In Flames has been in a the studio for the past month recording a new album. There aren't many details being released other than a 2011 release date, but the band have been posting what look like some productive photos.
Jesterhead.com, the official In Flames fan club, has some exclusive behind the scenes videos from the recording process. You have to join to check them out, but by the looks of the photos, I can only imagine what these videos have in store.
If you want to follow the recording saga, add the band on Facebook and Twitter for continuous updates.
Check out the photos below and let us know what you think this album is going to sound like:
Mastodon have a special re-release just in time for Christmas!
Due to the success and quick sell-out of the "Wormhole Tunnel Edition" of Mastodon's Crack The Skye, the band is issuing only 600 additional copies on Black Friday (that's November 26th this year for all you boys who haven't planned ahead).
The hard-case features a 3D wormhole design (I think it's worth buying to figure that part out) featuring artwork from Mastodon artist Paul Romano. Inside you get a copy of Crack The Skye along with a DVD featuring the making of, photo gallery, track-by-track commentary and more.
The re-release is available exclusively through Metal Club. Mark your calendars if you want your metal paws on this one.
"In Search of Black Judas," the solo album of Darryl Jenifer, will be available on CD and LP beginning October 26th! This debut record for the Bad Brains bassist features a blend of his noted rock vibes with a soul and reggae flare- so basically it will sound amazing. Get pumped.
What else can you expect? Some super heavy bass, of course!
You can give it a listen for yourself below:
And if you want to check out Bad Brains, you're also in luck! Enjoy these Halloween shows:
We are excited to have the official music video for The Death Set's "Far Weathered Friends," a reworking of Daedelus' "Fair Weathered Friends." The video is directed by LAZLO, illustrated by J. Penry and animated by Wealthy Pictures.
On top of the video, we can (luckily) be expecting more stuff from The Death Set this year- including a documentary, a mix tape of the band's favorite tracks and unreleased material....and all before a new fall album. Score.
After the unexpected death of founding member Beau Velasco in late '09, I applaud the band for their choice to continue their writing, touring and general badassery. No doubt that 2010 will wrap up to be a solid year, so here's to many more awesome musical endeavors by TDS!
As details unfold about the year's planned releases, you know where to look.
Rise Against have made a slideshow of photos from their world-wide adventures last year to their track "From Heads Unworthy." It features photos from their crew, other photographers and even fans. Check it out and see if they grabbed any of your images!
This year, we are proud to introduce a run of 2010 Vans Warped Tour Vans! These shoes will be highly limited with a few pairs available at each tour stop. Once they are gone at the show, they are gone. Want them? You better get there early! You won't be able to get them anywhere else- not online and not in stores.
We just caught word of a new music video from Cerebral Ballzy for their track Insufficient Fare. We love this video. Lots of Vans and lots of skateboarding. Don't forget these guys are also going to be hitting up the Vans Warped Tour this year at a couple stops!
You can also grab the band's very first EP, You're Idle, out now! It's a griptape 7in!!!
Not at one of their 3 tour stops at Warped? Then check them out at one of their upcoming shows:
After posting a teaser last week, Killswitch Engage has premiered their brand new music video for "Save Me" today.
Before you check out the video, see what guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz had to say about it:
This was my favorite video shoot EVER! It took like 1/2 an hour, and we were turned into clay. And who doesn't like claymation and space aliens? They didn't like my suggestion of turning me into a blood-thirsty pterodactyl with laser eyes at the end of the vid, but it's cool. Thanks to all who worked wicked hard on this video...it looks sweet.
Yes. It's a video with Killswitch in space getting hijacked by aliens. In claymation. What!? It even features a claymation performance, too. Just....watch:
You do know what Hourglass is, correct? Lamb of God's anthologies? Out on June 1st? Well now the time has come to get your pre-orders in for one of, and I kid you not, 7 different package offers with prices ranging from $10.99 to $999.99.
You read correctly- $1000. I'll let drummer Chris Alder explain the crazy amount of stuff that get's you:
I understand that if you are the biggest Lamb of God fan maaaay not be able to splurge on the Super Deluxe Edition, so take a look at all the packages the band has to offer:
Hourglass: Vol 1 - The Underground Years 13 of the most choice Lamb of God songs from their early years. Culled from their first album Burn The Priest , their debut as Lamb of God , New American Gospel , and the album that put them on the map, As The Palaces Burn .
