Circle, Mogwai, Deftones’ White Pony, Jimmy Eat World’s Futures and Sigur Rós all thrown together in a blender. Thrice have defined their new sound, a place that none of their many copycats will even be able to come close to. Vheissu is Thrice’s modern masterpiece and one of the best albums of 2005.

Listen to Vheissu in its entirety at Myspace.

Fivespeed Prep Virgin Records Debut

Fivespeed is set to release their Virgin Records full-length, entitled Morning Over Midnight, on January 24, 2006. This release will be the follow-up to this year’s Equal Vision EP, Bella Fivespeed is currently out on the road with 10 Years and Classic Case, and have been confirmed to support Cold from 11/15-12/05. You can preview two songs from the new record below:

“The Mess”: Real Audio -  Windows Media
“Vegas”: Real Media - Windows Media

Ferret Signs In Flames

Ferret has officially announced the signing of IN FLAMES. Fresh off the Main Stage of this years Ozzfest, IN FLAMES and Ferret will unleash Come Clarity on February 7th 2006. Hailing from Sweden, IN FLAMES have long paved the way for the likes of Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying and many more. 2006 will see them take to our shores with an onslaught of touring the likes of which the band has never committed to in the US in years past. Stay tuned for more news.

Thrice Stream New Album

Thrice are now previewing their brand new album, Vheissu, in its entirety over at Myspace. Stream the exceptional new album now. Vheissu will be in stores on October 18th.

Portugal. The Man Stream New Tracks

Portugal. The Man, the new band from John Gourley and Zach Carothers of Anatomy Of A Ghost fame, have posted two brand new tracks at Myspace. The debut outing from Portugal was produced by Casey Bates (Gatsbys American Dream, This Providence, Daphne Loves Derby) and is slated for release through Fearless Records in 2006.

Vaux Preview New Video

The new Vaux video for “Are You With Me” is currently being featured on the Fuse networks Oven Fresh. You can watch a clip of the video and vote for it to help the band out here.

Story Of The Year - In The Wake Of Determination - In Stores Now

Story Of The Year drop their highly anticipated new album, In The Wake Of Determination, in stores today. Preview the album in its entirety at AOL Music. The new effort was produced by Steve Evetts (The Cure, Hatebreed, Dillinger Escape Plan).

Classic Case Post New Track

Classic Case have made the song “Hospitalized” from their forthcoming debut album Dress To Depress available for download at Myspace. If you pre-order the new record at Smartpunk.com, you will also get an exclusive Classic Case poster, stickers, buttons and a HELP! Records sampler with every order. Dress To Depress will be in stores October 18th.

Green Day Live On AOL Music

Green Day will give a special performance from the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles tonight, October 11th. You can watch it live on the internet via AOL Music LIVE! (http://www.aolmusic.com). The show will air at midnight EST / 9pm PT on Tuesday.

Thrice Launch Vheissu Trailer

You can now watch an exclusive trailer for the new Thrice record, Vheissu, below. The record will be released on October 18th.

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Mest Unveil New Video

Mest have added their new video for “Take Me Away (Cried Out To Heaven)” to their media player to check it out. The new album Photographs will be in stores October 18th. Catch Mest on the road now with Social Distortion.

Mêlée Post New Version Of "The War"

Mêlée recently teamed with producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance) to re-record "The War" from their most recent outing, Everyday Behavior. You can hear the new recording of the song over at Purevolume.

Thrice Post New Podcast

Thrice have launched their fourth podcast as they prepare for the October 18th release of their stunning new album, Vheissu. The series of podcasts features song samples, interviews, and commentary from the band. You can listen to the new podcast here. You can now pre-order Vheissu and in the process receive a free download of the exclusive track "The Flags Of Dawn" & the fifth chapter of the exclusive Thrice podcast.

Stream The New Deftones B-Sides & Rarities

The Deftones present their long-awaited collection of covers and rare recordings on B-Sides & Rarities, in stores now. The 2-disc release includes a DVD with a collection of the Deftones' video library, plus live and backstage footage. Preview the album in its entirety now at Myspace.

Classic Case Set Release Date For Full-Length Debut

Classic Case have set an October 18th release date for their debut full-length, Dress To Depress. Preview three brand new tracks from the effort on the new e-card. Catch Classic Case out on the road now with 10 Years and Fivespeed.

Green Day Ready CD/DVD

Bullet In A Bible, the sensational live performance from Green Day, will be released on November 15th on CD/DVD, UMD for PSP and other digital formats. Directed by Samuel Bayer, director of all the videos off American Idiot, Bullet In A Bible documents the two biggest shows that Green Day has headlined in their career, playing to over 130,000 people at London’s Milton Keynes National Bowl on June 11th and 12th of this year.

36 Crazyfists Plan New Album

36 Crazyfists are wrapping up the writing process of their new record and will be starting pre-production shortly with producer Sal Villanueva (Thursday, Taking Back Sunday, Vision of Disorder). A release in early 2006 through Roadrunner is being planned.

Vaux Move Release To November 8, Offer Live Cuts

Vaux has pushed back the release of their new record, Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice, to November 8th. In other news, you can now check out a live version of “Switched On” at Purevolume. In addition, anyone who signs up for the email list at vauxrock.com will receive a live mp3 of the new song “Van Fong.”

Deftones Post E-Card

The Deftones have launched a new e-card as the band readies B-Sides & Rarities for its October 4th release. The player features a photo gallery, a download page including wallpapers and icons, and links to iTunes and to purchase the CD.

Shoutweb Recommends: Stretch Arm Strong, HIM

We would like to take this moment to recommend two releases that we have been addicted to lately that are well worth your time to check out:

Stretch Arm Strong - Free At Last (We Put Out Records)
Music: Purevolume - Myspace
-Powerful, melodic hardcore anthems. For anyone that likes their early work or bands like Boysetsfire, Strike Anywhere, old Beloved, Rise Against, etc.

HIM - Dark Light (Sire)
Music: Purevolume - Myspace
-The long-awaited new album from the underground love metal outfit. Ville Valo and crew are back and at the top of their game. Standout cuts include "Killing Loneliness" and "Dark Light."

Allele Launch Media Player

Allele, the new project featuring Kelly Hayes from Cold and Lane Maverick formerly of Otep, have launched a brand new media player featuring the video for the first single "Closer To Habit." You can also preview the new track "A Different Someone" at Myspace. Alelle will drop their debut effort for Corporate Punishment Records, entitled Point of Origin, in stores on October 25th. The effort was produced by Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Drowning Pool, Switched).

Story Of The Year Unleash New Video

Story Of The Year are currently previewing their brand new video for "We Don’t Care Anymore" at AOL Music. The single comes from the band’s forthcoming new album, In The Wake Of Determination, due out on October 11th. Check out the newly launched media player here. Catch Story Of The Year on the road starting September 22nd with Funeral For A Friend, Anberlin and He Is Legend in tow.

Thrice Preview New Song

Thrice are previewing a new song called “The Earth Will Shake” over at www.thrice.net. You can also download the first single, “Image Of The Invisible”. Both songs are taken from the new LP, Vheissu, out on October 18th.

Thrice Tease New Single

You can preview a portion of the new Thrice single, “Image of the Invisible”, here. Once 100,000 people have listened to the clip, the full song will unlock for its world premiere. “Image of the Invisible” is the lead single from Thrice’s forthcoming full length, Vheissu, out October 18th on Island.

Thrice will support the new album by doing what they do best, hitting the road. Along for the ride will be Underoath and Veda for a tour that starts on October 4th.

Speaking of Underoath, the guys will follow-up their tour with Thrice by hitting the studio to record their as-yet-untitled new album, due out in Spring 2006. The album will be helmed by Killswitch Engage guitarist and masterful producer Adam Dutkiewicz, as well as Matt Goldman (Copeland, Cartel).

Here is where you can catch Thrice, Underoath and Veda in a town near you:

Tue 10/4 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues

Wed 10/5 San Diego, CA SOMA

Thi 10/6 San Diego, CA SOMA

Fri 10/7 Irvine, CA UCI Bren Center

Sat 10/8 San Francisco, CA Warfield

Sun 10/9 Portland, OR Roseland

Mon 10/10 Seattle, WA Showbox

Wed 10/12 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue

Thu 10/13 Denver, CO Filmore

Fri 10/14 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium

Sat 10/15 Kansas City, MO Beaumont

Sun 10/16 Sauget, IL Pop’s

Tue 10/18 Fargo, ND Playmakers

Wed 10/19 Minneapolis, MN Quest

Thu 10/20 Milwaukee, WI The Rave

Fri 10/21 Chicago, IL The Riviera

Sat 10/22 Detroit, MI State Theatre

Sun 10/23 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts

Tue 10/25 Cleveland, OH House of Blues

Wed 10/26 Toronto, ON The Docks

Thu 10/27 Ottawa, ON Capital Music Hall

Fri 10/28 Montreal, QUE Centre-Pierre Charbonneau

Sat 10/29 Portland, ME The Station

Sun 10/30 Boston, MA The Avalon

Mon 10/31 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom

Tue 11/1 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom

Thu 11/3 Washington D.C. 9:30 Club

Fri 11/4 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

Sat 11/5 Norfolk, VA The Norva

Sun 11/6 Charlotte, NC Grady Cole Center

Tue 11/8 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues

Wed 11/9 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade

Thu 11/10 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade

Fri 11/11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheater

Sat 11/12 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues

Tue 11/15 Houston, TX Numbers

Wed 11/16 Austin, TX Stubbs Bar-B-Q

Thu 11/17 Ft. Worth, TX Will Rogers Texas Room

Sat 11/19 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater

Sun 11/20 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theater

My Chemical Romance Unveil "The Ghost Of You" Video

The epic new video for My Chemical Romance’s latest single, “The Ghost Of You”, is now available for streaming. Marc Webb directed this war-themed concept for the third song released from the band’s current album, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge. Check out the video in Windows Media (450k - 300k - 100k - 56k) and Quicktime.

My Chemical Romance will kick off a 28-city U.S. headlining tour on September 15th in Columbus, OH. Alkaline Trio and Reggie And The Full Effect will support all dates. For more info check out mychemicalromance.com.

HIM Post New Song From Dark Light

HIM has posted a new song, “Behind The Crimson Door” over at Myspace. The new album, Dark Light, will hit U.S. stores on September 27^th and internationally on September 26^th. You can get information and buy tickets for the upcoming fall tour with Finch and Skindred at heartagram.com, under the tour section.

And check out the new HIM page on MTV.com, featuring the single "Wings of a Butterfly." Keep checking it for exclusive never-before-seen footage of the band coming very soon.

New Music: Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity

As the opening guitar lines of “Violence” commence, an anticipation and urgency slowly builds. When singer Tom Gabel starts in with the first lines “Lock the door to your room / pray they don’t find us / pray they don’t kick it down” you can hear a certain, almost, desperate conviction. By the time the chorus kicks in, “What could we have done / to deserve a violence like this” it starts to hit you. The mesmerizing solo creeps in and the tension, the pure angst hits you like a ton of bricks. Songs like “Violence” are rare; pure, painfully emotionally and utterly commanding.

In 2003, Against Me! dropped the much-lauded effort, As The Eternal Cowboy. The short and potent album brought the major labels sniffing, looking to acquire the band as their next incubated commodity. Despite the reported offers, Against Me! shunned the temptations, opting to trudge on with mainstay punk label Fat Wreck.

As The Eternal Cowboy gave a glimpse into the future of Against Me!, a more refined and direct offering than the gritty LP Reinventing Axel Rose. With Searching For A Rumored Clarity, Against Me! have crafted their most prolific and urgent material to date, an album that builds upon their punk rock roots and holds true to the band’s admirable ideals.

“Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners” fires from all cylinders with the epic anthemic echoing chorus “On the inside / on the inside / do you want to know how it feels on the inside”. The upbeat groove of ’Unprotected’ kicks in and moves like a fiery punk version of Franz Ferdinand’s "Take Me Out." The song is a brutally honest tale about the trials and tribulations of the inner workings of the music business. This is a good song for those 15 year old punk kids that type on message boards about how a band "sold out," having no concept of the difficulty of weaving your way through the weasels of the music biz while keeping a grip on your integrity.

From the politically charged “From Her Lips To God’s Ears,” to the themes of internal struggle found within "How Low" and the gut-wrenching reality of "Searching For A Former Clarity," Against Me! have delivered one of the most powerful and important rock albums of the year. Searching For A Former Clarity is a daunting disc that bleeds honesty, pain, confliction, tension and relevance. Against Me! said it best with the title of track 11 on Searching For A Former Clarity: "Even At Our Worst We’re Still Better Than Most."

Downloads MP3s: "Problems" / "Don’t Lose Touch"

New Music: 30 Seconds To Mars - A Beautiful Lie

The atmospheric sound of 30 Seconds to Mars has re-surfaced in the form of the band's sophomore set, A Beautiful Lie. Building on the well manicured sound of 30STM's self-titled disc, the sonically powerful new album is chock full of many memorable moments.

Launching with "Attack," 30 Seconds To Mars takes a very refined approach, mapping out a song that shows off the band's best qualities with an anthemic, dynamic chorus and frontman Jared Leto's eerie, encompassing vocals. There is an obvious attention to detail in the songwriting this time around, though be it never repetitive in nature. "Attack" may be a very obvious track, but the majority of the record is much more sedated and dreamlike. Tracks like “From Yesterday” and “Was It A Dream?” showcase 30 Seconds To Mars' alluring ability to paint a moody, endearing musical landscape. The withdrawing vibe of the record brings to mind The Tea Party's Transmission or something that might come out of Ken Andrews (Failure, ON, Year Of The Rabbit). Imagine the soundtrack to getting lost in the oblivion of a black hole.

The understated, yet overpowering sound of 30 Seconds To Mars is a welcomed departure from the usual in-your-face affair of today’s rock scene. If you want a record that you can put on and get lost in, or something to play during those somber, introspective moments, go no further than A Beautiful Lie.

Fight Paris Post New Video

Fight Paris have launched a brand new video for their track "Complete Heat". Check it out here. The cut comes from their invigorating Trustkill Records offering, The clip was directed by Dale Restighini (Fall Out Boy, Hatebreed). Catch Fight Paris out on the road with Open Hand as part of the Ryan Dunn & Don Vito Rock Tour.

08/26 Fayetteville, NC - Jester’s Pub
08/31 Mokena, IL - The Pearl Room
09/01 Farmingdale, NY - The Downtown
09/09 Washington DC - Nation
09/10 Rutland, VT - Club Vertigo
09/11 Revere, MA - Wonderland Ballroom

Vaux Unleash New Live Cut, Studio Footage

Vaux have added a live recording of the new song "Cocaine James" to Purevolume. The song is taken from their upcoming new album, Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice, out on October 25th on Lava Records.

Vaux’s Ryder Robinson had this to say regarding the live show recorded in Boulder , CO at The Fox:

"The band was really looking forward to the show at the Fox. It had been a while since we’d played last and we’d been trying to book a show at that venue for years because the sound is incredible. The bands on the bill and the crowd were great. It really made for a memorable show that I’m glad we got down on tape. In leading up to the release of our upcoming full-length, we’ll be giving away live tracks recorded at this show, and will be releasing video as well. Watch for more updates soon, and enjoy ’Cocaine James’ (live)."

Vaux have relaunched their official web site, vauxrock.com, with video footage from their recording sessions in England featuring the brand new track "Burn The Bandwagon". You can also pick up the first single "Are You With Me" at iTunes.

New Music: Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon

Every Time I Die unleash their seething new disc, Gutter Phenomenon, on Ferret Music. Never ones to pull any punches, the latest decadent debacle from the Buffalo quintet builds upon the foundation of the classic Hot Damn! and delivers a searing rock n’ roll assault.

The danger and destruction of Every Time I Die has been mainlined into one potent package of concentrated chaos. Where Hot Damn! featured many memorable moments and riffs, Gutter Phenomenon is a more realized undertaking, sewing together all of the attitude and volatile elements into one meticulously arranged and involving experience.

“Kill The Music” is a gyrating, fast-paced onslaught of destructively beautiful guitar licks with an enthralling chorus by Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance thrown in for good measure. The Southern-cooked classic “The New Black” features Every Time I Die at their very best, smacking together addictive grooves into one of the year’s best rockers. “Champing At The Bit” is another standout with ETID vocalist Keith Buckley sharing the mic with Daryl Palumbo of Glassjaw/Head Automatic, making for a rather compelling combination.

Gutter Phenomenon embodies the urgency, overindulgence and progressive nature of rock n’ roll at its most pure. Where many bands out there play it safe and write songs by-the-numbers, Every Time I Die strive to move the bar and inject their music with some soul. Gutter Phenomenon, although not a masterpiece from start to finish, is a necessity for anyone desperate to find music that isn’t tainted, derivative or straight up knocked-off. If you need some music with teeth, if you want to dip into a sound that caters to your lust for aural debauchery, take a trip to the shady side of town with Gutter Phenomenon.

10 Years Exclusive Acoustic Videos

10 Years’ new album, The Autumn Effect, is in stores now. Check out the media player featuring two exclusive live acoustic performances including "Wasteland" and "Through The Iris.". You can also preview tracks from the album, as well as the official video for "Wasteland." Pick up The Autumn Effect at digital retailers now and get bonus acoustic tracks:

Amazon
iTunes + bonus track
Napster + bonus track
MusicMatch
Real + bonus track
MSN
Yahoo!

Hawthorne Heights Plan Recording Time, Prep Dates

Hawthorne Heights will head for Hoboken , New Jersey in September to begin recording their follow-up to The Silence Is Black And White. The highly anticipated sophomore set will be produced by David Bendeth (Breaking Benjamin, Clutch). The as-yet-untitled effort is slated for release in February 2006.

After wrapping up the album, Hawthorne Heights will embark on the Never Sleep Again World Tour, which will hit the U.S. , Canada and the United Kingdom for two straight months, from October 15th through December 11th. The outing will also feature Silverstein, Bayside, Spitalfield (UK) and Aiden (US). Here are the dates:

10/15 Newport, UK - TJ’S Nightclub
10/16 Manchester, UK - Academy 3
10/17 Glasgow, UK - King Tuts
10/18 Leeds, UK - Cockpit
10/19 Birmingham, UK - Academy 2
10/20 Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms
10/21 Oxford, UK - Zodiac
10/22 London, UK  - Mean Fiddler
10/27 Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
10/28 Sauget, IL - Pop’s
10/29 Lawrence, KS - The Granada
10/30 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater
10/31 Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
11/01 Boise, ID - The Big Easy
11/02 Seattle, WA - Showbox
11/03 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
11/04 San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
11/05 Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues
11/06 W. Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues
11/07 San Diego, CA - Soma
11/08 Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
11/09 Scottsdale, AZ - Venue Of Scottsdale
11/10 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
11/11 Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Live
11/13 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
11/14 Houston, TX - Numbers
11/16 St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
11/17 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues
11/18 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11/19 Charlotte, NC - Casbah
11/20 Norfolk, VA - Norva
11/21 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
11/22 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
11/26 Milwaukee, WI - Eagle‘s Club
11/27 Minneapolis, MN - Quest
11/29 Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues
11/30 Toronto, ON - Toronto On The Docks
12/01 Montreal, QC - Spectrum
12/02 Worcester, MA - Palladium
12/03 Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
12/04 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre
12/06 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
12/07 Cohoes, NY - Saratoga Winners
12/08 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom
12/09 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
12/10 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
12/11 Chicago, IL - House Of Blues

Disturbed Post New Video, Todd McFarlane Artwork

Disturbed have unleashed the video for their new single “Stricken” in Windows Media (450k - 300k - 100k - 56k) and Quicktime. The track comes from their forthcoming new album, Ten Thousand Fists, due in stores on September 20th.