Hourglass: Vol 2 - The Epic Years 13 of the most choice Lamb of God songs from their career on Epic Records to this point. Both Grammy nominated songs "Redneck" and "Set To Fail" are surrounded by fan favorite anthems and crushing riffs from Ashes Of The Wake to Sacrament to 2009's #2 debut Wrath .
Hourglass: The 3 CD Anthology The ultimate Lamb of God retrospective. 44 tracks on 3 CDs. Vol 1 and 2 join Vol 3 containing 18 rare or never heard before songs. Included are Japanese issued bonus tracks, multiple rehearsal demos, along side the 8 songs recorded prior to Burn The Priest .
Hourglass: The Vinyl Box Set All 6 Lamb of God Studio albums for the first time on 180 Gram vinyl in a Linen-wrapped collectors box. Includes Burn The Priest , New American Gospel , As The Palaces Burn , Ashes of the Wake , Sacrament , and Wrath .
Hourglass: The USB Box Set All 6 Lamb of God studio albums on individual USB drives in a cigarette box shaped collectors package. Includes Burn The Priest , New American Gospel , As The Palaces Burn , Ashes of the Wake , Sacrament , and Wrath .
Hourglass: The Deluxe Set The collectors set including The 3 CD Anthology, The Vinyl Box set, The USB Box Set, and a Linen bound 144 page book of the art of Lamb of God as created by K3n Adams including designs for tour passes, albums, t-shirts, and his commentary on them.
Hourglass: The Super Deluxe Set The limited edition definitive collectors set including The 3 CD Anthology, The Vinyl Box Set, The USB set, the Book, a Mark Morton Signature Series Jackson Dominion D2, A 4’x6’ Pure American metal Flag, an Hourglass sticker, and a signed 8x10 in a personalized Lamb of God Coffin Case.
Big, massive news for the punk music industry: Social Distortion has been signed to Epitaph Records!
Mike Ness of Social D comments:
We feel that Epitaph has a natural understanding of Social Distortion; both the history of the band and the direction we want to go. Combine that with their successful track record and it felt like a good next step for us. We've always been open to new ideas and pushing the envelope, but we have also been very conscientious about the decisions we've made. We considered a lot of options, but in the end, Epitaph feels like the right home for us. We're looking forward to taking this step forward, opening some new doors with this upcoming album and this next chapter of Social Distortion.
And if you didn't know, Epitaph Records was founded and is still owned by Brett Gurewitz, an original member of Bad Religion. He seems very excited to be working with the band:
My relationship with Mike goes way back to the beginnings of our careers in the LA music scene. Through the years Social Distortion have been a matchless voice in American rock and roll and I couldn't be more thrilled to play a part in the next chapter for this great band.
Personally, I can't see Social D with a better label. Epitaph is a heavy player in the punk scene and now the band can be proud to say they'll be labelmates with Bad Religion, Alkaline Trio, Rancid, Every Time I Die and New Found Glory.
The band is planning their first release with Epitaph this fall and already have a summer tour dates:
July 27 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Chance July 28 - Hampton Beach, NH - Casino Ballroom July 30 - Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel July 31 - Hartford, CT - The Webster Aug 1 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom Aug 3 - Wantagh, NY - Mulcahy's Aug 4 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club Aug 5 - Rochester, NY - Nola's BBQ Aug 7 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza Aug 8 - Green Bay, WI - Oneida Casino Aug 10 - Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove @ Harrah's Aug 11 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater Aug 13 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Aug 14 - Medford, OR - Medford Armory
April has brought along Datarock's 10th band birthday! And to celebrate, they have released a re-mix album appropriately called Mixed Up.
The album itself has 10 awesome tracks but get this- they have re-mixed 36 songs for the release! Where you get the album determines what bonus tracks you get. Awesome.
Here's the track-listing:
01. DATAROCK - Amarillion (Dan Sena's First Kiss Euphoric Remix) 02. DATAROCK - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Metal On Metal Remix) 03. DATAROCK - Give It Up (Kissy Sell Out's 4x4 Cello Mix) 04. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Riton's Turbo Disco Remix) 05. DATAROCK - Computer Camp Love (Villains Remix) 06. DATAROCK - The Pretender (Holy Ghost! Remix Radio Edit 07. DATAROCK - Princess (Morgan Z Remix) 08. DATAROCK - Back In The Seventies (Rainbow Noir's 70's Leg Break Mix) 09. DATAROCK - Ganguro Girl (Ralph Myerz Remix) 10. DATAROCK - True Stories (Bjorn Torske's Kortslutning Remix)
Platekompaniet - bonus tracks 01. DATAROCK - Computer Camp Love (DEVO Mutato Single Mix) 02. DATAROCK - Computer Camp Love (DEVO Mutato Full Mix)
iTunes - bonus tracks 01. DATAROCK - Give It Up (Chateau Marmont Version) 02. DATAROCK - The Pretender (Chairlift Remix) 03. DATAROCK - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Comet Remix) 04. DATAROCK - Amarillion (Eberhart's For The Love Mix) 05. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Miami Horror Remix).