Todd McFarlane created the album cover for Ten Thousand Fists (see left). Aside from creating the wildly popular comic book character Spawn, McFarlane also designed the album cover for Korn’s Follow The Leader as well as the video for "Freak On A Leash" and Pearl Jam’s "Do The Evolution."

HIM Set U.S. Tour Dates

HIM has just announced new US tour dates with Finch and Skindred. HIM will release their new album, Dark Light, internationally on September 26th and in the US on September 27th. Catch them on tour here:

10/05 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre
10/06 - Seattle, WA - The Premier
10/08 - Mountain View, CA - Download Festival
10/10 - San Diego, CA - SOMA
10/11 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
10/12    Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
10/14 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
10/15 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern Theatre
10/19 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
10/21 - Minneapolis, MN - The Quest
10/22 - Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
10/23 - Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Ballroom
10/24 - St. Louis, MO - Venue TBD
10/26 - San Antonio, TX - Venue TBD
10/27 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
10/28 - Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theatre
10/30 - New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Music Festival
11/01 - Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road (University of Florida)
11/02 - Atlanta, GA - Venue TBD
11/03 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues
11/04 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
11/09 - Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo
11/11 - Cleveland, OH - The Agora Theatre
11/12 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre
11/18 - NY, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom

And check out the new HIM page on MTV.com, featuring the single "Wings of a Butterfly." Keep checking it for exclusive never-before-seen footage of the band coming very soon.

Allele Preview New Track

Allele, the new project featuring Kelly Hayes from Cold and Lane Maverick formerly of Otep, have posted an MP3 of their first single "Closer to Habit" on Myspace. The unmastered track is the first glimpse of the band's Ben Schigel (Chimaira, Drowning Pool, Switched) produced debut, Point of Origin, in stores October 25th through Corporate Punishment. You can catch Allele on the road with Trigger Point here:
09/08 West Hollywood, CA - The Whisky 
09/15 Indianapolis, IN - Birdies 
09/16 West Lafayette, IN - Purdue University 
09/17 Bloomington, IL - Pauly’s 
10/01 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack’s 
10/08 Talahassee, FL - Floyd’s Music Store 
10/12 Charleston, SC - Village Tavern 
10/13 Columbia, SC - Headliners 
10/14 Hardeeville, SC - The Gold Club
10/15 Fayetteville, NC - Johnny J’s

Trapt Announce Fall Tour With Blindside, Aphasia

Trapt have announced details regarding their upcoming fall tour in support of Someone In Control, in stores on September 13th. The trek will kick off on September 22^nd in Chico , CA with Blindside and Aphasia opening.  Here are the confirmed dates, with more to be added soon:

09/22 – Chico , CA – Senator Theater
09/23 – Sparks , NV – New Oasis
09/24 – Boise , ID – The Big Easy
09/26 – Denver , CO – Ogden Theater
09/27 – Kansas City , MO – The Beaumont
09/28 – Sauget , IL – Pop’s
09/30 – Des Moines , IA – Val Air Ballroom
10/01 – Milwaukee , WI – Eagles Club
10/02 – Chicago , IL – House of Blues
10/05 – Toledo , OH – Club Bijou
10/07 -   Cleveland , OH – Agora Ballroom
10/08 -   Detroit , MI – Harpo’s
10/09 – Cincinnati , OH – Agora Ballroom
10/11 – Columbus , OH – Newport Music Hall
10/12 – Ft. Wayne , IN – Pierre ’s
10/13 – Bowling Green , KY – Diddle Arena / W. Kentucky University
10/15 – Baltimore , MD – Sonar
10/16 – Washington , DC – 9:30 Club
10/20 – Philadelphia , PA – Trocadero
10/21 – Worcester , MA – The Palladium
10/31 – N. Myrtle Beach , SC – House of Blues
11/01 – Atlanta , GA – The Roxy Theatre
11/03 – New Orleans , LA – House of Blues
11/09 – Albuquerque , NM – Sunshine Theater
11/11 – Tempe , AZ – Marquee Theater
11/12 – Hollywood , CA – Avalon
11/15 – Las Vegas , NV – House of Blues

10 Years Unveil Media Player

10 Years’ new album, The Autumn Effect, is in stores now. Check out the newly launched media player to preview tracks from the effort, and exclusive video content including live versions of "Wasteland" and "Through The Iris." The video for the first single, "Wasteland," is up and running, and can be viewed here. 10 Years will be out on the road with Disturbed and Ill Nino through September 17th.

April Sixth Preview New Tracks, Announce Dates

April Sixth will release their debut album, In Memory, on October 25^th. You can preview a new track from the effort called “Living A Lie” in Windows Media (100k - 56k), Real Media and Quicktime. The band will be on tour with Alien Ant Farm in September / October.  Check out the dates:

09/15 – San Diego , CA – Soma
09/16 – Las Vegas , NV – Jillians
09/19 – Dallas , TX – Gypsy
09/20 – Houston , TX – Engine Room
09/21 – Austin , TX – Antones
09/23 – New Orleans , LA – The Parish / HOB
09/24 – Memphis , TN – Newbys
09/26 – Norfolk , VA – Norva
09/27 – Baltimore , MD – Recher Theatre
09/28 – New York , NY – Knitting Factory
09/30 – Farmingdale , NY – Downtown
10/01 – Boston , MA – Axis
10/03 – Cleveland , OH – House of Blues
10/04 – Chicago , IL – Metro
10/05 – Detroit , MI – Magic Stick
10/07 – Milwaukee , WI – The Rave
10/08 – Minneapolis , MN – The Ascot Room
10/09 – Lawrence , KS – Bottleneck
10/10 – Columbia , MO – Blue Note
10/12 – Denver , CO – Bluebird Theatre
10/13 – Salt Lake City , UT – Club Sound
10/14 – Boise , ID – Big Easy
10/15 – Portland , OR – Alladin
10/16 – Seattle , WA – El Corazon
10/18 – San Francisco , CA – Slims / GAMH
10/19 – Santa Cruz , CA – Catalyst
10/20 – Bakersfield , CA – Montgomery World Plaza
10/22 – Los Angeles , CA – Key Club

Story Of The Year Preview "Take Me Back"

Story Of The Year are previewing their brand new track "Take Me Back" at Myspace. The track comes from the band’s forthcoming new album, In The Wake Of Determination, due out on October 11th. The official first single, “We Don’t Care Anymore," is now available for purchase at iTunes. Story Of The Year will be on the road starting September 22nd with Funeral For A Friend, Anberlin and He Is Legend in tow.

Avenged Sevenfold Announce Dates

Avenged Sevenfold have announced the dates for a two month U.S. tour with special guests Saosin, Death By Stereo, Opiate for the Masses (first half) and Bullets and Octane (second half). A7X is out in support of their recently released effort, City Of Evil. Here are the dates:

10/07 San Diego, CA - Soma
10/08 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
10/10 Lubbock, TX - South Beach
10/13 San Antonio, TX - Graham Central Station
10/14 Houston, TX - Meridian
10/16 Tampa, FL - Jannus Landing
10/17 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
10/19 Norfolk, VA - Norva
10/22 Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
10/27 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10/31 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
11/06 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre
11/07 St. Louis, MO - Pops
11/09 Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
11/10 Milwaukee, WI - Rave
11/13 Kansas City, MO - Beaumont

CKY Premiere Video, Announce New Dates

CKY has posted the brand new video for their single "Familiar Realm" at www.islandrecords.com. The band’s latest effort entitled an Answer can be found is in stores now.

Catch CKY on the road now with Fireball Ministry and The Knives through September 11th. The band will then head over to the UK before launching another U.S. trek in November. Check out the comprehensive list of dates through November 20th here.

Slipknot Wrap Subliminal Verses Touring And Prep Live Album

Slipknot is back in action mounting the Subliminal Verses Tour: The Final Volume to wrap up the touring cycle on the band’s current, critically-acclaimed album – Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses). The band is also poised to unleash an as-yet-untitled, a deluxe double disc package of live material from previous touring stints.

Unearth and As I Lay Dying have been tapped to support Slipknot on their trek running in October and November. As a lasting record of the band’s explosive live set, Slipknot plan to release a live album later this year. This live recording was made from shows on their successful previous tours and will be augmented by material from upcoming dates to be played in Singapore. The double disc set will be in stores on November 1, 2005 and will contain new, special art from the creative minds of the band.

Catch SLIPKNOT on the road and experience what critics and fans alike are raving about for yourself!

TOUR DATES OCTOBER   14 US Bank Arena Cincinnatti, OH   15 Deltaplex Grand Rapids, MI   16 House of Blues Cleveland, OH   18 Congress Theater Chicago, IL   19 Congress Theater Chicago, IL   21 The Mark Moline, IL   22 Freaker’s Ball Kansas City, MO   24 State Theatr Detroit, MI   25 Air Canada Ctr Toronto, ONT   27 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA   28 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA   30 Nokia Theater New York, NY   31 Nokia Theater New York, NY   NOVEMBER   1 Nokia Theater New York, NY   4 Bell Centre Montreal, QUE   5 Pepsi Arena Quebec City, QUE   7 The Palladium Worcester, MA   8 The Palladium Worcester, MA   9 House of Blues Atlantic City, NJ   11 Roberts Stadium Evansville, IN   12 Metro Center Rockford, IL   13 Roy Wilkins Minneapolis, MN   15 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI

ALBUM TRACK LISTING (not final order): “The Blister Exists” “(sic)” “Pulse Of The Maggots “Vermilion” “Duality” “Wait And Bleed” “Everything Ends” “Surfacing” “Spit It Out” “Liberate” “People=Shit” “Disasterpiece” “The Heretic Anthem “Left Behind” “The Nameless” “Iowa” “Purity” Three Nil” “Eeyore” “Eyeless” …and more!

Bobaflex Preview Apologize For Nothing

Bobaflex has redesigned and re-launched their media player for Apologize for Nothing, due out August 23rd. Check out the player here to preview audio samples from the entire record, live footage, mp3 download of the first single "Better Than Me" and more. Bobaflex is currently out on the Gigantour.

Story Of The Year Reveal New Dates For Headlining Tour

Story Of The Year will hit the road starting September 22nd with Funeral For A Friend, Anberlin and He Is Legend. Story Of The Year will issue their highly anticipated new album, In The Wake Of Determination, on October 11th. The effort was produced by Steve Evetts (The Cure, Hatebreed, Dillinger Escape Plan). Check out the tracks "Our Time Is Now" and "We Don’t Care Anymore" at Myspace.

Here are the upcoming dates for the Story Of The Year tour:.

09/22 – The Cotillion Ballroom – Wichita , KS
09/23 – Paramount Theatre – Denver , CO
09/24 – Utah State Fair Park – Salt Lake City , UT
09/25 – House of Blues – Las Vegas , NV
09/26 – Majestic Ventura Theatre – Ventura , CA
09/28 – The Avalon – Hollywood , CA
09/29 – House of Blues – Anaheim , CA
10/02 – Ridglea Theatre – Fort Worth , TX
10/05 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia , PA
10/07 – House of Blues – Atlantic City , NJ
10/09 – Sonar Lounge – Baltimore , MD
10/10 – Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto , ONT
10/12 – Majestic Theatre – Detroit , MI
10/13 – House of Blues – Chicago , IL
10/14 – The Beaumont – Kansas City , MO
10/15 – The Pageant – St Louis , MO
10/16 – Jillian’s – Louisville , KY

HIM Post New Podcast

HIM has posted the 11th edition of their podcast series, this one featuring Bam Margera and his thoughts on the “Wings of a Butterfly” video. To download this and previous HIM podcasts, visit here. HIM will also be on this weekend’s episode of “Viva La Bam” on MTV, which was filmed earlier this year at their performance at a festival in Finland .

The Used Unveil New Video

The Used has a new video for “I Caught Fire (In Your Eyes)”, their latest single from In Love And Death. The band will begin a headlining tour of North America on August 19. You can find tour dates and theused.net. Check out the video in Windows Media (450k - 300k - 100k - 56k) and Quicktime.

Against Me! Post New MP3

Against Me! has posted a second track from their new album, Searching For A Former Clarity. due on September 6th via Fat Wreck Chords. Download an mp3 of the first single "Don’t Lose Touch." The effort was produced by J. Robbins (Jets To Brazil, Promise Ring).

Against Me! will headline the Fat Tour along with Epoxies, Smoke Or Fire and The Soviett starting September 4th in Orlando, FL. The band has also been confirmed for two dates with Green Day, September 1st in East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium and September 3rd in Foxboro, MA @ Gillette Stadium

Taste Of Chaos Live CD And DVD Details Revealed

This past Spring the inaugural Taste of Chaos Tour slammed thousands of fans together for a nonstop onslaught of music from a diverse array of today’s hottest screamo and post-hardcore bands. Nearly 200,000 kids attended the 34-date Taste of Chaos trek which blazed across the U.S. and Canada. After witnessing the chaos live, fans can also experience it at home with the TASTE OF CHAOS DVD and the TASTE OF CHAOS Live Soundtrack CD, both of which will be officially released September 27 via Image Entertainment.

The TASTE OF CHAOS DVD chronicles all the action from the 2005 tour including interviews and live performances from artists: The Used, My Chemical Romance, Killswitch Engage, Underoath, Senses Fail, Atreyu, A Static Lullaby, Opiate For The Masses, Bleed The Dream, Nicky P., Unearth, My American Heart and BEDlight For BlueEYES.

TASTE OF CHAOS DVD is packed with special features including: artist interviews, behind the scenes and backstage footage, impromptu interviews with fans, a tour photo gallery and an acoustic stage option which includes bonus footage from Opiate For The Masses, Bleed The Dream, BEDlight For BlueEYES, My American Heart and Nicky P.

In addition to the DVD, the TASTE OF CHAOS Live Soundtrack CD--also set for release September 27 via Image Entertainment--features an eclectic mix of live songs recorded during the Taste of Chaos tour. The disc includes 15 live tracks for a fan-friendly price of $13.98. The CD soundtrack contains the first live recordings of many of the songs (see full track listing below).

Created and operated by Vans Warped Tour founder and Warcon partner Kevin Lyman, Freeze Artist Management’s John Reese and Creative Artist Agency’s Darryl Eaton, the Taste of Chaos Tour sold-out nearly every show during the Spring run.

Tour founder Kevin Lyman explains: "I wish I had documented the first year of Warped, because I’m always asked what the first year was like. With the making of the Taste of Chaos DVD and CD we’ll be able to let people know what a great time was had by all."

Here’s the complete list of live performances for the TASTE OF CHAOS DVD:
TASTE OF CHAOS-DVD

The Used-“Take It Away”
My Chemical Romance-“Give ’Em Hell, Kid”
Killswitch Engage-“A Bid Farewell” and “The End Of Heartache (featuring Ken Sussi from Unearth)”
Senses Fail-“Bite To Break Skin”
Underoath-“Reinventing Your Exit” and “It’s a Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door”
Atreyu-“Right Side Of The Bed” and “Lip Gloss and Black”
Unearth-“Black Hearts Now Reign” and “This Lying World”
A Static Lullaby-“Lip Gloss and Letdown” and “The Shooting Star that Destroyed Us”

Here’s the complete track listing of songs for the TASTE OF CHAOS Live Soundtrack CD:
TASTE OF CHAOS-Live CD Soundtrack
The Used -“Take It Away”
Killswitch Engage-“Fixation On The Darkness”
Unearth-“Black Hearts Now Reign”
Opiate For The Masses-“Heaven”
Atreyu-“Lip Gloss and Black”
Bleed The Dream-“Broken Wings”
A Static Lullaby-“Lip Gloss and Letdown”
Senses Fail-“Bite To Break Skin”
My American Heart-“White Lines”
Atreyu-“Right Side Of The Bed”
Underoath-“The Impact Of Reason”
BEDlight For BlueEYES-“Hind Sight”
A Static Lullaby-“The Shooting Star That Destroyed Us”
Nicky P.-“Before You Go”
Unearth-“This Lying World”

Vaux Preview "Are You With Me"

Vaux will release their new album, Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice, on October 25th on Lava Records. The effort was produced by Garret Lee (U2, Snow Patrol). This album is the follow-up to last year's acclaimed Plague Music EP on Equal Vision. Check out the first single "Are You With Me" in Windows Media (450k - 300k - 100k) and Real Media.

Vaux recently filmed a show at the Fox Theater in Boulder, CO and will be releasing the footage along with the live cd of the show in a few different formats. More details on that are expected to be announced soon.

10 Years Stream Entire New Album

10 Years will release their Republic/Universal debut, The Autumn Effect, on August 16th. You can preview the entire album now via an exclusive online listening party. Check it out in Windows Media and Real Media.

10 Years is currently out on the road with Disturbed and Ill Nino. Here is where you can check them out:

August 14th Colorodo Springs, CO - City Auditorium
August 15th Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Convention Center
August 17th Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheatre
August 19th Amarillo, TX - Aztex Music Hall
August 20th Oklahoma City, OK - Farmers Market
August 21st Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom
August 23rd Wichita, KS - The Cotillion
August 24th Springfield, MO - Oasis Inn and Convention Center
August 26th Omaha, NE - Sokol Hall
August 27th Fargo, ND - Fargo Civic Memorial Auditorium
August 28th Sioux Falls, SD - Ramkota Exhibit Hall
August 30th Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
August 31st Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
September 2nd Springfield, IL - The Warehouse
September 3rd Cedar Rapids, IA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway
September 5th Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus
September 6th London, ONT - John LaBatt Centre
September 12th Scranton, PA - Scranton Cultural Center
September 13th Niagara Falls, NY - Dome Theatre
September 16th Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic Center
September 17th Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

The Used Tour: Glassjaw Sidelined, H20 Tapped To Fill Void

Glassjaw, who only recently defied rumors of a break up by committing themselves as the main support act on the upcoming tour with The Used, have had to withdraw from the tour due to singer Daryl Palumbo’s on going battle with Crohn’s Disease. Palumbo has been suffering from Crohn’s since childhood and it has wreaked havoc on the dynamic singer’s personal and professional life. For more information on Crohn’s see: http://www.ccfa.org. The Used will be donating some proceeds from merchandise sales from the tour to help offset some of Palumbo’s medical costs.

H2O has committed to replace Glassjaw on the trek, which will now begin August 19 in San Jose. The first 4 dates of the tour (8/13 Colorado Springs, 8/15 Albuquerque, 8/16 Las Cruces, 8/18 Reno) have been cancelled due to the Glassjaw cancellation and the inability to fill the main support slot at this late of a notice.

Seminal New York punk band H2O, formed in New York City in 1994, have been purveyors of hardcore and have built a tremendous following over the years. Says The Used’s Branden Steineckert of the situation, “we wish Daryl well soon, and we know how disappointed he is to be missing this tour. He’s a great friend and we’ll miss him out there.” As for the addition of H20 Steineckert had this to say, “I have fucking loved H20 for a long time they are legendary in the hardcore scene and the guys in the band are great friends, we can’t wait to play shows with them!”

30 Seconds To Mars is also making the trip. The Street Drum Corps who just finished the Vans Warped Tour will also be playing all the dates. The final opening slot on the tour is being filled by a variety of different bands including New Transit Direction, Broke and Day of Contempt (see below).

August 19th San Jose, CA - San Jose Event Center
August 20th Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
August 21st Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
August 23rd Austin, TX - Stubbs
August 24th San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
August 25th Corpus Christi, TX - Street Amphitheatre
August 26th Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless
August 27th Dallas, TX - Nokia
August 30th New York, NY - Hammerstein
August 31st New York, NY - Hammerstein
September 1st Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid Hudson Civic Center
September 3rd Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
September 4th Wilmington, DE - Big Kahuana
September 5th Hartford, CT - Webster Hall

Stutterfly Plot Dates With Bleed The Dream, Roses Are Red, BEDlight For BlueEYES

Stutterfly will hit the road this fall with Bleed The Dream, Roses Are Red and BEDlight For BlueEYES. The trek will be sponsored by Hurley and Smartpunk. Check out the dates:

September 13th Bakersfield, CA - Jerry’s

September 14th Sonoma, CA - College

September 15th Sacramento, CA - Boardwalk

September 17th Seattle, WA - Studio 7

September 18th Boise, ID - Big Easy

September 20th Phoenix, AZ - Neck Beards

September 21st Flagstaff, AZ - Studio 111

September 22nd Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad

September 23rd Dallas, TX - The Door

September 24th McAllen, TX - Nikki Rowe

September 25th Houston, TX - Java Jazz

September 27th Tallahassee, FL - Big Daddy’s

September 28th Jacksonville , FL - Jack Rabbit’s

September 29th Orlando, FL - Back Booth

September 30th W. Palm, FL - Ray’s

October 1st Tampa , FL - TBA

October 2nd Atlanta, GA - Swayze’s

October 4th Memphis, TN - The Complex

October 5th St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl

October 6th Columbus, OH - The Basement

October 7th Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar

October 8th Montclair, NJ - Bloomfield

October 9th New York, NY - Continental

October 11th Milwaukee , WI - TBA

October 12th Chicago, IL - TBA

October 13th Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection

October 14th  Madison, WI - College

October 15th La Crosse, WI - Warehouse

October 16th Kansas City, MO - El Correon

October 18th Colorado Springs, CO - Darkside

October 19th Ogden, UT - Club Boom VA

October 20th St. George, UT - Electric

October 21st San Diego, CA - Soma

October 22nd Los Angeles, CA - Roxy

Straylight Run Unveil EP Plans

Straylight Run will issue a 6-song EP entitled Prepare To Be Wrong on October 4th through Victory Records. The band is also planning to follow the EP with a live DVD in November. More details are expected to be announced shortly.

Here is the tracklisting for the EP:

1. I Don’t Want This Anymore
2. It Never Gets Easier
3. A Slow Decent
4. Hands In The Sky (Big Shot)
5. Later That Year
6. With God On Our Side

My Chemical Romance Nominated For Viewers Choice Award

My Chemical Romance has been nominated for their fifth MTV Video Music Award in the Viewers Choice Category for the video for their single "Helena." "Helena" has also received nominations in the Best Rock Video, Best New Artist In A Video, the MTV2 Award and Best Choreography In A Video for their hit "Helena." The video was directed by Marc Webb.

MCR will embark on a headlining tour this fall. Alkaline Trio and Reggie And The Full Effect will support the band on the 28-city trek across the United States. The initial dates for the tour will run as follows:

September 15th Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion
September 16th Cleveland, OH - Scene Pavilion
September 17th Ypsilanti, MI - EMU Convocation Center
September 18th Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion
September 20th Saint Paul, MN - Myth
September 21st Milwaukee, WI - The Rave / Eagles Club
September 22nd Saint Louis, MO - The Pageant
September 23rd Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre
September 24th San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
September 25th Houston, TX - Reliant Arena @ Reliant Park
September 27th Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
September 28th San Diego, CA - SOMA
September 29th San Diego, CA - SOMA
October 2nd San Jose, CA - Event Center Arena
October 3rd Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Amphitheatre
October 5th Orem, UT - McKay Events Center

HIM Post New Video

HIM has posted the video for their new single "Wings Of A Butterfly" Check out the video in Windows Media (450k - 300k - 100k - 56k) and Quicktime. HIM will release their new album, Dark Light, on September 26th internationally and September 27th in the US.

HIM will soon announce the dates for their Fall tour with Finch and Skindred.

Thrice Announce Dates With Underoath, The Bled

Thrice has finalized additional dates for their upcoming trek with Underoath, The Bled and Veda. Thrice will be releasing their brand new effort, Vheissu, on October 18th. Here are the dates:

October 04th Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
October 05th San Diego, CA - SOMA
October 06th San Diego, CA - SOMA
October 07th Irvine, CA - Bren Center
October 08th San Francisco, CA - Warfield
October 09th Portland, OR - Roseland
October 10th Seattle, WA - Showbox
October 12th Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
October 13th Denver, CO - Fillmore
October 14th Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium
October 15th Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
October 16th Sauget, IL - Pops
October 18th Fargo, ND - Playmakers Pavillion
October 19th Minneapolis, MN - Quest
October 20th Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
October 21st Chicago, IL - The Riviera
October 22nd Detroit, MI - State Theatre
October 23rd Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
October 25th Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
October 26th Toronto, ON - The Docks
October 27th Ottawa, ON - Capital Music Hall
October 28th Montreal, QC - Centre-Pierre Charbonneau

Against Me! Post MP3

Against Me! will release their new album, Searching For A Former Clarity. on September 6th via Fat Wreck Chords. You can now download an mp3 of the track "Problems." The effort was produced by J. Robbins (Jets To Brazil, Promise Ring). Check out the artwork (left). The track "Don’t Lose Touch" will serve as the first single.

Against Me! will headline the Fat Tour along with Epoxies, Smoke Or Fire and The Soviett starting September 4th in Orlando, FL. The band has also been confirmed for two dates with Green Day, September 1st in East Rutherford, NJ @ Giants Stadium and September 3rd in Foxboro, MA @ Gillette Stadium

Story Of The Year Set Dates With Funeral For A Friend, Anberlin

Story Of The Year will hit the road starting September 22nd with Funeral For A Friend, Anberlin and He Is Legend. Story Of The Year will issue their highly anticipated new album, In The Wake Of Determination, on October 11th. The effort was produced by Steve Evetts (The Cure, Hatebreed, Dillinger Escape Plan). Check out the tracks "Our Time Is Now" and "We Don’t Care Anymore" at Myspace.

Here are the upcoming dates for the Story Of The Year tour:.

September 22nd Wichita, KS - The Cotillion Ballroom 
September 23rd Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre 
September 25th Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues 
September 26th Ventura, CA - Majestic Ventura Theatre 
September 28th Hollywood, CA - The Avalon 
September 29th Anaheim, CA - House of Blues 
October 2nd Fort Worth, TX - Ridglea Theatre 
October 10th Toronto, ONT - Phoenix Concert Theatre 
October 13th Chicago, IL - House of Blues 
October 14th Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont

Roadrunner United - The All-Star Sessions: 57 Artists, 45 Bands, 19 Tracks, 4 Team Captains

Roadrunner Records has put together a groundbreaking record to mark the label’s 25^th Anniversary.   The group is called Roadrunner United and the album titled The All-Star Sessions. This full length release, in stores on October 11, 2005, is a ‘master-class’ in hard rock/metal. Boasting 57 artists from 45 of Roadrunner’s past and present bands, the album will contain original tracks that are collaborations between numerous Roadrunner stars.

 

Four central musicians were originally chosen to produce and write the songs. Joey Jordison (Slipknot), Dino Cazares (ex-Fear Factory/Brujeria), Robert Flynn (Machine Head) and Matthew Heafy (Trivium). These four musicians play on the songs they have written and have also assembled a unique team of artists to appear on each track.  In order to cover as wide a spectrum as possible, no musician has played for more than one writer/producer and each song features a different vocalist. 

 

In addition to these stellar teams of musicians, there will also be special additional tracks from ex-Roadrunner artist, Josh Silver - Type O Negative's longtime producer / keyboardist.  In the spirit of the project, Silver has included Roadrunner artists on his tracks as well…  Opeth’s Mikael Akerfeldt appears on the Silver-written “Roads.”

 

Track names from the Jordison team include “Constitution Down” (with vocals by Kyle Thomas of Floodgate), “Tired ‘N Lonely” (with vocals from Keith Caputo of Life of Agony) and “Annihilation By The Hand Of God” (with vocals from Glen Benton of Deicide) among others.  Flynn’s camp has completed songs like “The Dagger” (with vocals from Howard Jones of Killswitch Engage) and “The Rich Man” (with vocals from Corey Taylor of Slipknot) among others.  “The End” (with vocals from Matt Heafy of Trivium) and “The Enemy” (with vocals from Mark Hunter of Chimaira) are some of the team-Cazares product.  And tracks from Heafy’s sessions include “The Dawn of a Golden Age” (with vocals from Dani Filth of Cradle of Filth), “Superheroes” (with vocals from Michale Graves of The Misfits) and “Blood and Flames” (with vocals from Jesse Leach – ex-Killswitch Engage singer).

 

PARTICIPANTS:

 

Michael Åckerfeldt	Justin Hagberg	Daryl Palumbo
Rob Barrett	Matthew K. Heafy	Nadja Peulen
Matt Baumbach	Andols Herrick	Dave Pybus
Corey Beaulieu	Tom Holkenberg	Josh Rand
Glen Benton	Steve Holt	Jim Root
Keith Caputo	Mark Hunter	Souren “Mike” Sarkisyan
Max Cavalera	Howard Jones	Josh Silver
Dino Cazares	Joey Jordison	Acey Slade
Dave Chavarri	Johnny Kelly	Mike Smith
Tyler Connolly	King Diamond	Peter Steele
Mike D’Antonio	Andreas Kisser	Corey Taylor
Steve DiGiorgio	Andy LaRocque	Kyle Thomas
Matt DeVries	Jesse David Leach	Jeff Waters
Marcelo Dias	Cristian Machado	Jordan Whelan
Dez Fafara	Logan Mader)	Christian Olde Wolbers
Dani Filth	Sean Malone	Tim Williams
Robert Flynn	Roy Mayorga
Rhys Fulber	Dave McClain
Michale Graves	James Murphy
Paul Gray	Tommy Niemeyer

 

 

BANDS REPRESENTED:

 

3 Inches Of Blood	Keith Caputo (solo artist)	Theory Of A Deadman
36 Crazyfists	Killswitch Engage	Thorn
Annihilator	King Diamond	Trivium
Brujeria	Life Of Agony	Type O Negative
Carnivore	Machine Head	Vision Of Disorder
Chimaira	Malevolent Creation
Coal Chamber	Mercyful Fate
Cradle Of Filth	Misfits
Cynic	Murderdolls
Deicide	Nailbomb
DevilDriver	Obituary
Disincarnate	Opeth
Exhorder	Sadus
Fear Factory	Sepultura
Floodgate	Slipknot
Front Line Assembly	Soulfly
Glassjaw	Spineshank
Gruntruck	Still Remains
Ill Nino	Stone Sour
Junkie XL	Suffocation

Every Time I Die Unleash New Music From Gutter Phenomenon

Every Time I Die will drop their new album, Gutter Phenomenon, on August 23rd through Ferret. In anticipation of the release, you can now check out the brand new media player featuring the new cuts "Bored Stiff," "Guitarred And Feathered" and "Champing At The Bit." The new cut "Champing At The Bit" features an appearance by Glassjaw / Head Automatica singer Daryl Palumbo.

The video for the track "Kill The Music" features actor Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Sin City) and was directed by Darren Doane (A Life Once Lost, Thursday, Deftones). Expect the video to premiere in its entirety soon.

Every Time I Die will kick off a U.S. headlining tour on September 7th along with and The Esoteric (9/26-10/7). Do not miss ETID when they hit a town near you:

September 7th Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
September 8th New York, NY - Irving Plaza
September 9th Worcester, MA - The Palladium - 2160
September 10th Philadelphia, PA - TLA / south st.
September 12th Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
September 13th Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
September 15th Nashville, TN - Rocketown
September 16th Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Atlanta
September 17th Tampa, FL - Masquerade Tampa - 1200
September 19th Houston, TX - Engine Room
September 20th Dallas, TX - Trees
September 21st Austin, TX - Emo’s
September 23rd Tempe, AZ - Marquee Thr=eatre
September 24th San Diego, CA - Soma
September 25th Los Angeles, CA - House Of Blues
September 26th San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
September 27th Portland, OR - Loveland (Meow Meow)
September 28th Seattle, WA - El Corazon
September 30th Salt Lake City, UT - Lo-Fi Cafe
October 1st Denver, CO - Cervantes
October 2nd Lawrence, KS - Granada
October 3rd Minneapolis, MN - The Ascot Room
October 4th Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
October 5th Detroit, MI - St. Andrew’s Hall
October 6th Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s
October 7th Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall

Trapt Preview "Stand Up" Video, New Tracks

The new Trapt video for "Stand Up" has been added to their media player, along with three new tracks from their forthcoming new album, Someone In Control, out September 13th. Preview the new tracks "Disconnected," "Lost Realist" and "Waiting".

Someone In Control was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) and is the follow-up to the nearly two million-selling self-titled 2002 Warner Bros. debut. Trapt will hit the road this fall for a headlining trek with Aphasia in tow. Dates will be announced soon.

Disturbed Launch Media Player

You can get a chance to hear "Ten Thousand Fists," the title track from the new Disturbed album, plus get three exclusive screenshots from Madden NFL 06 (in stores August 9th). Check out the new media player to unlock the song and screenshots after it has been passed virally via email to 250,000 people. A counter on the player shows the current number of visitors to the player. Also, the official Disturbed site has recently re-launched, disturbed1.com.

Disturbed will release their new album, Ten Thousand Fists, on September 20th. Preview the first single "Stricken" now in Windows Media (128k - 56k) and Quicktime. Todd McFarlane created the album cover for Ten Thousand Fists. Aside from creating the wildly popular comic book character Spawn, McFarlane also designed the album cover for Korn’s Follow The Leader as well as the video for "Freak On A Leash" and Pearl Jam’s "Do The Evolution."

Rikets Prep Corporate Punishment Debut

Rikets is ready to be unleashed upon the world, with their debut EP, Anything For The Devil, set for release September 13th through Corporate Punishment Records.  Preview two songs from the album at Myspace. The band has been hard at work completing their video for the track "Useless" with director Don Tyler (Trigger Point, Eagles of Death Metal). The clip will appear on an upcoming WARCON DVD, and will be serviced to all major national and regional video outlets in late August.

Rikets has also been gearing up for a string of dates sponsored by Jagermeister. Also appearing on many of the dates are Allele and Straight Line Stitch.  Dates currently confirmed include:
August 6th Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
August 11th Erie, PA - Forward Hall
August 12th Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s Down Under
August 13th Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Icon
August 14th Limestone, NY - The Flood Zone
August 20th Akron, OH - The Voodoo
August 27th Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
September 3rd Grand Rapids, MI - Ten Bells

Story Of The Year Stream "Our Time Is Now"

Story Of The Year has posted the new track “Our Time Is Now” for streaming at Myspace. Check back often as very soon we will put up a download mp3 of the first single “We Don’t Care Anymore.” Story of the Year will be premiering new songs on Myspace leading up to the October 11th release of their new album IN THE WAKE OF DETERMINATION. Check back at www.myspace.com/storyoftheyear to see if new songs have been put up. The new album was produced by Steve Evetts (The Cure, Hatebreed, Saves the Day, Dillinger Escape Plan).

Story Of The Year will kick off their run on the Warped Tour this Wednesday, August 3rd, in Atlanta, GA. Story Of The Year will be playing the Main Stage at the Warped Tour through the final date of the tour on August 15th.

HIM Post New Podcast, Preview Single

HIM has posted the 10th edition of their podcast documenting the development of their new album, Dark Light. The album will be out September 26th internationally and September 27th in the US.

Hear the latest podcast report with drummer Gas and preview the new single "Wings of a Butterfly." You can buy the full song at all digital online stores like iTunes starting tomorrow, August 2nd.

Download and listen to the MP3 interviews on your computer, iPod, other portable device or just burn them to a CD. Just go to warnerbrosrecords.com/him/podcast/ and hear the latest report.

My Chemical Romance Set Dates For Headlining Tour

My Chemical Romance will embark on a headlining tour this fall. Alkaline Trio and Reggie And The Full Effect will support the band on the 28-city trek across the United States. The initial dates for the tour will run as follows:

September 15th Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion
September 16th Cleveland, OH - Scene Pavilion
September 17th Ypsilanti, MI - EMU Convocation Center
September 18th Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion
September 20th Saint Paul, MN - Myth
September 21st Milwaukee, WI - The Rave / Eagles Club
September 22nd Saint Louis, MO - The Pageant
September 23rd Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre
September 24th San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
September 25th Houston, TX - Reliant Arena @ Reliant Park
September 27th Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
September 28th San Diego, CA - SOMA
September 29th San Diego, CA - SOMA
October 02nd San Jose, CA - Event Center Arena
October 03rd Reno, NV - Reno Hilton Amphitheatre
October 05th Orem, UT - McKay Events Center

Coretta Scott Ready Debut Album, Dates With Stutterfly

Coretta Scott will release their debut offering, Scream And Shout, on August 23rd through Rise Records. You can now preview four tracks from the effort over at Purevolume. The 11-song outing packs a punch with a blend of modernized Rock and Roll (think Motley Crue) mixed with current bands in the vein of Thrice/Saosin/The Used. Coretta Scott will hit the road later this month with Stutterfly. Check out the dates below.

August 7th Aberdeen, WA - Alfie’s
August 9th Tacoma, WA - Club Impact
August 10th Seattle, WA - The Catwalk
August 11th Tacoma, WA - Club Impact
August 12th Spokane, WA - Fat Tuesday’s Concert Hall
August 13th Lewiston, ID - The Wreck Room
August 14th Couer D’alene, ID - CDA Tea House
August 17th Moscow, ID - AKL House

Bullet For My Valentine Unveil New Video, MP3

The debut CD from Bullet For My Valentine comes out August 23rd on Trustkill Records. Check out the new video, and MP3 for the song "Hand Of Blood" and the live video for the song "4 Words To Choke Upon."

Bullet For My Valentine have been confirmed for Hellfest and will be announcing more dates soon. Though the band has drawn comparisons to Funeral For A Friend and UK label mates Lost Prophets, the band’s debut EP which was produced and mixed by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Fear Factory, Slipknot) already has the BBC proclaiming that “Bullet For My Valentine rock much harder, much louder.” The band is driven by an old school metallic punch nurtured by years of growing up on Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Stretch Arm Strong Premiere New Track

Stretch Arm Strong are gearing up to release their new album, Free At Last, on September 13th through We Put Out Records. You can now hear the first single "The Sounds Of Names Dropping" over at Purevolume. Stretch Arm Strong will shoot the video for the track on August 9th in Atlanta, GA with director Johnny Rej (Mastodon, Further Seems Forever).