eMusic - bonus tracks 01. DATAROCK - Give It Up (Fan Death Rework) 02. DATAROCK - The Pretender (CFCF Remix) 03. DATAROCK - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Subsource Remix) 04. DATAROCK - Amarillion (The Aston Shuffle Remix) 05. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Jump Jump Dance Dance Remix).
Beatport - bonus tracks 01. DATAROCK - Amarillion (Of Norway Remix) 02. DATAROCK - Amarillion (Christian Tilt Remix) 03. DATAROCK - Amarillion (Wanz Dover & Red Eye Remix) 04. DATAROCK - Give It Up (Weird Tapes Remix) 05. DATAROCK - Give It Up (Kahuun Remix) 06. DATAROCK - The Pretender (Holy Ghost! Dub Remix) 07. DATAROCK - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Para One Remix) 08. DATAROCK - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Hoshima Anniversary "Galaxy" Remix) 09. DATAROCK - I Used To Dance With My Daddy (Mark Dynamix And Jaytech's Suger Daddy-O Remix) 10. DATAROCK - Princess (DJ exel. Pauly Remix) 11. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Shakes Remix) 12. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Skatebard Remix). 13. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Bjorn Torske's Fa-Fa-Fast & Furious Discomix) 14. DATAROCK - Fa Fa Fa (Princess Superstar's New York Dirty Disco Rabbit Pearl Remix)
While you're here, you might as well check out the duo's brand new music video for "Dance," too!
Megadeth recently debuted a brand new music video for their single The Right To Go Insane. Pretty intense video...and even crazier that this actually based on a true story. Check it out below:
Finding out about this literally just blew my mind....
You should know Stephen Egerton as the guitarist from both ALL and The Descendents. But do you know about The Seven Degrees of Stephen Egerton?
That's the name of his new solo album. It features a crazy amount vocalists, too. Just check out this track list:
1. Flip (feat. John Speck of The Fags) 2. Fire's On (feat. Jon Snodgrass of Drag The River) 3. Abundance Of Fluff (feat. John Moreland) 4. South For The Winter * 5. Funny Face (feat. Chad Price of ALL/Drag The River) 6. Never Again (feat. Bill McShane of Ultimate Fakebook) 7. On The Avenue (feat. Jesse Cole of In Stereo/Le Fang) 8. Our Last Song (feat. Dan Andriano of Alkaline Trio) 9. She's Got Everything (feat. Milo Aukerman of The Descendents) 10. Cut Me Down To Size (feat. Mike Herrera of MXPX) 11. Sunny Disposition (feat. Scott Reynolds of ALL) 12. When They Roam (feat. Joey Cape of Lagwagon/Me First And The Gimme Gimmes) 13. Print On Paper (feat. Chris DeMakes of Less Than Jake) 14. Falling Out (feat. Frank Daly of Big Drill Car 15. Silencer (feat. Mark Vecchiarelli of Shades Apart) 16. Willie Wicked (feat. Abe Brennan of My Name/Wretch Like Me)
Now that's alot of awesome packed into one album! This release will be available on May 11th.
If you are lucky enough, you can also catch out two release shows featuring a few of the guest vocalists:
May 14th- The Conservatory, Oklahoma City May 15th- The Crystal Pistol, Tulsa
Not know what to expect? Well, you can check out "Our Last Song" here:
The Sword have been keeping themselves busy and has just finished tracking their third album. The band has let us know that they are going to have a different sound from what fans may be expecting. Exciting, aye!?
Singer J.D. Cronise says they are harking back to Guns N' Roses + Thin Lizzy + thrashy elements. So this isn't going to be your dad's Thin Lizzy. And the premise behind it? A sci-fi concept album. I'm trying to wrap my head around what this is going to sound like and not going to lie...I'm stoked about the idea.