Stretch Arm Strong are currently out on a co-headlining tour with Haste The Day. The Summer Free Fall Tour also features Still Remains and Kane Hodder. You can see the dates over at Myspace.

Produced by James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, Underoath, Academy Is) Free At Last is the fourth full length from the South Carolina band and the premiere release from We Put Out Records. Extensive roadwork with Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, Rise Against, Norma Jean, Pennywise and others have built a solid fan base and set the stage for what promises to be their most diverse and inspired work to date. "These songs are without a doubt the best we’ve done. The excitement, the energy and the passion we have for this record is unparallel to anything we’ve ever experienced." remarks McLane.

The Like Prepare Debut Album

Los Angeles indie rock trio The Like are preparing to release their debut album, Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?, on September 13th via Geffen. You can now listen to four cuts from the effort over at Myspace. The band previously released three self-issued EPs (i like the like, like it or not and like it or not_.

The ladies worked with producer Wendy Melvoin (an original member of Prince and the Revolution), and co-producer John Goodmanson (Blonde Redhead, The Blood Brothers, Death Cab for Cutie). The effort was mixed by Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle).

Starting August 10th, The Like will hit the road with Tori Amos through September 13th.

Coheed And Cambria Announce Dates

Coheed and Cambria will return on September 20th with the release of their latest opus, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: Volume 1. From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. Coheed will hit the road for starting September 27th with The Blood Brothers, Dredg and and mewithoutYou. Here are the dates:

September 27th Atlantic City, NJ - House Of Blues
September 29th Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo
September 30th Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
October 1st Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre
October 2nd Detroit, MI - State Theatre
October 4th Minneapolis, MN - Quest Club
October 5th Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
October 6th Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
October 7th Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
October 8th Magna, UT - The Great Salt Air
October 12th Seattle, WA - Showbox
October 16th Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern

Bobaflex Post New Video

Bobaflex will release their new album, Apologize For Nothing, on August 23rd through TVT Records. You can now check out the video for the first single "Better Than Me" in Windows Media and Quicktime.

Bobaflex are currently out on the Gigantour alongside Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Factory, Dillinger Escape Plan, Nevermore, Life Of Agony, Symphony X, Dry Kill Logic and more.

HIM Launch Internet-Only Edition Of Dark Light

HIM has created a special edition of Dark Light with two extra songs and more just for their online fans. It comes in a collectible tin box that holds:

• The full album plus two bonus tracks - "Venus (In Our Blood)" and "The Cage"
• 32-page booklet including handwritten lyrics from Ville plus fan tattoo pictures and more
• HIM logo-flashlight keychain in a velvet bag that projects the Heartagram on a wall

Click here for more info on how to get it. Dark Light will be out September 26th internationally and September 27th in the US.

Portugal. The Man Stream New Tracks

Portugal. The Man, the new band from John Gourley and Zach Carothers of Anatomy Of A Ghost fame, have posted two brand new tracks ("Gold Fronts" and "Stables And Chairs") at Myspace.

The band will be hitting the studio later this year with producer Casey Bates (Gatsbys American Dream, This Providence, Daphne Loves Derby) to record their debut effort for Fearless Records. A release sometime next year is expected.

Portugal. The Man is a departure from the members’ previous sound, blending influences of the ever seminal sounds of yesteryear, such as Elton John and David Bowie, with the latest innovations in melodious experimentation (drum machines, programming, sampling), The result is a rather compelling hybrid.

Avenged Sevenfold Unveil New Video

Avenged Sevenfold have unleashed the video for their new single "Bat Country." You can find the clip at Myspace. The track comes from A7X's recently released effort, City Of Evil.

Avenged Sevenfold will be heading back to Europe in September. The confirmed dates for the UK portion of the trek have been announced with more dates set to be released soon. Here is where you can catch A7X:
September 19th Nottingham - Rock City
September 20th Glasgow - Barrowlands
September 22nd Birmingham - Carling Academy
September 23rd London - Brixton Academy

My Chemical Romance Announce Fall Tour

My Chemical Romance will embark on a headlining tour this fall. Alkaline Trio and Reggie And The Full Effect will support the band on the 28-city trek across the United States. Although on-sale dates for the tour will not be announced for a couple of weeks, the tour will make stops in the following cities:

Columbus, OH; Cleveland, OH; Detroit,MI; Chicago, IL; St. Paul, MN; Milwaukee, WI; St. Louis, MO; Dallas, TX; San Antonio, TX; Houston, TX; Phoenix, AZ; San Diego, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Las Vegas, NV; San Jose, CA; Reno, NV; Orem, UT; Atlanta, GA; Orlando, FL; Tampa, FL; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Myrtle Beach, SC; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Boston, MA; Hartford, CT; Providence, RI; and Baltimore, MD.

You can currently catch My Chemical Romance as one of the headliners on the Vans Warped Tour.

The Bronx Play Black Flag In New Movie

The Bronx have been cast to play Black Flag in the upcoming film “What We Do Is Secret” a film about Darby Crash and the Germs. The Bronx recorded “Police Story” last Saturday night at Radio Recorders in LA with Pat Smear. Kira from Black Flag stepped in on bass for the recording. Other acts include the Mae Shi as the Screamers, and the Germs as the Germs. You can find out details on thebronxxx.com if you would like to be in the video, shooting on Friday in Hollywood.

The Bronx have recently been at work recording the follow-up to their self-titled White Drugs/Ferret release. The as-yet-untitled new album will see a release on Island Records, more than likely sometime next year.

If you are thinking to yourself, didn’t someone just play Black Flag in a movie, it was Rise Against that performed the Black Flag classic "Nervous Breakdown" in the film "Lords Of Dogtown."

Open Hand Announce Dates For Ryan Dunn & Don Vito Rock Tour

Open Hand, Fight Paris and Disengage are heading out alongside cast members from Jackass and Viva La Bam on the Ryan Dunn & Don Vito Rock Tour. The tour, which kicks off August 3rd in Austin, TX promises to combine multi-media, self-destructive behavior & great music. Watch the tour video trailer & TV commercials over at dunnanddonvito.com. Here are the confirmed dates:

August 3rd Austin, TX - The Drink
August 4th Harker Heights, TX - Hero’s Rock & Roll
August 5th San Antonio, TX - Antone’s
August 6th Houston, TX - Purgatory
August 7th Corpus Christi, TX - House Of Rock
August 8th Lufkin, TX - Electric Cowboy
August 9th Oklahoma City, OK - Purgatory
August 10th Little Rock, ARK - Juanita’s
August 11th Forth Smith, AR - Electric Cowboy
August 12th Baton Rouge, La - SoGo Live
August 13th Mobile, AL - Soul Kitchen
August 17th Ybor, FL - Masquerade
August 18th Athens, GA - UGA Classic Center
August 19th Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
August 20th Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
August 21st Jacksonville, FL - Crazy Horse @ Bourbon St. Station
August 25th Wilmington, NC - Soapbox
August 26th Fayetteville, NC - Jester’s Pub
September 3rd Farmingdale, NY - Downtown
September 9th Washington, DC - Nation
September 10th Rutland, VT - Club Vertigo
September 11th Revere, MA - Wonderland Ballroom

Against Me! Unveil Artwork, Tracklisting For New Album

Against Me! will release their new album, Searching For A Former Clarity. on September 6th via Fat Wreck Chords. The effort was produced by J. Robbins (Jets To Brazil, Promise Ring). Against Me! has unveiled the artwork (left) and tracklisting for the effort. The track "Don’t Lose Touch" will serve as the first single. The album will run as follows: 01 Miami 02 Mediocrity Gets You Pears (The Shaker) 03 Justin 04 Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners 05 From Her Lips To God’s Ears (The Energizer) 06 Violence 07 Pretty Girls (The Mover) 08 How Low 09 Joy 10 Holy Shit! 11 Even At Our Worst We’re Still Better Than Most (The Roller) 12 Problems 13 Don’t Lose Touch 14 Searching For A Former Clarity

Preview: Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw

The cinematic sound of Chicago visionaries Pelican is back on The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw. The sprawling landscapes of Pelican’s latest opus are commanding and consuming, containing an instrumental heaviness that is harrowing, yet hopeful at the same time.

In the same vein as ISIS, with a more ethereal vibe comparable to Sigur Rós and Mogwai, The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw serves as compelling background music, i.e. you’re sick of that Final Fantasy game music, or as a demanding, riveting and colossal foreground experience.

Delivered with brilliant execution, the awe-inspiring musicianship of Pelican and their continuing quest to push the boundaries of aggressive ambient music is both admirable and simply something that should be experienced. It is hard not to be swept away in the ocean that is Pelican.

Preview tracks from the forthcoming album on the newly launched media player.

Preview: Fight Paris - Paradise, Found

Paradise, Found, the Trustkill debut from the Atlanta, GA outfit Fight Paris, sounds like the backdrop to a hazy, toxin-fueled evening on the town. Sparing no expense in their attempt to put sex and snarling attitude back into rock n’ roll, their soundtrack of sin pulsates with crushing guitars on tracks like "Complete Heat" and "Deville." Fight Paris exhibit the same menacing qualities that make The Bronx and Every Time I Die so urgent and invigorating, with a little Henry Rollins circa Black Flag thrown in for good measure.

Without going into fitting, and we must admit tempting, pornographic analogies, Fight Paris is an overindulgent, and well overdue band that fully embraces that which is sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. If you like dangerous rock n’ roll that feels like the equivalent to way too many shots of tequila, you will feel right at home with Fight Paris.

Download some mp3s from Paradise, Found over at the Trustkill site.

Preview: Chiodos - All’s Well That Ends Well

Commencing with an eerie piano intro, the A.D.D. / crack rock of Chiodos kicks into gear with the penetrating chaos of "All Nereids Beware." The leadoff track, which was our gateway-track from their days as the Chiodos Bros., is even more jarring than its previous incarnation. When listening to Chiodos and their Equal Vision offering All’s Well That Ends Well, it would be easy to compare them to The Blood Brothers, and at some points Underoath, with their abrupt time signatures and quick changes. Vocally, singer Craig Owens shares a resemblance with John Gourley of Anatomy Of A Ghost, with a bit of Johnny Whitney of the Blood Brothers mixed in. Comparisons aside, Chiodos artfully piece together complex, and constantly shifting sounds into colorful puzzle that somehow seems to fit, feeling like a composition inspired by one of Picasso’s most abstract works. Trying to sum up the new Chiodos record, and its every detail, would be like trying to create cliff notes for War And Peace.

If you are up for a challenge, try and follow the manic screamo/emo musings of Chiodos. One person’s art is another person’s trash, there is not much middle ground with Chiodos. You will either enjoy the bumpy ride or use it as your next coaster.

Preview a few tracks over at Purevolume to see what they are all about.

Preview: Boys Night Out - Trainwreck

Boys Night Out issued their full-length Make Yourself Sick in September of 2003. At the time it stood out as one of the better screamo type records out there. In the days that have passed since its release, the world has become inundated and saturated with thousands of bands that mix whining, screaming and crying. BNO were one of the few bands that actually pulled it off in a legitimate manner without making it feel utterly insincere.

Now just short of two years since dropping Make Yourself Sick, Boys Night Out have taken an ambitious, and much appreciated turn with their epic undertaking, Trainwreck. There are few bands in the screamo/emo/whatever world, if any, that could pull off an album as lofty as Trainwreck. Boys Night Out embrace their inner Pink Floyd (and The Mars Volta), creating an oddly unique and varied record. It is not to say that the old Boys Night Out has completely been purged, there are certainly familiar elements in tracks like "Medicating" and "Sentencing," but the clichés that embody most of the bands in the modern "punk" scene are removed. In there place (*gasp*) is a wealth of new ideas and experimentations. Whether it be the sweeping and grandiose cut "Composing" or the daunting offering "Dying", there is a lot to sink your teeth into with Trainwreck. Sit down, open your ears and your mind, and give Trainwreck a good listen.

Check out the media player to preview tracks from Trainwreck.

Preview: A Perfect Murder - Strength Through Vengeance

A Perfect Murder is back with their latest bruising offering for Victory Records, Strength Through Vengeance. Kicking off with the title track, it is quite evident that the formidable metal onslaught of A Perfect Murder has not dissipated with time, rather aged like a fine wine (that not so coincidentally looks like blood). The trudging style of Strength Through Vengeance is permeated with thick, southern-cooked riffs and a methodical, slow-cooked style. At first the guitar work may seem one-dimensional, but once you start to really delve into the album it engulfs you into its murky undertow, not letting go until the last lick, in a similar fashion to Mastodon’s classic Leviathan. Thrash, hardcore and southern sludge is stirred together into a stewing offering on Strength Through Vengeance.

Take in a few cuts from A Perfect Murder over at Purevolume.

Hear New Story Of The Year, New Album In Stores October 11th

Story Of The Year’s new Album IN THE WAKE OF DETERMINATION is being readied for an October 11 release on Maverick Records. The album is heavier and more guitar driven than their debut release. The album was produced by Steve Evetts (The Cure, Hatebreed, Saves The Day, Dillinger Escape Plan).

Story Of The Year is on the Warped Tour Main Stage August 3-August 15 and will be one of the headliners on the 2005 International Taste of Chaos in October and November (Australia, Japan, UK and Germany).

Listen to the new single "We Don’t Care Anymore" at Myspace.

Trapt Preview Someone In Control

You can now check out a video clip of the making of the new Trapt album, Someone In Control, which comes out on September 13th. Check out the clips in Windows Media (450k - 300k - 100k - 56k) and Quicktime.

Trapt recently completed work on the video for their new single, "Stand Up.". Check out photos from the video shoot: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5. You can listen to the new single from Trapt on the media player.

Someone In Control was produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) and is the follow-up to the nearly two million-selling self-titled 2002 Warner Bros. debut.

Trapt will hit the road this fall for a headlining trek with Aphasia in tow. Dates will be announced soon.

HIM Ready Internet Version Of Dark Light

HIM are preparing an exclusive internet-only special edition of their forthcoming new album, Dark Light. The album will come in a tin box, with two extra tracks, a 32-page book with singer Ville Vallo’s handwritten lyrics and a HIM-logo flashlight keychain. More details will be available shortly. Dark Light will be out September 26th internationally and September 27th in the US.

In other HIM news, there’s a new podcast available, and this one is direct from the set of their upcoming video. You can download it here.

Release: Vaux - Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice

Vaux have set an October 25th release for their new album, Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice, on Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Garret Lee (U2, Snow Patrol). The band will shoot a video for the first single "Are You With Me" during the second week of August.

Vaux recently filmed a show at the Fox Theater in Boulder, CO and will be releasing the footage along with the live cd of the show in a few different formats. More details on that are expected to be announced soon.

Listen to the new cut "Identity Theft" on the Black By Popular Demand sampler for a taste of what to expect.

New Music: Disturbed - "Stricken"

You can now listen to the first single from the new Disturbed album. The song is called "Stricken" and you can preview it now in Windows Media (128k - 56k) and Quicktime. The track comes from Disturbed’s forthcoming new album, Ten Thousand Fists, in stores on September 20th. "Stricken" will be available at all digital download services on July 26th.

Todd McFarlane will be creating the album cover for Ten Thousand Fists. Aside from creating the wildly popular comic book character Spawn, McFarlane also designed the album cover for Korn’s Follow The Leader as well as the video for "Freak On A Leash" and Pearl Jam’s "Do The Evolution."

Disturbed will launch a headlining tour on August 3rd with 10 Years and Ill Nino in tow.

Rise Against Prep Re-Release

Rise Against will reissue their first album, The Unraveling, on August 23rd through Fat Wreck. The album will be re-mixed and includes two bonus tracks.  Check out an mp3 of the new version of "Everchanging."

Thrice Set Single

Thrice have set "We Are The Image Of The Invisible" as the first single from their new album, Vheissu, due in stores on October 18th. Head over to thrice.net to see the album cover art and enter to win the chance to listen to songs from Vheissu with Thrice and walk away with a signed guitar. Check out the site to watch an exclusive in-studio video.

Head Automatica Unveil New Video

Head Automatica have posted the brand new video for their track "Beating Heart Baby." Check it out in Windows Media (450k - 100k) or Quicktime. The track comes from the Head Automatica classic, Decadence.

Preview New Opeth Music

New music from Opeth’s upcoming Ghost Reveries (8/30 release date) is now available to hear. 10+ minutes of music in the form of the track "The Grand Conjuration." Check it out online now at www.roadrunnerrecords.com/opeth.

Trigger Point Unleash Debut

Trigger Point will release their debut album, A Silent Protest, on September 13th through Corporate Punishment Records. Preview four tracks from the effort at Myspace.

HIM Confirm U.S. Dates

HIM has announced two festival dates in the US this fall in support of Dark Light which will be released September 26th internationally and September 27th in the US.

The Download Festival - 10.8.05 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
Voodoo Music Experience - 10.29.05, 10.30.05 - Voodoo Island, City Park - New Orleans, LA

New Music: Coheed And Cambria - "Welcome Home"

Coheed and Cambria will return on September 20th with the release of their latest opus, Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume 1. From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. Coheed has made available their monumental new single "Welcome Home." Where some bands would play it safe with their first single back, Coheed has unleashed a 6-minute epic that recalls Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir." Check out the new e-card for a preview.

The upcoming album is also the first half of the third installment of the band's daringly ambitious prog-rock/sci-fi opus recounting the exploits of young Claudio Kilgannon, who is out to avenge the death of his three siblings and parents (Coheed and Cambria). The saga began with the band's 2002 debut, Second Stage Turbine Blade, and will eventually end with a prequel, where the fans will find out how it really began. Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume 1 has a twist, though: This one steps outside the story and focuses on the writer of the tale, and how the goings-on in his own life affect the outcome of the story he's in the midst of telling.

Release: Bobaflex - Apologize For Nothing - In Stores August 23rd

Bobaflex will release their new album, Apologize For Nothing, on August 23rd through TVT Records. Check out the first single "Better Than Me" (MP3 - Quicktime - Windows Media) and the brand new e-card.

Bobaflex will be on the Gigantour starting July 21st with Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Factory, Dillinger Escape Plan, Nevermore, Life Of Agony, Symphony X, Dry Kill Logic and more.

Tour: Every Time I Die, High On Fire, The Chariot and The Red Chord

Every Time I Die have announced the first set of dates for their forthcoming U.S. tour. Along for the trek will be High On Fire, The Chariot and The Red Chord. Here are the dates:

September 7th Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance
September 8th New York City, NY - Irving Plaza
September 9th Worcester, MA - The Palladium
September 10th Philadelphia, PA - TLA
September 12th Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
September 13th Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
September 15th Nashville, TN - Rocketown
September 16th Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Atlanta
September 17th Tampa, FL - Masquerade Tampa

Every Time I Die will drop their new album, Gutter Phenomenon, on August 23rd through Ferret. In anticipation of the release, you can now download an mp3 of the cut "Bored Stiff."

New Music: New Dead Radio

Three tracks from New Dead Radio’s upcoming album Avalon Bridge Will Burn have been posted online you can check them out here. The band’s Chuck Johnson (Slipknot, Glassjaw) produced album is set to hit stores July 19th through Mediaskare Records. The album also features a guest appearance from Stephen Perkins (Jane’s Addiction).

A video for their track "...From A Leaning Tower" was recently shot with director Scott Culver (Yellowcard, Over It) and is set to begin airing soon. A short preview of the clip can be checked out here. A full U.S. tour with label mates Contra is currently being pieced together, dates for it will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.

Tour: Against Me! Announce Dates

Against Me! are currently in the midst of a European tour through July 29th. The band will play a benefit show at CBGB’s in New York, NY on August 10th, Hellfest in Trenton, NJ on August 20th and two dates with Green Day in early September. Starting September 18th, Against Me! will headline the Fat Tour along with Epoxies, Smoke Or Fire and The Soviett. Against Me! will drop their highly anticipated new album, Searching For A Former Clarity, on September 6th. Here is where you can catch them on the road:

August 10th New York, NY - CBGB’s (Save CBGB’s Benefit)
August 20th Trenton, NJ - Sovereign Bank Arena Trenton, NJ (Hellfest)
September 1st East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium (w/ Green Day)
September 3rd Foxboro, MA - Gillette Stadium (w/ Green Day)
September 4th Orlando, FL - The Social
September 5th St. Augustine, FL - Cafe Eleven
September 6th Ft. Lauderdale, FL Factory
September 7th Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
September 9th Tampa, FL - Masquerade
September 10th Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar
September 11th Pensacola, FL - The Gutter Lounge
September 18th New Haven, CT - Toad’s Place
September 26th Pittsburgh, PA - Rex
September 27th Chicago, IL - Metro
September 29th Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
September 30th Bloomington, IN - Rhino’s
October 2nd Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
October 6th Fargo, ND - Avalon Events Center
October 7th Billings, MT - FOE Eagles
October 9th Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
October 11th Salt Lake City, UT - Lo-Fi Cafe
October 12th Boise, ID - The Venue
October 13th Seattle, WA - Nuemos
October 14th Portland, OR - Loveland
October 26th San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
October 28th Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
October 29th Pomona, CA - The Glass House
October 30th San Diego, CA - Epiccentre
October 31st Las Vegas, NV - Jillian’s
November 1st Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
November 4th Austin, TX - Emo’s
November 5th Houston, TX - Engine Room
November 6th Dallas, TX - Trees
November 8th Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Live
November 18th Athens, GA - Watt Club

New Music: Boys Night Out E-Card

You can now check out "Purging", a third brand new track from the upcoming Boys Night Out album Trainwreck. That, along with "Medicating" and "Composing", a slew of tour info and preorder info is all in their new E-card. Check it out here - http://www.ferretstyle.com/trainwreck

Trainwreck  is now available for preorder. The album will be issued on July 26th, but preorders will begin shipping July 21st. All preorders will receive a limited edition signed poster SET. The set includes 3 11x17 posters based off the stunning <i>Trainwreck</i> album art. You can see the posters and preorder the album here.

Catch Boys Night Out on the Smartpunk stage at Warped Tour this summer.

Tour: Head Automatica On The Road

Head Automatica, the brainchild of Glassjaw’s creative force Daryl Palumbo, is bringing its distinctive sound to a town near you.

Whatever you do, don’t call it a studio side project. "We’re straight-up a family," Palumbo says of the live incarnation of Head Automatica-Gorman (drums), Jim Greer (keyboards), Josh Holden (bass), and Craig Bonich and Brandon Arnovick (guitars)-which allows Palumbo to be the flamboyant frontman he’s always hinted at in his previous band. "We’re an electronic cock-rock band, so you’re going to get a good show and it’s going to sound stellar."

It’s not ego, it’s confidence; and the music on Head Automatica’s Decadence backs this claim. With Palumbo’s self-assured voice as the unifying factor, Head Automatica seamlessly combines rock ’n’ roll’s visceral energy with slamming beats and tales of sex-fueled escapades.

Check out Head Automatica on tour:

July 28th Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland

Tour dates with Finch & Rx Bandits:

July 29th Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
August 1st Dallax, TX - Galaxy Club
August 3rd Houston, TX - Engine Room
August 5th Atlanta, GA - Roxy Theatre
August 6th Orlando, FL - House Of Blues
August 7th North Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
August 9th Nashville, TN - Rocketown
August 10th Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
August 11th Norfolk, VA - The Norva

Get a taste for HA live with the video for "Please Please Please (Young Hollywood)" below:
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Video: Dark New Day Live Clips

Dark New Day is currently out on the road with Crossfade and Seether in support of their recently released debut album, Twelve Year Silence. Check out three exclusive live video clips so you know what to expect when you see them live:

"Follow The Sun"
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"Free"
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"Taking Me Alive"
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Release: HIM Announce Tracklisting For Dark Light

HIM has announced the tracklisting for their new album, Dark Light, scheduled for release on September 26th internationally and September 27th in the US. Here are the track titles:

Vampire Heart
Rip Out the Wings of a Butterfly
Behind the Crimson Door
Killing Loneliness
Dark Light
Drunk on Shadows
Under the Rose
Play Dead
Face of God
Night Side of Eden

Interview: Life Of Agony - Phoenix Rising

Read our interview with Life of Agony by Cathy A. Campagna, the person the band credits for getting the original line-up back together.

Coming from the streets of New York City in the '90s, Life Of Agony instantaneously built a devoted following with their debut The River Runs Red, a record tapping the hardcore vein with an angst and sludgy needle. But singer Keith Caputo, guitarist and cousin Joey Z, bassist Alan Robert and drummer Sal Abruscato moved into a more melodious although just as intense ocean with Ugly. Sal left the band, and was replaced by Dan Richardson [ex-Pro-Pain], and Life Of Agony went on to even plusher soundscapes by releasing the introspective Soul Searching Sun, then OZZfest came calling. Unfortunately the crooning frontman, Caputo, departed but the band soldiered on with former Ugly Kid Joe and later Medication vocalist Whitfield Crane. Sadly, a force that appealed to so many on a personal level and garnished tours with such heavy-hitters Ozzy Osbourne and Korn ceased to exist.

Joey Z did re-emerge with Stereomud, Alan with Among Thieves, Keith with his solo career and Sal, one time Type O Negative stickman, had Super Massive. Then in early 2004, the thirsty masses once again drank from a lost, but always revered nectar. Life Of Agony with its original line-up surfaced back on to the touring circuit. Once again in victorious fashion the foursome loaded their gear and traversed the US and Europe complete with a spot on the prestigious Download Festival in the UK. Today Broken Valley, their new release on Epic Records, houses the best of what their catalog has to offer. Keith's voice brews rich melancholy with a white hot delivery, Joey's guitar is a juggernaut of skill and spirit, Alan's earth splitting rhythms and Sal's engrossing drumming. Broken Valley brims with a texture as vast as New York's character and ultimately, the record's artistry filling even supersedes the void that Stone Temple Pilots' breakup left behind. These veterans in their own right have once again revamped the face of a bloated, copycat rock scene. Full Interview

Tour: 10 Years Announce Dates With Disturbed

Starting August 3rd, 10 Years will be switching over from their current outing with Static-X in order to support Disturbed on their North American tour. Ill Nino will also be playing. 10 Years will release their new album entitled The Autumn Effect on August 16th. Disturbed will follow with their latest offering, Ten Thousand Fists, on September 20th. The dates with Disturbed are as follows:

August 3rd Ventura, CA - Ventura Theatre
August 4th Bakersfield, CA - Montgomery World Plaza
August 6th West Hollywood, CA - The Roxy
August 7th Fresno, CA - Rainbow Ballroom
August 8th Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Convention Center
August 14th Colorodo Springs, CO - City Auditorium
August 15th Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Convention Center
August 17th Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheatre
August 19th Amarillo, TX - Aztex Music Hall
August 20th Oklahoma City, OK - Farmers Market
August 21st Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom
August 23rd Wichita, KS - The Cotillion
August 24th Springfield, MO - Oasis Inn and Convention Center
August 26th Omaha, NE - Sokol Hall
August 27th Fargo, ND - Fargo Civic Memorial Auditorium
August 28th Sioux Falls, SD - Ramkota Exhibit Hall
August 30th Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
August 31st Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
September 2nd Springfield, IL - The Warehouse
September 3rd Cedar Rapids, IA - Hawkeye Downs Speedway
September 5th Toronto, ONT - Kool Haus
September 6th London, ONT - John LaBatt Centre
September 12th Scranton, PA - Scranton Cultural Center
September 13th Niagara Falls, NY - Dome Theatre
September 16th Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic Center
September 17th Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom

New Music: Every Time I Die - "Bored Stiff"

Every Time I Die will drop their new album, Gutter Phenomenon, on August 23rd through Ferret. In anticipation of the release, you can now download an mp3 of the cut "Bored Stiff."

Since the release of 2003's Hot Damn!, ETID have enjoyed stints on Ozzfest 2004's second stage, as well as sharing the stage, and selling out venues, with Dillinger Escape Plan, Lamb Of God, Unearth, and As I Lay Dying. Hot Damn! was a breakthrough record for ETID, and was the record that turned people's heads. But Gutter Phenomenon is the Every Time I Die Record, quite possibly the yardstick by which their career will be measured.

"The last record made people notice us," says singer/wily lyricist Buckley. "This record will keep people's heads turned in our direction. We have memorable parts, and choruses, and hooks that are so much more memorable and show that we have graduated to a profound level, as musicians. We're not just throwing riffs together."

Buckley's not kidding. On Gutter Phenomenon, ETID have taken the subtle Southern riff influence, which can be detected by a finely trained and tuned ear on Hot Damn!, and made it a crucial elements of their sound. Dirty guitar tones are quite prominent throughout Gutter Phenomenon. "We listen to a lot of Motorhead, Black Crowes, and Thin Lizzy," Buckley freely admits. "We got into the groove. The scene we're a part of is inundated with hardcore bands, so we listened to classic rock." Buckley also took vocal lessons to expand his range, and he pulls off things he never thought he could, vocally-speaking, because of his training. He says his style is now "exactly what I've been trying to do, and now I'm doing right."

"It is mature," Buckley exclaims, when asked if he thinks that ETID have grown up and developed. "But it still has the lyrics that are as cynical and sarcastic as ever." So just because Every Time I Die have grown up a little, they haven't lost their notorious sense of humor, and their biting, intelligently acidic lyrical bend nor have they given up their crazy on-stage antics.

"It's too easy to rest on your laurels and make the same record again," Buckley says. "We have the right to not make sense, but you can only do that for so long. We want to stand out as a band. So many sounds the same. Look at the Hellfest line up. There are 100,000 bands, and unless you're a headliner, you have to find some way to stand out, and you can't stand out just by being a spastic metal band. You can't just worry about the last live performance you gave. A record has to hold your attention, and you can't be remembered only while you're performing." Lucky for ETID, not only does their record hold you hostage with its blazing intensity, so do their performances.

Release: Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists - In Stores September 20th

Disturbed are preparing to raise Ten Thousand Fists--their first studio album in three years--September 20th on Warner Bros Records. Driven to take their unique, hard rock sound to new creative heights, Disturbed have shaped an album that lead singer David Draiman says “seems to fuse the brutality and darkness of The Sickness with the added melodic nature and complexity of Believe (Billboard.com, 6/21/05)."

Recorded in the band’s hometown of Chicago, the 14-track album was produced by Johnny K, who also guided 2000’s The Sickness and 2002’s Believe. A modern hard rock essential, The Sickness has sold 3.4 million copies while the equally evocative and platinum-plus-selling Believe debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top 200 chart.

On Ten Thousand Fists, Draiman’s commanding, unchained vocals soar to exorcize the emotions of social anxieties, culture clashes and world events. Drummer Mike Wengren’s thunderous attacks and tribal double-bass beats are balanced by guitarist Dan Donegan’s brutal crunch with siren leads. Donegan--who has introduced guitar solos to the band’s sound in the new release--told Westwood One (6/30/05) “I think each time we come out we definitely have to surpass what we’ve done before…We continue to push ourselves to where there’s no limits.”

Leading up to the album’s release, Disturbed has made the song “Guarded” available now on iTunes and at metal and rock stations everywhere. The title track will be featured in EA Sports’ highly anticipated “Madden 2006” football game, while the first single "Stricken" will go to radio in late July.

Just as Disturbed pack an incredible punch on their albums, they’re known for explosive performances that feed off of the energy of their fans. Stay tuned for news about Disturbed shows that will precede the release of Ten Thousand Fists.

Stream the new track "Guarded":
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CMJ Music Marathon Line-Up Announced

CMJ has announced the first wave of confirmed bands to play the 25th Anniversary CMJ Music Marathon, taking place September 14th through the 17th at Lincoln Center and dozens of clubs throughout New York City. You can find all of the details here. Below are the acts scheduled to perform:

The Arcade Fire - Atmosphere - !!! (Chk Chk Chk) - Dungen - Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Juan Maclean - John Vanderslice - Nouvelle Vague - Of Montreal - The Hold Steady - Against Me! - Mae - Wolf Parade - Blackalicious - Blowfly - Athlete - Lucero - Supersystem - Mary Timony - Tim Fite - Hot Chip - Devin Davis - Arctic Monkeys - Wolf Mother - Constantines - Colder - Why? - Cut Copy - The Oranges Band - Motion City Soundtrack - Copeland - The Honorary Title - Battles - Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic - Chad VanGaalen - Mu - Cranes - Alan Sparhawk - Kinski - The Morning After Girls - Annie - The Talk - People In Planes - Grand Buffet - Ida - The Wrens - The Giraffes - Nashville Pussy - Portastatic - Hella - The Epoxies - Marat - Cocorosie - Jessie Diamond and the Thousand - Urdog - Zzz - The Big Huge - Zeke - The Firebird Band - Big Business - Parts & Labor - Icarus Line - William Elliot Whitmore - Eric Bachmann - The Rosebuds - Elevator Action - The Rakes - Receiving End Of Sirens - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Amusement Parks On Fire - Need New Body - Youth Group - The Gossip - The Kingsbury Manx - Rogue Wave - Robbers On High Street - Paybacks - Dr. Dog - Funeral For A Friend - Snatches of Pink - Limbeck - The Mae Shi - The Makers - Early Man - Alias - Her Space Holiday - Black Forest Black Sea - The Witnesses - Gore Gore Girls - Fruit Bats - Test-Icicles - Vaux - Sex Slaves - The Dix - Nightmare Of You - James Blunt - Dennison Whitmer - Jessica Dobson - Oxford Collapse - Saturday Looks Good To Me - xbxrx - Kind of Like Spitting - The Robot Ate Me - The Numbers - Goblin Cock - Jim Yoshi Pileup - Tenement Halls -Annie Hayden - Pony Up! - Mahjongg - A Gun Called Tension - Lion Fever - Prosaics - Das Oath - DDM - Swords - Pilot To Gunner - Talkdemonic - The Kingdom - The Comas - The Standard - American Princes - Cities - Alternative Champs - Emperor X - Langhorne Slim - The Mobius Band - Subtitle - Hockey Night - The Dollylrots - The Reputation - Troubled Hubble - Bling Kong - Bellini - Psychic Paramount - Sleeping People - Coptic Light - Maserati - Deadman - Jeff Klein - B.C. Camplight - Levy - Without Gravity - The Sammies - Queenadreena - Pit Er Pat - Head of Femur - Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Cameron McGill - Catfish Haven - Le Concorde - Dirty Perfect - Billy Nayer Show - Channels - Edie Sedgwick - Voicst - Singapore Sling - Maktub - Dirty On Purpose - Face Tomorrow - Enablers - Blood and Time - Grails - The Soviettes - Dressy Bessy - World/Inferno Friendship Society - The Heavenly States - The King of France - 8-bit - The Blue Van - The Plastic Constellations - Walking Concert - Cary Brothers - Man Man - Daughters - TSAR - Kaki King - The Navigators... and many more to be announced. (*all performers and schedules subject to change)

New Music: BEDlight For BlueEYES - "The Nature Of The Ghost"

BEDlight For BlueEYES have posted their brand new track "The Nature Of The Ghost" at Purevolume.com. The cut comes from their debut offering, The Dawn, due out on August 16th through Trustkill Records.

BEDlight For BlueEYES have made their debut album The Dawn available through pre-order. The official release date for the album is August 16th, but fans will be able to buy the album through an online pre-order in advance of that date and receive an autographed copy. As ever, the band is always going above and beyond to get to know the fans. In this vein, everyone who pre-orders will be automatically entered into a contest with the grand prize being a day hanging out with BEDlight. The band will also take the grand prize winner and a friend out to dinner and supply the winner with clothes from the band’s clothing sponsors. BEDlight will post a video of the entire event on their content-abundant online journal, the most popular journal at Trustkill.com with nearly 500 views daily.

Tour: System Of A Down Announce Second Leg Of Dates

With many of the dates on leg one already sold out, System Of A Down announces dates for the second leg of their Summer North American headline tour. In addition, the band confirms a Boston-area date for leg one to be played at The Centrum in Worcester, MA on August 27th.

System of a Down will wrap up leg one in Toronto on September 1st, take a couple of weeks off, then kick off leg two headlining the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver, BC on September 17th. Leg two will extend into mid-October (see below for confirmed dates). As with leg one, System of a Down has invited The Mars Volta to be special guest on the second half of the tour; a third band, to be announced, will open the shows.

Here are the dates:

September 17th Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum
September 19th Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Arena
September 20th Edmonton, AB - Rexall Arena
September 22nd Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
September 23rd Minneapolis, MN - Xcel CEnter
September 29th Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
September 30th Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
October 2nd Denver, CO - Pepsi Center
October 5th Seattle, WA - Key Arena
October 6th Portland, OR - Rose Garden

New Music: Chimaira - Chimaira - In Stores August 9th

“This isn't a ’first listen’ record,” says Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter. “The songs will stick in your head for the rest of your life, but it’s not dumbed down. People are going to listen and say, 'This is interesting. I need to hear it again.' By the third time they listen, they will go, ’Whoa, I ’get’ it.’”

Those are bold statements, but Hunter and Chimaira thoroughly back it up on their new album, appropriately titled Chimaira (due out August 9th). It’s fitting that this wrecking crew have named their third full length, Chimaira. That’s because this Cleveland sextet have fine tuned and honed their style so deftly, that this album truly represents everything they were, everything they are, and everything they are poised to become once this monster is unleashed on the heavy metal world.

Chimaira is Chimaira, from the opening note of the brain damagingly heavy “Nothing Remains,” which Hunter reveals was written the day Dimebag Darrell was murdered, saying “The song has nothing to do with the situation, but musically, it’s brutal and anger-filled, and the shooting brought out the feelings. We sat in the practice space, staring at the ground for an hour, when Rob picked up his guitar, and the song was just born.” The heaviness quotient doesn't lessen, thanks to the brutal breakdown present on “Save Ourselves,” which feels like a mortar grinding your skull and bones into a fine powder. “Salvation” is the album’s most melodic song, due in part to the enormous chorus. The album’s closer is the epic, dynamic mindfuck called “Lazarus.” It's the “most roller coaster track. It’s not about the Biblical character, but a friend who committed suicide 11 years ago. It’s the most personal song I've ever written, and I got it out of my system,” Hunter says, admitting he envisions kids listening to the song on headphones, to fully absorb it.