He comments::
We are just more interested in expanding our sound for ourselves. If we wanted to expand our audience we should just remake the second album over again, rather than challenge people with something new....It's really a concept record. The songs revolve around a concept we came up with or spin off from it. It's not the kind of fantasy concept though, it's more sci-fi.
The album is still unnamed but can be expected later this year.
I hope that everyone knows what tomorrow is (besides my birthday). It's Record Store Day! I'm pretty excited the two are falling on the same date this year. Anyway, I also hope that everyone knows exactly what Record Story Day is.
It's pretty self explanatory. You go spend every last dime you have to support independent record stores and music. Not really, but that's what always happens to music lovers. It's really the celebration of music + artists + independent stores. These are stores who are self-owned and operated- no company or overhead dictating what goes on shelves and what gets sent back to the label. It's less of a numbers game and more of an appreciation for music. You know, how it should be. There aren't many still around, but thanks to this, its easy to find one.
To give you a heads up, The Bouncing Souls will release a very special, very limited 7" to celebrate RSD. Only 500 copies of this picture disc will be available nation-wide. It will feature "Gasoline," "Airport Security," "Badass" and "Never Say Die/When You're Young."
Serj Tankian has had a solo project going for a while and he's well into his newest release. Some details about the album are just now getting out.
The new album will be titled Imperfect Harmonies and is currently in the mixing process. Tankian is referring to the sound on his new record as "electro-orchestral-jazz-rock" He continues:
...the majority of the songs have this huge wall of sound presented in a way I have never heard before. It’s not common to have a song that is both electronic and orchestral since one is synthetic and the other organic, but I found a way of meshing a lot of these colors together.
Tankian also says his lyrics are more social, political, environmental and personal and are much darker with urgency. He sums up his solo efforts below:
My intentions have always been to make music that is creative, quality, and moving. I have never learned the static method of repeating myself musically whether in System or now. Each record I have made has been different musically, yet they all carry the same integral spirit.
There is no release date slated yet, but we are promised more info over the next few months.
As I Lay Dying has been working on their 5th album release over the past few months that can invade your CD player or iPod on May 11th. The album is called The Powerless Rise and we finally have the album art and track listing revealed!
And the track listing:
1.Beyond Our Suffering 2.Anodyne Sea 3.Without Conclusion 4.Parallels 5.The Plague 6.Anger and Apathy 7.Condemned 8.Upside Down Kingdom 9.Vacancy 10.The Only Constant Is Change 11.The Blinding Of False Light
You can also check out this video of Tim Lambesis spilling some info on the process of making the release:
Dropkick Murphys have been working on a concert CD and DVD scheduled to be released on March 16th. It's called "Live on Landsdowne"and highlights the 7 show/6 day run the band pulled off in Boston. Imagine your St Patty's day festivities with this blasting through your speakers and on your screen!
We've got a sneak peak below of some of the DVD footage featuring the Mighty Mighty Bosstones joining Dropkick on stage for "I'm Shipping Up To Boston:"
Below is a trailer for the DVD:
And get this. If you like what you see and pre-order the album/DVD before midnight on March 15th, you are entered to win some insane prizes: - A trip to check out the band's Dublin show in April (along with backstage passes of course) - An autographed guitar - $500 gift card to the Dropkick merch store - If you are a Boston local, you can also win a $200 bar tab for McGreevy's
For more details and to pre-order, check out their website.
Dillinger Escape Plan has been busy the past few months on their latest musical endeavor "Option Paralysis," hitting stores March 23rd. They've given us their music video from the album's first single "Farewell, Mona Lisa." Enjoy!
(I spy some slip-ons, fellas!)
Don't forget to check out out DEP on this year's Warped Tour, too.
In case you missed it, last year was the Vans Warped Tour's 15th Anniversary. We celebrated with a crazy know at Club Nokia in Los Angeles full of Warped legends. The show was filmed, spliced together with some great interviews and released in theaters for a one-night-only showing in September.
The Warped theater experience was such a success, it's now coming to DVD and BluRay! The event features performances from Bad Religion, NOFX, Katy Perry, The All-American Rejects, Ozomatli, Rise Against, Ice-T and Body Count, The Aggrolites, Decaydance All Stars, Underoath, Pennywise and video apperances by Blink 182 and 3OH!3. It hits stores on March 30.
The DVD trailer:
This video will show you a little more of what to expect during the film! Please note, this promo video was for the movie release which has already happened.