Hunter continues, saying, “The lyrics are really personal, and fans looking for a ’Fuck you,’ or a ’Power Trip’ type song will be disappointed. This is more thought-out, more realistic. I thought it was time to be upfront in my lyrics and strip away the ambiguity.” That makes the lyrics a perfect complement to the music, which directly connects like a series of punches to the groin.

Preview three brand new cuts from the effort here.

New Music: Arch Enemy - "Nemesis"

If the wait is too long for Arch Enemy’s new album Doomsday Machine, then this is what you need – the album’s blistering lead off single, “Nemesis’” has just been posted here.

The video for the track will be shot this week with director George Bravo, who has previously worked with the band on their “We Will Rise” video. Arch Enemy will then be heading off to the U.S. to join the mighty Ozzfest tour.

Doomsday Machine is set to be released on August 22nd.

Release: Cold - A Different Kind Of Pain - In Stores August 30th

Florida-based hard rockers Cold return to spotlight with their fourth studio record A Different Kind of Pain. The introspective new album will be released on Lava Records, a division of the Warner Music Group, on August 30th.

After a two year hiatus since their Gold-selling previous album Year of the Spider, Cold triumphantly return with their most eloquent album to date. A Different Kind of Pain demonstrates the band’s tremendous growth as songwriters and was recorded at Bearsville Studios in upstate New York and Studio Barbbarosa in Virginia. The disc was produced by Michael " Elvis" Baskette (Chevelle, Iggy Pop, and Puddle of Mudd) and mixed by Ben Grosse.

A Different Kind of Pain is fraught with insight into the band’s recent upheavals, which include tackling personal demons, lineup changes and facing immortality. Determined to confront their fears, the band used the recording of the album as an outlet for their pain. "Making this record wasn’t just about dealing with the darkness, it was a healing process," remarked singer Scooter Ward. "Everyone who was involved and everybody who was around us at the time was changed by this album."

The track listing for the album runs as follows:

1. Back Home
2. Feel It In Your Heart
3. Anatomy Of A Title Wave
4. A Different Kind of Pain
5. Another Pill
6. Happens All The Time
7. When Heaven’s Not Far Away
8. God’s Song
9. When Angels Fly Away
10. Tell Me Why
11. Ocean

New Music: Trapt - "Stand Up" (Full Version)

Trapt have posted the full-length version of their brand new single "Stand Up.". Check it out inWindows Media (High - Low) and Quicktime. You can also now purchase the single at iTunes.

Trapt will drop their new album, Someone In Control, on September 13th. The effort was helmed by mega-producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) and is the follow-up to the nearly two million-selling self-titled 2002 Warner Bros. debut.

New Music: Emery - "Studying Politics"

You can stream 2 new songs off of Emery’s sophomore record, The Question, at Purevolume.com. The impressive new tracks are "Studying Politics" and "So Cold I Could See My Breath." You can now download "Studying Politics" at iTunes. The new album will be in stores on August 2nd through Tooth & Nail.

In 2004, South Carolina natives, Emery did something amazing: They went from near obscurity to undeniable success and popularity, all in a year’s time. What spurred their sudden fame was a combination of January 2004’s release of their critically acclaimed debut, The Weak’s End, and a non-stop tour schedule, including stints with everyone from Hawthorne Heights to Eighteen Visions. Now having sold over 60,000 copies of their debut release, Emery are gearing up for their new release The Question which is more focused, profoundly mature, and so undeniably passionate that no one will be questioning Emery’s potential.

Catch Emery this summer on the Smartpunk stage at Warped Tour.

Release: Bullet For My Valentine - Hand of Blood - In Stores August 23rd

The Trustkill Records roster has gone transatlantic with their latest signing of Welsh quartet Bullet For My Valentine. The band will be releasing the Hand of Blood EP in the US on August 23rd and plan a stateside tour for the same month. Though the band has drawn comparisons to Funeral For A Friend and UK label mates Lost Prophets, the band’s debut EP which was produced and mixed by Colin Richardson (Machine Head, Fear Factory, Slipknot) already has the BBC proclaiming that “Bullet For My Valentine rock much harder, much louder.” The band is driven by an old school metallic punch nurtured by years of growing up on Metallica and Iron Maiden. This is offset by frenzied, often angst-like screamed vocals that lend a hardcore edge. Blended in the mix, are singer Matt Tuck’s lyrics which are by turns dark and romantic.

UK fans already got a taste when the band won the coveted supporting slot on metal giants Chimaira’s UK tour. Soon after, the band was tapped to play the Download Festival which showcases the best of hard rock and metal. There, they shared the stage with the likes of Lamb of God, In Flames and Unearth. “We drove up there at dawn with music cranked right up to 11,” says bassist Jason James. “There we were at 10 in the morning, standing on the main-stage with beers in our hands. It was like, ’Well, this is it, boys. This is where we’re meant to be.’”

The band, comprised of vocalist Tuck, guitarist Michael “Padge” Padget, drummer Michael “Moose” Thomas and bassist James, began as Jeff Killed John. The band was due to record when, the day before entering the studio, their bassist up and quit. “Everything went completely tits up, and it was a really big kick in the balls but it made us stronger,” says Tuck.

The band soon shed their regrettable moniker and any trace of former nu-metal stylings and emerged as Bullet For My Valentine. Soon, major labels came a-calling and after turning down deals including one from Roadrunner Europe, the band settled with Sony UK. Shopping for a home across the pond, the band turned to Trustkill, a major name in independent metal and hardcore. Expect their debut full-length on Trustkill Records due out on Valentines Day 2006!.

Release: Aphasia - Fact & Fiction - In Stores September 13th

Aphasia have set a September 13th release date for their forthcoming debut full-length, Fact & Fiction, on DRT Entertainment. The album features 11 searing rock tracks produced by Trapt’s Chris Brown. The video for the album’s first single, the powerful “Flatline,” was directed by Chris Sims (Lamb of God). Check out cuts from the effort at Myspace. Look for Aphasia on the road beginning July 18th in Concorde, CA with Hey Mike!, Shorty and Drake’s Equation. Here are the dates: July 18th Concorde, CA - Bourbon Street July 19th Roseville, CA - The Underground Cafe July 21st Portland, OR - Rock and Roll Pizza July 22nd Portland, OR - Berbatti’s Pan July 23rd Seattle, WA - Studio Seven July 24th Spokane, WA - B-Side July 25th Boise, ID - Boogies July 27th Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge July 29th Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground July 30th St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl July 31st Davenport, IA - Quad City Live

New Music: Classic Case - "Revival"

Classic Case have posted their brand new song "Revival" at Purevolume.com. The band will be issuing their as-yet-untitled debut album this Fall. Join the email list on the Purevolume page and receive a link to 3 new songs from the forthcoming disc. Catch Classic Case on the road as part of the Dead Summer City Tour with Dead Poetic, The Beautiful Mistake, As Cities Burn and Brandston. Here is where you can check out the tour:

June 27th Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
June 28th Detroit, MI - The Shelter
June 29th Grand Rapids, MI - Skelletones
July 2nd Fayetteville, AR - The Music Hall
July 3rd St. Louis, MO - Hi-Pointe
July 5th Denver, CO - Rock Island
July 6th Salt Lake City, UT - Moe’s Grill
July 8th Tacoma, WA - Hell’s Kitchen
July 9th Portland, OR - Solid State
July 11th Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
July 12th San Luis Obispo, CA - Club Slo Brew
July 13th Lancaster, CA - El Dorado
July 14th Hollywood, CA - Whiskey A Go Go
July 15th Corona, CA - Showcase Theatre
July 16th San Diego, CA - The Epicentre
July 17th Henderson, NV - Roadhouse Casino
July 18th Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
July 19th Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
July 21st San Antonio, TX - The Sanctuary
July 22nd Dallas, TX - Galaxy Club
July 23rd Houston, TX - Mary Janes Fat Cat
July 24th Lafayette, LA - Cafe Chialpha
July 26th Orlando, FL - The Social
July 27th Tampa, FL - Orpheum
July 28th Jacksonville, FL - Murray Hill Theatre
July 29th Atlanta, GA - Hell @ Masquerade
July 30th Raleigh, NC - Dorton Arena
July 31st Virginia Beach, VA - Club Live
August 2nd Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar
August 3rd Philadelphia, PA - Pontiac Grille

Preview: Haste The Day - When Everything Falls

Haste The Day reappear with their sophomore release on Solid State Records, dubbed When Everything Falls. The second entry from the Indiana-born ensemble is a caustic blend of metal, hardcore and screamo. Vocally, the album rotates between singer Jimmy Ryan’s hissing voice that recalls Zao luminary Daniel Weyandt and the pure melodic choruses that sound at ease on songs like “Walls And Fear.”

The convoluted canvas of When Everything Falls is painted with jagged, jarring riffs and has a generally stark, brisk feel to it. The album is reminiscent of Atreyu’s Suicide Notes And Butterfly Kisses at times, with a similar execution and contrast between the heavier and more melodic moments. Haste The Day is right at home for those that dig the aforementioned acts, as well as As I Lay Dying or the heavier moments of Underoath, Beloved and Dead Poetic.

Check out new tracks from Haste The Day at Purevolume.com.

Preview: Throwdown - Vendetta

Throwdown strikes with vengeance and purpose on their pummeling new disc, Vendetta, on Trustkill Records. The urgent new outing from Throwdown is a hostile endeavor, a call-to-arms with cuts like the title track that beckons, “This is war. This is pure hostility. This is vengeance. This is all that's driving me."

It is quite clear that Throwdown didn’t grow up in the Orange County that is portrayed on the television hit "The O.C." Rather than syrupy, introverted indie rock that you might find on a sunny soundtrack for "The O.C.," Throwdown unleash the musical equivalent to a bloody beating. Underneath the dense musical attack there is an inescapable anger and frustration, like a volcano bubbling toward erruption.

Crafted by renowned metal producer Zeuss (Hatebreed, Shadows Fall), Vendetta is full of seriously pissed-off, pit-invoking anthems. There is no sugar coating here, only pure and punishing O.C. hardcore at its finest and most brutal.

Check out two mp3s from Vendetta here.

Preview: CKY - an Answer can be found

Right from the first note, you know you are listening to CKY. That muddy, not-quite-stoner-rock sound is synonymous with the CKY experience. an Answer can be found (out June 28th on Island) launches with “Suddenly Tragic,” a song that sounds like familiar CKY, yet you can’t help but be relieved that the follow-up to the classic Infiltrate.Destroy.Rebuild is finally here. The classic guitar lines of Chad Ginsburg meld with the smoky voice of Deron Miller as he resonates with the resounding chorus, “Why put the gun to your head if you’re already dead.” After tracks like “The Way You Lived” and “Dressed In Decay” introduce the new album, an Answer can be found kicks into gear with the first single “Familiar Reason.” The infectious cut rocks out with a relaxed tempo, chalk full of Ginsburg’s memorable guitar work. “Triple Manic State” drives with thick, choppy riffs and Miller’s trademark howl, coupled with the vibrant drumming of Jess Margera. an Answer can be found is a solid return for CKY, an album that showcases why CKY is always a force to be reckoned with, giving us a new palette of sounds to sink our teeth into. Listen to the first single “Familiar Realm” here.

Live: 30 Seconds To Mars @ The Roxy

30 Seconds To Mars dawned their low-key theatrics for a special show at the Roxy in West Hollywood, CA on Saturday night. The band played solid standbys from their self titled debut and showcased songs from their forthcoming new album, A Beautiful Lie, due out on August 16th.

It wouldn’t be a 30 Seconds To Mars show in Hollywood without the interesting mix of hardcore fans, musicians and actors. In attendance checking out the set was Bert McCracken from The Used, Anthony Kiedis from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Brandon Boyd & Mike Einziger from Incubus, Lindsay Lohan, Jason Lee and Ashley Olsen.

The set began with “End Of The Beginning” and “Edge Of The Earth,” with the fans sing-along almost eclipsing the vocals of singer Jared Leto. The band then went into an uplifting and inspired version of their brand new single “Attack.” Incubus axe man Mike Einziger joined 30 Seconds To Mars on the atmospheric new track “Was It a Dream.” Leto closed the show with a solo version of "Capricorn" before being joined by the rest of the band for the impressive new song "The Fantasy."

Leto and crew were solid in their Hollywood return after finishing up their recent headlining tour. 30 Seconds To Mars will hit the road with Chevelle and Taproot in July, followed by a run with The Used and Glassjaw starting August 13th. Make sure to get there early to see 30 Seconds To Mars.

The set included:
End Of The Beginning
Edge Of The Earth
Attack
The Mission
93 Million Miles
Was It A Dream
Battle of One
A Beautiful Lie
Buddha For Mary

Encore:
Capricorn (A Brand New Name)
The Fantasy

Preview: Darkest Hour - Undoing Ruin

Darkest Hour is back with their most accomplished effort to date, Undoing Ruin, in stores June 28th through Victory Records. The coordinated assault outlined on Undoing Ruin is a potent and direct undertaking, drifting away from the manic breaks that peppered previous outings by Darkest Hour. The hardcore heavyweights worked with Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad, who helped the band hone their sound into a more concise package.

The album commences with the moody tempos of "With A Thousand Words To Say But One," a carefully constructed cut that features involving guitar lines and encompassing, enraged vocals over and an underlying melodic undertow. The effort picks up with the pummeling madness of "This Will Outlive Us," and does not let up until the 10-track effort is completed. Undoing Ruin is calculating, intricate and varied in its delivery of top-notch heavy music.

Download mp3s from Undoing Ruin and check out the video for "Convalescence" here.

Release: Vaux - Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice

Vaux are gearing up for the release of their new album, Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice, on Atlantic Records. The album was produced by Garret Lee (U2, Snow Patrol) and is expected out sometime this year.

The tracklisting for Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice will run as follows:

1. Identity Theft
2. Are You With Me
3. Cocaine James
4. Total Action
5. Truth Or Consequences
6. The Rope, The Pistol, The Candlestick
7. Never Better
8. The Last Report From...
9. Burn The Bandwagon
10. To The Nines
11. Unwound

Vaux announced, "This is by far the best VAUX material to date. We can’t wait for you to hear the record. It is a natural progression’from both Plague Music and There Must Be Some Way To Stop Them. We feel we have covered some new ground with this record and are extremely proud of it. We are working on tour plans for late summer / early fall time frame."

Listen to the new cut "Identity Theft" on the Black By Popular Demand sampler for a taste of what to expect.

Stream The Wayne Manor Show

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Release: Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV: Volume 1. From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness

The intricate title of the third album from Coheed and Cambia, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: Volume 1. From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, intimates the density and complexity of the music it contains. The follow-up to In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth: 3 will be released on September 20th through Columbia Records.

The upcoming album is also the first half of the third installment of the band’s daringly ambitious prog-rock/sci-fi opus recounting the exploits of young Claudio Kilgannon, who is out to avenge the death of his three siblings and parents (Coheed and Cambria). The saga began with the band’s 2002 debut, Second Stage Turbine Blade, and will eventually end with a prequel, where the fans will find out how it really began. Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: Volume 1 has a twist, though: This one steps outside the story and focuses on the writer of the tale, and how the goings-on in his own life affect the outcome of the story he’s in the midst of telling.

Preceding the new album will be a 32-page comic loosely based on Second Stage Turbine Blade and published by Sanchez’s graphic-arts company, Evil Ink, with an initial run of 40,000. The provocative comic book will be featured at this summer’s annual San Diego Comic Con, which will host a Coheed booth and a performance by the band. There will also be signings at L.A.’s Golden Apple, Bill Haley’s Universe in New York and Chicago Comics.

The year will culminate with the publication of a lavish, 112-page graphic novel encompassing the full Good Apollo...IV story.

The band’s summer tour of the U.S. and Canada (dates below) will include three special shows in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago; during each, they'll play 40 minutes acoustically, following it with a full rock show. Coheed and Cambia will also appear at festivals in Japan and Europe, where they have rabid followings. On Aug. 6, they’ll perform at the Latin Alternative Music Conference in New York’s Central Park as part of the Summerstage Performance series, and they’ll perform this fall at CMJ Music Marathon.

Coheed and Cambria Tour Dates

June 30th Detroit, MI - Tastefest @ Fisher Building parking lot
July 1st Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre
July 2nd Cleveland, OH - The Scene Pavilion
July 3rd Chicago, IL - Metro
July 5th Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest
July 6th Boise, ID - Boise Town
July 8th Spokane, WA - Spokane Valley Mall
July 10th Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
July 13th Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
July 14th San Diego, CA - The Casbah **
July 15th San Diego, CA - SOMA **
July 21st New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
July 22nd New York, NY - Irving Plaza
August 6th New York, NY - Central Park

** Shows in conjunction with Comic-con convention

Tour: Circa Survive Added To Warped Tour (8/9-8/15)

Circa Survive have been added to the Vans Warped Tour and will appear on the Ernie Ball Stage alongside bands like Bleed The Dream and Big D and The Kids Table. These dates cap off a nonstop touring run that began even before the release of their debut Juturna. Most recently, the band has been on a nationwide tour with Say Anything and Emanuel which was preceded by a US tour directly supporting Dredg. The band was also recently asked to open for Muse on a date of their US tour.

Though Circa Survive formed less than a year ago, their brand of atmospheric and spacey post hardcore has already garnered notable attention. On the first day of its release, Juturna sold 2,500 copies, propelling the album to #9 on Billboard’s New Artist/Heatseekers Chart. Assembled from former hardcore groups such as This Day Forward, Saosin and Taken, the music on Circa Survive’s debut possesses shimmering guitars and soaring melodies with a depth of feeling that is driven home by the singer Anthony Green’s distinct and intense voice.

Circa Survive was formed when Green joined forces with his childhood friend Colin Frangicetto (guitar). At the time Frangicetto’s band, This Day Forward, broke up after seven years together and Green was in California-based Saosin, already a rising star in metalcore circles. When Green returned home to Philadelphia on a stopover, he and Frangicetto jammed together for fun. The resulting session was enough to cement Green’s belief in this bedroom music project and was also enough to get Frangicetto to drop out of school. Green saw no reason to go back to the west coast and spontaneously got off his plane en route to return to Philadelphia without ever picking up his belongings and clothes. This is the passion of the musicians here, an energy which is transmutable enough through performance and recording to inspire equal responses from fans burning up internet chat rooms and driving hours to see the band. The band, who is rounded out by Brendan Ekstrom (guitar), Nick Beard (bass) and Steve Clifford (drums), have already clocked road dates with groups as disparate as Gatsby’s American Dream, Tsunami Bomb, Bear Vs Shark and Lucero.

VANS WARPED TOUR DATES

August 9th Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Lot
August 10th Washington DC - Nissan Pavillion Lot
August 11th Scranton, PA - Montage Mountain
August 12th Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center
August 13th New York, NY - Randall’s Island
August 14th Englishtown, NJ - Old Bridge Township Raceway
August 15th Northampton, MA - Three County Fairgrounds

Tour: CKY Announce U.S. Tour Dates

CKY, whose long-awaited album, an Answer can be found, will be released on June 28th, will commence their first major North American tour in 2 years when they kick off the Rock Adio Tour on August 8th at Soma in San Diego. (See complete tour dates below.) In advance of tour dates, members of the hyper-revolutionary fanbase known as the CKY Alliance will be able to purchase tickets before they go on sale to the general public. For more information about public on-sales check the official website www.ckymusic.com.

The 5-week Rock Adio Tour, with special guests Fireball Ministry and The Knives, is sponsored by Adio Footwear, makers of skateboard footwear for such luminaries as Tony Hawk, Bam Margera and creators of the CKY shoe, to be introduced this summer. For further information, please go to: www.rockadio.com, and www.adiofootwear.com. CKY will headline the 8th annual Skate Fest on September 9th at The Palladium in Worcester, MA.

CKY, FIREBALL MINISTRY AND THE KNIVES Tour Dates

August 8th San Diego, CA - Soma
August 9th Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre
August 11th Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
August 12th San Francisco, CA - The Pound
August 13th Reno, NV - New Oasis
August 14th Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
August 15th Vancouver, B.C. - Croatian Cultural Centre
August 17th Seattle, WA - El Corazon
August 18th Spokane, WA - Big Easy Concert House
August 19th Boise, ID - The Big Easy
August 20th Salt Lake City, UT - Lo Fi Café
August 21st Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
August 23rd Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
August 24th Minneapolis, MN - The Quest
August 25th Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
August 26th Sauget, MO - Pops
August 27th Chicago, IL - House of Blues
August 30th Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
August 31st Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
September 2nd Toronto, Ont. - Docks
September 3rd Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
September 4th Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo
September 5th Reading, PA - The Silo
September 6th New York, NY - Irving Plaza
September 8th Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
September 9th Worcester, MA - The Palladium
September 10th Baltimore, MD - Sonar
September 11th Norfolk, VA - The Norva Theatre

New Music: Trapt - "Stand Up"

Trapt return with their brand new single "Stand Up." Check out a clip of the track now at Myspace. The band is gearing up to drop their new album, Someone In Control, on September 13th. The effort was helmed by mega-producer Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Pearl Jam) and is the follow-up to the nearly two million-selling self-titled 2002 Warner Bros. debut. The tracklisting for Someone in Control runs as follows: 1. Disconnected(out of touch) 2. Waiting 3. Victim 4. Stand Up 5. Lost Realist 6. Skin Deep 7. Influence 8. Repeat Offender 9. Bleed Like Me 10. Use Me To Use You 11. My Own Design

New Music: Boys Night Out - "Medicating"

Boys Night Out have added the new song "Medicating" to Purevolume.com. Boys Night Out’s sophomore LP, Trainwreck, hits the streets everywhere on July 26th through Ferret.

From the second the band’s sophomore album, Trainwreck, opens, with its cascading instrumental overture and its eerie voiceover of a physician diagnosing his patient, you can sense the arrival of something big, powerful-and where this band is concerned, previously unexplored.

The album started as a story the guitarist, Jeff Davis, had written-a typically dark yet surprisingly empathetic tale of love, murder, mental anguish and creative reawakening-then became the catalyst for the album they’d start writing. Now, that story has been broken down into 12 sections, which are Trainwreck’s 12 songs.

The metallic, mathy, prog-rock dynamics of “Dreaming” set the album’s tone early on, their dark, descending guitar lines eerily complementing the physical and emotional collapse of the patient at the center of the album's story. At the same time, longtime fans should feel right at home with songs like “Medicating,” which put the guitar harmonies, handclaps and sing-along choruses of classic BNO into a thrilling new context. Yes, Trainwreck is the album where these Boys officially grow up, the disc where their hopes, ambitions and darkest secrets collide to make the statement they’ve always had in them.

Trainwreck is now available for preorder. The album will be issued on July 26th, but preorders will begin shipping July 21st. All preorders will receive a limited edition signed poster SET. The set includes 3 11x17 posters based off the stunning Trainwreck album art. You can see the posters and preorder Trainwreck here.

Release: Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine

Arch Enemy are gearing up to unveil their sixth studio album, Doomsday Machine. The album will be released in the States on July 26th and in Europe on August 22nd through Century Media. The new album from Arch Enemy is probably the most intense and interesting piece of work they have assembled in their career so far. Songs such as the massive hookline-monster “Nemesis”, which will also be the first video-clip, the pounding “I Am Legend / Out For Blood” or the mighty “Carry The Cross” prove that this band is marching onwards into a new dimension, smashing all boundaries. The striking cover art for Doomsday Machine was done by acclaimed artist Joachim Luetke (Dimmu Borgir, Destruction, etc.).

Right now the band is preparing for the mighty Ozzfest tour taking place from July 15th – September 4th all over North America . Besides Arch Enemy such bands as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, The Haunted, In Flames, Velvet Revolver and many more are confirmed to perform. After Ozzfest the band will be touring Europe , the dates are being worked on right now and will be announced as soon as they are finalized.


The tracklisting for Doomsday Machine will run as follows:

Enter The Machine
Taking Back My Soul
Nemesis
My Apocolypse
Carry The Cross
I am Legend / Out For Blood
Skeleton Dance
Hybrids Of Steel
Mechanic God Creation
Machtkampf
Slaves Of Yesterday

Video: Incubus - "Make A Move"

Incubus will have three new songs featured in the action-thriller, Stealth, from Sony Pictures due out this summer starring Jamie Foxx, Josh Lucas and Jessica Biel. The Stealth soundtrack will be issued July 12th prior to the July 29th theatrical release.

Check out the video for the new Incubus single "Make A Move":
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Here is the tracklisting for the soundtrack:

1. Incubus - "Make A Move"
2. Incubus - "Admiration"
3. Incubus - "Neither Of Us Can See"
4. David Bowie And BT - "(She Can) Do That"
5. Sly And The Family Stone With Will.I.Am - "Dance To The Music"
6. Institute - "Bullet-proof Skin"
7. Kasabian - "L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)"
8. Dredg - "Bug Eyes"
9. The Fray - "Over My Head"
10. Trading Yesterday - "One Day"
11. Acceptance - "Different"
12. Glenn Hughes With Chad Smith And John Frusciante - "Nights In White Satin"
13. Incubus - "Aqueous Transmission"

New Music: Pelican - The Fire In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw

Unhindered by the impositions of the vocal yoke, Chicago instro-sorcerers Pelican transcend the limits of time and space to expound upon the stunning finesse and painstaking subtlety with which they command their already indelible sonic signature. Restoring instrumental composition to its former glory is no insignificant task, and to do so with such remarkable authority and presence is a testament to the sheer will and unmitigated talent of Pelican's membership. Levying cinematic melody upon glacial heaviness, they achieve the sort of inevitability usually reserved for weather systems and natural disasters. Channeling the seasonal progressions of various far-flung landscapes, the sounds of Pelican are easily adaptable to both the active and passive listening experience, but their harmonic minutiae are best appreciated in a high-volume stereophonic headphone scenario.

With their newest epic, The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw (out July 12th on Hydra Head), Pelican establish themselves as an inimitable force of nature, soaring skyward in triumph toward some celestial nadir, shepherding out the frost with a wash of seismic rumblings. Acoustic guitars take their place beside Pelican's traditional (read: highly amplified) power-drone majesty; the heavens part to allow full deliverance of tidal euphony, awe-inspiring instrumental anthems, and bucolic narco-rhythms.

Preview tracks from the forthcoming album on the newly launched media player.

Tour: The Used, Glassjaw, 30 Seconds To Mars

The Used will embark on a U.S. headline tour starting in Colorado Springs, CO on August 13th. Glassjaw will return to the road after a lengthy hiatus as direct support for the trek. 30 Seconds To Mars, who will issue their sophomore effort A Beautiful Lie on August 16th, have also been confirmed to support, along with other special guests set to be announced shortly. Dates for the Canadian portion of the tour will be announced in the coming days.

The Used will also be heading out on the International Taste of Chaos tour hitting Mexico, Australia, Japan, the UK, and Germany starting October 16th and running through November 20th. The line-up will also include Story Of The Year, Killswitch Engage, Rise Against and Funeral For A Friend.

The Used are shooting a new video on Wednesday, June 29th, for their new single "I Caught Fire" with Kevin Kerslake (Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More).

Here are the latest details on The Used / Glassjaw Tour:

ON SALE THIS WEEKEND
Reno - August 18 at the Reno Events Center
Public on-sale Saturday, June 25 at noon
Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster ticket centers (Tower
Records, Smiths), charge by phone at 775/787-TIXS or on-line at
www.bgp.com and www.ticketmaster.com

New York - August 30 - Hammerstein ballroom
Public on-sale Friday, June 24 at noon
Tickets are available at select Ticketmaster locations, charge by phone
at 212-307-7171, on-line at www.ticketmaster.com or
www.rondelsenerpresents.com.
Remaining tickets available at IrvingPplaza box office beginning
Saturday, June 25th (1pm-4pm)

CONFIRMED DATES
August 13th Colorado Springs, CO - City Auditorium
August 15th Las Cruces, NM - Pan Am Center
August 16th Albuquerque, NM - Albuquerque Convention Center
August 18th Reno, NV - Reno Events Center
August 19th Oakland, CA - Kaiser Event Center
August 20th Los Angeles, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre
August 21st Tucson, AZ - Tucson Convention Center
August 23rd Austin, TX - Stubbs
August 24th San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
August 25th Corpus Christi, TX - Street Amphitheatre
August 26th Houston, TX -Verizon Wireless
August 27th Dallas, TX - Nokia
August 30th New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom
September 1st Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid Hudson Civic Center
September 3rd Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
September 4th Wilmington, DE - Big Kahuana

Tour: Lacuna Coil Hit Europe

Lacuna Coil are spending the summer months performing at some of the premier festivals in Europe alongside such household names as Green Day, Incubus and System of A Down. In the meantime, they continue work on their highly anticipated new album, tentatively set for an early 2006 release, that follows the success of Comalies, which recently surpassed the 200,000 U.S. SoundScan plateau. The new effort is currently being produced once again with Waldemar Sorychta (Sentenced, Moonspell).

Lacuna Coil spent the past two years touring relentlessly with the likes of Atreyu, P.O.D. and Slipknot. Led by the undeniably captivating Cristina Scabbia, catch Lacuna Coil in Europe:

June 24th Le Mans, FRA - Fury Festival (Motorhead, Slayer)
June 26th Dessel, BEL - Graspop Festival
August 14th Hildesheim, GER - Mera Luna (Sisters of Mercy, Skinny Puppy)
August 20th Abtsgmünd - Summerbreeze (Dark Tranquillity, Opeth)
October 22nd Wieze - Female Voices Festival
October 27th Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy

Video: A Life Once Lost - "Vulture"

Darren Doane has directed classic clips for the likes of the Deftones, Thursday, Poison The Well, Every Time I Die and Norma Jean. With his latest undertaking, the video for "Vulture" by A Life Once Lost, Doane has truly topped himself. The staggering video looks like an excerpt from a chase scene in a big-budget Hollywood film, integrating intense performance footage from the band. Not even the bloated multi-million dollar videos from Puff Daddy in the late 90s were this engaging. Check out the video here.

A Life Once Lost will release their new album, Hunter, via Ferret on June 28th. You can pre-order the album and get an autographed booklet here. Check out mp3s and the tracklisting:
1. Rehashed
2. Needleman (demo) MP3
3. Vulture MP3
4. Pain & Panic
5. Hunter
6. Grotesque
7. Salai
8. A Rush & Siege
9. I Give In
10. Ghosting
11. With Pitiless Blows

New Music: The Bled - "My Assassin"

The absolutely undeniable Tucson, AZ quintet The Bled have woken from their slumber, returning on August 23rd with their highly-touted new offering, Found In The Flood. Opting to sign with Vagrant following the success of their 2003 opus, Pass The Flask, on Fiddler, The Bled lured producer Mark Trombino (Jimmy Eat Workd, Finch) to helm their vibrant and daring new disc. Delve into the new sound of The Bled with the invigorating new cut "My Assassin" over at Purevolume.com. If you have any sense, you will *not* miss The Bled at the Warped Tour. They are on all dates, so you have no excuse. Here is the tracklisting for Found In The Flood: 1. Hotel Coral Essex 2. Gutter Shark 3. My Assassin 4. Antarctica 5. She Calls Home 6. Last American Cowboy 7. Daylight Bombings 8. Millionaires 9. With An Urgency 10. I Dont Keep With Liars Anymore

New Music: The Fall Of Troy - "Whacko Jacko..."

Hailing from the humble settings of Mukilteo, WA, The Fall Of Troy will unleash their buzzing first effort on Equal Vision, dubbed Doppelganger, on August 16th. Before the ink was even dry on their deal with EVR, The Fall of Troy headed into the studio earlier this year with producer Barrett Jones (Nirvana, The Foo Fighters, Melvins, Jawbox) to record their second full-length. Shredding guitars, clean drumbeats, and bass that lays down a smooth path permeate the Fall Of Troy sound. Take in the first offering from the new LP by heading over to Purevolume to hear "Whacko Jacko Steals The Elephant".

Catch The Fall Of Troy on the road later this month with Maida and A Burning Water. In August, the band will be hitting the road with He Is Legend. We had the chance to see the band last August in Portland, OR and they seriously blew us away. Here are the dates for their headlining trek:

June 26th Spokane, WA - The Molotov Room
June 27th Portland, OR - Solidstate
June 28th Redding, CA - Serendipity
June 29th San Fransisco, CA - The Pound
June 30th Sacremento, CA - The Underground Cafe
July San Jose, CA - The Cave
July 2nd Bakersfield, CA - The Gate
July 5th Hollywood, CA - The Knitting Factory
July 6th San Diego, CA - The Epicentre
July 7th Corona, CA - The Showcase Theatre
July 8th Phoenix, AZ - The Phix Gallery
July 9th Tucson, AZ - Gameworks

New Music: BEDlight For BlueEYES - "Ephemeral Addictions"

BEDlight For BlueEYES will drop their emphatic debut offering, The Dawn, on August 16th through Trustkill Records. The boys from Berkeley Heights, N.J. possess a unique marriage of post-hardcore grit, metal guitar leads, Motown soul, and hard rock mentality, anchored by the masterful melodic vocals of Christian Andre Guererro. Check out the first first offering from the record with "Ephemeral Addictions" at Purevolume.com.

Catch BEDlight For BlueEYES on tour now with The Higher, My Epiphany and Secret Lives Of The Freemasons. Here are the dates:
June 20th Los Angeles, CA - The Knitting Factory
June 22nd Marina, CA - Marina Vets Hall
June 23rd Redding, CA - The Dip
June 24th Portland, OR - Solid State
June 25th Coeur D Alene, ID - The Tea House
June 26th Twin Falls, ID - Signs & Tshirts
June 27th Salt Lake City, UT - Moes Neighborhood Grill
June 29th Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
June 30th Kansas City, MO - El Torreon
July 1st Iowa City, IA - Green Room
July 2nd Burlington, WI - Lyons Town Hall
July 3rd Lima, OH - Stage Right
July 5th Buffalo, NY - The Icon

Tour: A Static Lullaby, Finch, RX Bandits, The Exit

A Static Lullaby are currently in the midst of their first tour of the UK alongside Funeral For A Friend. Following their trek overseas, A Static Lullaby will return for some U.S. dates with Finch, RX Bandits and The Exit. ASL are out in support of their sophomore effort, Faso Latido. Here are the dates:
August 12th Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls
August 14th Lathem, NY - Saratoga Winners
August 16th Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory
August 17th Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
August 19th Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
August 20th Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
August 24th Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
August 25th Chicago, IL - Metro
August 26th Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
August 27th Minneapolis, MN - The Quest
August 28th Sauget, IL - Pops
August 30th Lawrence, KS - The Granada Theatre
August 31st Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre

Preview: As Cities Burn - Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest

Solid State Records are consistent in their delivery of heavy-minded artists that have a knack for artfully integrating melodic elements. The Solid State roster includes the likes of Underoath, Norma Jean, The Chariot, Dead Poetic, Demon Hunter, He Is Legend and Showbread, among others. The latest entry to the Solid State fold, As Cities Burn, figure well into the mix with their debut offering, Son, I Loved You At Your Darkest.

As Cities Burn strike with tension-filled tracks like "Thus From My Lips, By Yours, My Sin Is Purged" and segue smoothly to gutwrenching ballads like "The Widow". The vocals bring to mind Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath and Anthony Green of Circa Survive, without sounding derivative. The 10-track offering is a solid, varied affair with well-rounded songs for every mood. It is safe to say that if you have worn out your Underoath cd, or the first record from A Static Lullaby, then As Cities Burn will provide you with that same catharsis. Although carrying some of the same attributes as the aforementioned artists, As Cities Burn stand strongly on their own footing with a record that comes off as genuine, unforced and well-made.

Check out the e-card to get an idea of what As Cities Burn are all about. Chances are if you dig what Solid State has issued in the past, you will get into this.

Unsigned: The Picture Theory, Pilot Drift, Gray Lines Of Perfection

Shoutweb takes a look at several unsigned artists suggested by users. Are you aware of an unsigned artist that should be spotlighted in one of our upcoming features? Email Shawn here and we will check them out. We listen to *everything*, so please do not bombard us with your fans. We will be doing this on a very regular basis, so send in your picks.

The Picture Theory (San Ramon, California)
Similar: Beloved, Emery, At The Drive-In
Description: Lush, sweeping post-hardcore
Submited by Dylan

Pilotdrift (Texarkana, Texas)
Similar: Sparklehorse, Air, The Flaming Lips
Description: Very inventive, confounding, atmospheric experimentation
Submitted by Hung

Gray Lines Of Perfection (Freehold, New Jersey)
Similar: Underoath, Atreyu, Evergreen Terrace
Description: Top-notch Christian metal hardcore
Submitted by band

Love Amongst The Ruins (Terre Haute, Indiana)
Similar: The Dillinger Escape Plan, Unearth, Remembering Never
Description: Pummeling and promising metal/hardcore outfit
Submitted by Billy

Prototype-A (Montreal, Canada)
Similar: Three Days Grace, Hoobastank, Seether
Description: Well-written radio-ready rock songs
Submitted by Frank

Preview: Dredg - Catch Without Arms

Catch Without Arms rings with optimism and care, carefully crafted and executed with sonic elegance provided by producer Terry Date (Deftones, Staind). Dredg have an understated power, reflectively unleashed in architecturally sound compositions like "Bug Eyes" and "Catch Without Arms". While some of their material in the past may have been too obscure for some, Dredg have finally realized their potential with lush, captivating songs and a haunting, yet calming sound that only Dredg can pull off.

There has always been this powerful spiritual quality about Dredg, few bands can pull off the type of epic music that seems to come so naturally for Dredg. In our 2001 feature that documented the most anticipated records of 2002, in that case being El Cielo, we stated, "Since releasing their independent debut Leitmotif in 1999, Dredg has made listeners speechless with the poetry of their spiritual musical expressions." I think it is fair to say that Catch Without Arms will have the same effect.

Preview new songs from Dredg on the media player.

Shoutweb Update, Looking For A Few Unsigned Bands

Shoutweb is currently undergoing a wealth of changes. Please stay tuned to the site in the coming days and weeks for many new renovations. The Shoutweb chart will be relaunching shortly. We are very excited about many releases this summer and fall. Thanks for your understanding. Check out the expanded news and features section below, and preview a lot of upcoming releases on the left panel.

We are also looking for new, unique and challenging unsigned artists to feature on Shoutweb. If you are in an unsigned band, or there are bands in your area that you can suggest, please email our new guy Shawn here. Any and all suggestions, even the really bad ones, are very much appreciated. We know there has to be a few bands out there that are not playing the same old [insert your least favorite trendy genre here].

[Ed. Note] Hey, we fully admit we are sometimes guilty of perpetuating musical stereotypes and artists that sound like they formed at the same family reunion (or bred in the same gene pool). You should hear most of the bands we receive that do not go up on the site though, you would probably try to stab out your ear drums. Think of us as a filtering system. We listen to it so you don’t have to. In the end, Shoutweb is just a few music fans making recommendations to other music fans. If we were trying to make a lot of money (we all have day jobs), we would likely be spending our time trying to put together the next Myspace, pop punk label or boy band (they are back you know). We have featured many great bands in their infancy and look forward to doing the same in the future.

Tour: Stretch Arm Strong, Haste The Day, Kane Hodder

Stretch Arm Strong will be embarking on a co-headlining tour with Haste The Day beginning July 26th. The tour, dubbed The Summer Free Fall Tour, is in support of Stretch Arm Strong’s new release, Free At Last, out September 13th on We Put Out Records. Still Remains will be direct support with Kane Hodder opening up each night.

"It’s going to be so amazing back out on tour in the US . It’s the first time we’ve toured with these bands, our friends in Haste The Day and our soon to be new friends, Still Remains and Kane Hodder. We’re really psyched to be sharing the stage with these guys and are looking forward to playing to some new kids as well as our loyal fans," comments Chris McLane from SAS.

Produced by James Paul Wisner (Dashboard Confessional, Underoath, Academy Is) Free At Last is the fourth full length from the South Carolina band and the premiere release from We Put Out Records. Extensive roadwork with Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, Rise Against, Norma Jean, Pennywise and others have built a solid fan base and set the stage for what promises to be their most diverse and inspired work to date. "These songs are without a doubt the best we’ve done. The excitement, the energy and the passion we have for this record is unparallel to anything we’ve ever experienced." remarks McLane.

Preview: Stutterfly - And We Are Bled Of Color

It seems like just yesterday we started listening to Stutterfly, though in all reality it has been a few years now. The first time we had the opportunity to see Stutterfly live was opening for one of the The Used’s first shows, at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, CA. Seeing Stutterfly live is a beautiful mess, we mean that in a good way by the way.

The boys from Canada have been plugging away, refining their songs, and are finally set to release their long-awaited major label debut on Tuesday, June 21st. Although And We Are Bled Of Color features many of the same songs that we were listening to well over three years ago, they still sound as relevant today as they did back then, maybe even more so now. "Gun In Hand" and "Silent Scream" are painfully real songs, chalk full of tension, angst and a snarling power. You know the sound, melodic post hardcore with a few bells and whistles, Stutterfly just does it better than most. Don’t take our word for it though, check out the media player featuring cuts from the record and the video for "Gun In Hand".

If you happen to be hitting up the Warped Tour anywhere between June 18th through July 4th, make sure to seek out their set.

Check out stutterfly.com for more info and downloads.

In The Studio: With Honor Recording New Victory Album

With Honor are holed up with Brian McTernan at Salad Days studios in Maryland as we speak, recording their Victory Records debut, This Is Our Revenge. The album is in stores October 18th - fans of the old school hardcore of Comeback Kid and Bane are going to love With Honor. Formed in 2002, the group has a created a powerful and unique style of spirited hardcore with melody. Wasting no time after their formation, With Honor teamed up with Stillborn Records to release their self-titled debut and more notably the 2004 release Heart Means Everything. WITH HONOR has toured incessantly in support of the aforementioned releases with bands like Hatebreed, Sick Of It All, and H20 and has blown fans away at festivals like New England Metalfest and Hellfest.

Most Anticipated: HIM

HIM – Dark Light (Sire)
Release: September 27

The stars are beginning to align for Finish love metal quintet HIM. The biggest underground band in the U.S., and already stars in their native Europe, will unleash their most important album to date with Dark Light. The phenomenon of HIM has been nothing short of amazing, with many U.S. converts having discovered the band on old CKY dvds, imports and through good old word-of-mouth. Now that the States have finally caught up to the rest of the world, HIM will mark the release of their latest opus with a worldwide release on September 26th (Europe) and 27th (U.S.) through new label Sire.

If new songs like “Killing Loneliness” and “Vampire Heart” are any indication, Dark Light will feature the same cinematic, epic, goth-inspired sound that the band has made classic. If you are already a fan, you probably know everything there is to know about HIM. If you have yet to convert, there is plenty of time this summer to catch up before the new album drops in September. We recommend the 2003 release Love Metal or their best collection, And Love Said No: Greatest Hits 1997-2004.

Most Anticipated: Against Me!

Against Me! – Searching For A (Rumored) Former Clarity (Fat Wreck)
Release: September 6

Late last year new demos from Against Me! leaked in the form of the “Stolen Demo”. The new songs, which have been given a variety of names by the band’s devout base, press beyond the sound cemented on their potent previous LP, As The Eternal Cowboy, and show Against Me! at their most urgent and intense. Fan-titled songs “Problems” and “How Long Can You Go” are some of the most vital songs we’ve heard from any band in ages. Whether these songs will see the light of day on the new album remains to be seen, but new songs that the band has been playing live on their most recent tour, including the soon to be classics “Violence,” “Condoleeza” and “Justin,” show glimpses of greatness. If producer J. Robbins (Jets To Brazil, Promise Ring) was able to capture just a sliver of Against Me’s explosive live show during the recording sessions, you are in for one of the best albums of 2005.

If you are saying to yourself, Against who?, do yourself a big favor and check out Against Me’s classic Crime EP and their two full-lengths; As The Eternal Cowboy and Reinventing Axel Rose.

Tour: System Of A Down, The Mars Volta

System Of A Down will kick off its first major North American tour in three years on August 4, headlining two nights at the Long Beach Arena just outside of Los Angeles. The tour, which features The Mars Volta as special guests and Bad Acid Trip as the opers for the first leg, will see System of a Down headlining arenas in some forty cities over a ten-week period. Tickets for the tour dates will be priced from $32.50 to $45.00. System of a Down¹s site systemofadown.com - will host ticket presales for all of the dates. Log onto the site for the special password and complete details.

The tour is in support of System of a Down¹s the brand-new album, ³Mezmerize² (American Recordings/Columbia Records), which was released May 17 and debuted in the Number One slot on the Billboard/SoundScan charts. ³Mezmerize² also experienced worldwide first-week success having soared to the top of album charts in more than a dozen countries worldwide sales for ³Mezmerize² in its first week topped 800,000 copies. ³Mezmerize² is the first disc in a two-disc set, with disc two, ³Hypnotize,² set for a late fall release. ³Mezmerize/Hypnotize² was produced by Rick Rubin and System¹s main songwriter/guitarist Daron Malakian.

System of a Down is currently on a 23-date tour of Europe comprised of appearances at major rock festivals as well as handful of headlining dates including a three-night stand at London¹s Brixton Academy. This past April, the band took to the road on a nine-city ³guerrilla tour,² headlining small venues in major U.S. markets with the shows being announced only a day or two ahead of time. Of the Washington, D.C. show, the Washington Post wrote that System ³delivered a performance as pummeling and cathartic as rock gets.²

With another date or two to be added, the confirmed itinerary for System of a Down¹s North American tour is as follows:

August 4& 5 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
August 6 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
August 8 America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
August 11 American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
August 12 SBC Arena, San Antonio, TX
August 13 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
August 15 Civic Center, Pensacola, FL
August 16 TD Waterhouse Arena, Orlando, FL
August 17 Office Depot Center, Miami, FL
August 19 Gwinnett Arena, Atlanta, GA
August 21 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
August 22 Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
August 23 Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
August 26 Wachovia Spectrum Center, Philadelphia, PA
August 29 Belle Centre, Montreal, QC
August 30 Colisee Pepsi, Quebec City, QC
September 1 Air Canada Center, Toronto, ONT

Most Anticipated: Vaux

Vaux – Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice (Atlantic)
Release: August/September

In 2002, a small, indiscriminate package came into the office from a Denver, CO based band that would later be known as Vaux. The four songs on the EP, later released on Volcom under the title On Life; Living were cold, yet captivating. There was certainly something there, we gave it a few spins, but quickly forgot about it when My Chemical Romance’s I Brought You My Bullets… came along and blindsided us.

Vaux followed with the 2003 opus There Must Be Some Way To Stop Them, an album that, by very definition, rocked. There was such an explosive nature to that record, just an absolutely invigorating post-hardcore record. To this day it is still hard to imagine why that record didn’t set the world on fire. None the less, it secured Vaux a deal with Atlantic Records and was followed with the Plague Music EP on Equal Vision in 2004.

Fast-forward to today, we still can’t stop listening to There Must Be Some Way To Stop Them. Every time we spin that record, we can only imagine what is in store with the band’s major label debut, Beyond Virtue, Beyond Vice. It would baffle us if Vaux doesn’t become one of the biggest rock bands within the next two years, on the level of a My Chemical Romance. The new track “Identity Theft” sounds solid with the top-notch sonic production of Garret Lee (U2, Snow Patrol). Listen to the new cut on the Black By Popular Demand sampler for a taste of what to expect.

Tour: Nine Inch Nails, Queens Of The Stone Age

Nine Inch Nails and Queens Of The Stone Age have announced the dates for their forthcoming fall spectacular. The tour will open with sets by the ubiquitious Los Angeles act Autolux (9/16-10/14) on the first half and the always engrossing action of Death From Above 1979 (10/16-11/3) closing out the trek. Speaking of the mighty DFA1979, while you wait for their new album, peep their reinterpretation of Bloc Party at Myspace.

As if it needs to be said, Trent Reznor and cohorts will be barreling through the hits while they showcases songs from their well-received return from obscurity, With Teeth. Queens Of The Stone Age, aka the Josh Homme project, are out supporting their fourth full-length, Lullabies To Paralyze. Here are the dates:

9/16/05 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena
9/17/05 - Tucson, AZ - TCC Arena
9/19/05 - Phoenix, AZ - American West Arena
9/20/05 - Fresno, CA - Selland Arena
9/23/05 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
9/24/05 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
9/26/05 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum
9/28/05 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
9/30/05 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Coliseum
10/01/05 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl
10/04/05 - Salt Lake City, UT - E Center
10/05/05 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Arena
10/07/05 - Chicago, IL - Allstate Arena
10/08/05 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
10/09/05 - Cleveland, OH - Gund Arena
10/11/05 - St Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
10/13/05 - Madison, WI - Alliant Energy Center
10/14/05 - St Louis, MO, Savvis Center
10/16/05 - San Antonio, TX - SBC Center
10/17/05 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Arena
10/19/05 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
10/21/05 - Jacksonville, FL - Jacksonville Arena
10/22/05 - Tampa, FL - St Pete Times Forum
10/24/05 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Office Depot Center
10/25/05 - Orlando, FL - TD Waterhouse Centre
10/27/05 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
10/29/05 - New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Festival
10/31/05 - Nashville, TN - Gaylord Entertainment Center
11/02/05 - Washington, DC - MCI Center
11/03/05 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

Most Anticipated: The Like

The Like – tba (Geffen)
Release: September 13

Los Angeles indie rock trio The Like are preparing to release their debut album this fall on Geffen. The Like have been playing the Hollywood and Silverlake club scene for the last few years, honing their craft and putting out three self-released EPs. The band recently opened the Alternative Press 20th Anniversary Party, impressing even the most fickle My Chemical Romance and Transplants fans. Having seen The Like play around the L.A. area for the last couple years, we have certainly seen them come a long way, with the new material sounding quite impressive. Think delicate indie rock that might fit well between Straylight Run and Eisley, a very subtle and timeless sound. The Like recorded with the incomparable John Goodmanson (The Blood Brothers, Blonde Redhead, Death Cab for Cutie) on their forthcoming full-length, which has us very much enthused.

If you talk to a typical Shoutweb band about their biggest influences or what they are listening to the most, you aren’t likely to get a list of the usual rock, punk and metal mainstays. We could not even begin to count the amount of singers out there that cite Bjork as their biggest influence. With that being said, when we’re relaxing, kicking back in our digs, it is generally not Dillinger Escape Plan blasting through the speakers. You’re very likely going to hear The Like, Fiona Apple, Anberlin, Sigur Rós, Mogwai or something along those lines. We know many Shoutweb users are the same, balancing out the loud with the lighter side. We’re admittedly obsessed with Mastodon and ISIS, but it’s not exactly our idea of music to play on a Sunday afternoon or before going to bed. What can we say, we like The Like. If it sounds like something that you can get into, we recommend checking out the band’s Myspace page to hear two tracks from their previous EPs.

Most Anticipated: Megan McCauley

Megan McCauley – tba (Wind-Up)
Release: August 16

We remember getting emails a long time ago from our Shoutweb users in Arkansas about this local band that they were really hot on. We checked them out, thought there was something there and put something up on them. We didn’t hear much about them after that, until about a year later when the label that ended up signing them, Wind-Up, contacted us about their forthcoming record. Our reply: “Evanescence, oh yeah, that band from Arkansas.” The rest of course is history, and Evanescence has become the biggest female-fronted rock band in existence. Those Shoutweb kids in Arkansas knew what was up.

The very talented a&r folks at Wind-Up have done it again, nabbing a female artist by the name of Megan McCauley. In listening to several cuts from Megan, it’s easy to say that she will be giving Amy Lee of Evanescence and Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil a run for their money in the category of top female rock singers. We knew there was something unique with Evanescence back in the old mp3.com days and upon hearing Fallen and there is certainly that same unique, attracting quality with the music of Megan McCauley.

At just 16 years of age, Megan McCauley has a very mature vocal delivery and we can’t help but be impressed when we listen to her tracks “Die For You” (from the Fantastic Four Soundtrack) and “Wonder” (from the Elektra soundtrack). There is just something really legitimate and genuine there. Check out tracks from Megan over at her web site, meganmccauley.com. If Evanescence can sell millions of copies, we certainly can’t see why Megan McCauley couldn’t do the same.

Coretta Scott Unveil New Songs

Coretta Scott will issue their new album, Scream And Shout, through Rise on August 23rd. Preview four brand new cuts from the effort over at Purevolume.

The Prom Kings Confirm Release Date

The Prom Kings have set an August 2nd release date for their self titled debut album. Check out an mp3 of the first single "Alone".

CKY Offer Pre-Order

CKY have set up a pre-order for their new album, an Answer can be found, being released on June 28th. Head on over to the Best Buy site and get a free limited edition CKY shirt with your purchase. The offer being good until July 2nd or while supplies last.

HIM Prep Single

HIM have set "Killing Loneliness" as the first single from their forthcoming new album, Dark Light, due out on September 27th through Sire Records. The album will be released as a single in Europe on August 9th.

As Cities Burn Post New Track

As Cities Burn have posted new tracks from their debut album, Son, I Loved You Are Your Darkest, which will be released via Solid State on June 21st. Hear new cuts at Purevolume.

Boys Night Out Trainwreck Offer

Boys Night Out's sophomore full-length, Trainwreck is now available for pre-order. Trainwreck hits streets everywhere July 26th, but pre-orders will begin shipping July 21st. All pre-orders will receive a limited-edition signed poster set. The set includes 3 11x17 posters based off the stunning Trainwreck album art.

Funeral For A Friend Stream New Track

Funeral For A Friend have posted the new track "It’s All The Rage" at Purevolume. The track comes from their new album, Hours, in stores now.

New Music: Bear Vs Shark, Dark New Day, Static-X, Foo Fighters & More

Make sure to do your research on the many hot titles seeing release on Tuesday (6/14). There is really not a bad record in the bunch. Check them out:

Bear Vs Shark - Terrorhawk (Equal Vision)
The always impressive Bear Vs Shark drop their solid sophomore set. The well-rounded effort is perfect for those of you that dig bands like Bars, Boysetsfire, Alexisonfire and The Bronx, we certainly do. Equal Vision continues to deliver the goods. Take in tracks over at Purevolume.

Dark New Day - Twelve Year Silence (Warner Bros.)
Dark New Day, a supergroup of sorts featuring ex-members of Sevendust, Skrape, Virgos, Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, reveal their strong debut outing. If you like straightforward hard rock, you can not get much better these days than Dark New Day. Hear the single "Brother" and more tracks on the media player.

Static-X - Start A War (Warner Bros.)
Static-X return to true form with a new record that recalls their classic debut, Wisconsin Death Trip. Even if you jumped ship with their last couple records, this album will likely draw you back in. Listen to cuts on the media player.

Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (RCA)
Dave Grohl and crew unveil a daunting double disc with equal parts electric and acoustic. No matter what style of Foos you are into, from the heaviest to the most intimate, you will find some cuts here to enjoy. Stream the album on Myspace.

As I Lay Dying - Shadows And Security (Metal Blade)
The follow-up to the 2003 breakthrough Frail Words Collapse is a pummeling and fitting return for these San Diego metal mavens. The band has stepped out as one of the biggest acts in the metal scene behind their crushing and riveting live show. Stream the track "Meaning In Tragedy" at Ozzfest.com.

Funeral For A Friend - Hours (Atlantic)
Of the records coming out this week, this is the only one we have yet to hear. There will no doubt be a few surprises in store from these UK standouts and they have not let us down yet. Preview two tracks at Purevolume.

HIM Prep Dark Light

HIM will release their new album, Dark Light, on September 26th through Sire Records. The band are currently offering a fan edition of the new album, including two bonus songs, at heartagram.com. HIM is currently looking for fans to help contribute to the artwork, you can find more details on their web site.

Dredg Unveil Video

Dredg have posted the video for their new single "Bug Eyes" at dredg.com. The band will release their new album, Catch Without Arms, on June 21st.

A Life Once Lost Preview Hunter

A Life Once Lost will drop their Ferret debut, Hunter, on June 28th. Check out the e-card to preview cuts from the effort. Catch A Life Once Lost on the Sounds Of The Underground Tour this summer.

Stutterfly Post New Download

Stutterfly are offering the track "Bury Me (The Scarlet Path)" as a free download on Fuse’s Daily Download. Get the new track here. Stutterfly will issue their new album, And We Are Bled Of Color, on June 21st.

10 Years Set Release

10 Years have set an August 2nd release date for their forthcoming Republic/Universal debut, The Autumn Effect. The first single "Wasteland" was the most added track on active rock stations this week. Check out three tracks from the effort at Myspace.

Underoath Prep New Single

Underoath have tapped "It’s Dangerous Business Walking Out Your Front Door" as the second single from their latest effort, They’re Only Chasing Safety. The video for the track, directed by Josh Graham (Dillinger Escape Plan), is expected in July.

Static-X Stream New Album

Static-X will drop their new album, Start A WAr, on June 14th. You can now listen to the album in its entirety as part of The Leak on MTV2.com here.