Check out Standing By Grace from Puerto Rico. I guess I would say they’re metalcore of some sort. They have 2 new songs up from their 2007 release “I Breathe“.

Write This Down have posted a new song called “If You’re Not In The Boat…You’re Just Ridin’ The Waves“. Lyrics can be found here.

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Donna Mea have posted a new demo called “Thicker Than Blood“.

Edison Glass have posted a new song called “Let Go” to their myspace. The song will appear on an iTunes exclusive EP called the “Let Go EP“. It will features 5 songs total; 2 exclusive tracks and then 3 new songs which will appear on their upcoming release, “Time Is Fiction“, set to drop this November. The tracks are in the comments.

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Inhale Exhale bassist, Brian Pittman has decided to leave the band. The band’s new video, directed by Andy Reale, should be online soon. Also, in the rumor world, apparently Ryland announced there would be a new album released early in January 2008. I cannot find where I originally read that but it’s on Wikipedia now.

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BEC Recordings have strengthened their roster by signing Bebo Norman to a multi-album agreement. This was a smart move for sure! The first release is a Christmas album called “Christmas…From The Realms Of Glory” and is scheduled to release October 2nd. The first real studio project will be out in the Spring of 2008.

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All In posted a new demo awhile ago from their forthcoming sophmore effort on Hand Of Hope release in 2008.

Kingston Falls have 2 brand new songs up called “The Great Divide” and “The Illusionist Dream“. They’ve definitely improved since their debut. I think the new vocalist fits them much better than the old.

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Facedown Records announced the list of bands who will be playing this year’s Facedown Fest East. The bands are A Plea For Purging, Alove For Enemies, Bloodlined Calligraphy, Bloody Sunday, Inked In Blood, Kingston Falls, Means, Remove The Veil, Seventh Star, Sleeping Giant, War Of Ages & xLooking Forwardx. The fest will be Saturday Sept. 29 in Bowie, MD at Mt. Oak Church. It will start at 3:00pm and tickets will only be $20. The label will be launching a site for the fest in the coming weeks.

A new song from Thousand Foot Krutch has been posted on Purevolume. What do you think of it?

Ashcroft has posted up a new song to myspace from their recent ep that just released. Remember, you can order this ep straight from us for $7.99 here.

I just got a shipment of cds from the band Arkeo, out of the great state of Hawaii. It’s a full length and only $7.99. Pick it up in the store here.

I know that there are a lot of bands on here, and this speaks pretty clearly to my heart to: MUST READ FOR ALL BANDS/ARTISTS/BAND MEMBERS.

Leave comments and such. I will be opening up discussion on the forums too!

The new Demon Hunter album is titled “Hell Hath No Fury At All” and will be out this November on Solid State Records. [obsceneblog]

Purple Door Festival have announced this year’s lineup schedule. If you don’t know the fest hit up the website. PD is held at Ski Roundtop in Lewisberry, PA on August 17th & 18th. I’ve attended this festival probably 6 times or more and in multiple locations. It’s usually a pretty good time and this year is no exception. The schedule is in the comments.

Haste The Day just did an interview which you can watch below. It includes some sarcasm, mocking Warped Tour, and some tour announcements. It’s only 5 minutes so watch it!

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Death Is Not Welcome Here will invade the West Coast in late September of this year. They’ll be touring from all the way north in Seattle to down south in San Diego, CA. They need help booking dates so if you have access to a venue, contact the band via myspace and hook them up!

See P.O.D this Saturday night at Harvest Crusade in Anaheim at the Angels Stadium for FREE. Leeland is also playing. It should be a kickin’ night and I honestly wish I could go but I have prior arrangements with my son’s B-day party. Oh well. Maybe one of you could go and report back to us on how it went? That’d be cool.

Hey everyone, I conducted an interview with Anberlin’s Stephen Christian on July 21st at the Miami, FL stop of this years Warped Tour. You can click here or go to the interviews section to read it.

Thanks a lot!

Stephen Christian: I’m Stephen Christian and I sing in the band Anberlin.

How’s the Warped Tour been treating you so far?

SC: Unreal man, we’ve been meeting so many cool bands like Circa Survive, Coheed and Cambria, Kill Switch Engage and all these incredible bands all in one place. It’s just been amazing. The community has been really cool, and the fans have been amazing. We’ve never been on Warped Tour before so this is definitely a huge experience.

How have the crowd’s been responded?

SC: Well, we’re not really a Warped Tour band and we’ve never been on the tour like I said before, so I think a lot of people are discovering us for the first time out here. Maybe they’ve heard the name or seen the CD somewhere, so they’ll say “Hey, lets go check out this band today”. I would say 30-40% of the crowd is singing along and everyone else is getting into it but they’ve never heard it.

Would you say reaching new fans is your favorite thing about the Warped Tour?

SC: Yes, definitely. Also like I said before, the community is great. The people behind the scenes, the production people, the crew, everyone. It seems like we’re all one giant family and in this together.

Do you have a least favorite thing about the tour?

SC: The heat. I mean I love Florida, it’s where I’m from, but man, it is just so stammering out here. But you know, if the fans can put up with it for a day then so can we.

What’s your opinion on the 30 minute set-times here on Warped?

SC: I think it’s great, it’s very conducive to the fact that people go to Warped Tour with the intention of seeing a few bands they like and discovering a ton more. Warped Tour is almost like a greatest hits set, you play all your best songs and maybe when you come back on a headlining or supporting tour, fans who discovered you at Warped will come see you again.

Cities was released a few months ago, how would you compare that album to your past efforts?

SC: I think it’s our best work to date, I really like how it came out. Musically I really think it challenged our listeners and we challenged ourselves. Lyrically I think this was our most “heart-on-sleeve” album. I wasn’t sure if people really wanted to hear that, but apparently they do. We’ve gotten the best response from this record. I can safely say Cities is our best work to date in my opinion.

Do you have any b-sides you might put out in the future?

SC: Yeah, a couple of them are online right now like ‘The Haunting”, “Uncanny”, and the two covers we did.

What song are you most proud of on Cities?

SC: I think “Fin” because of how unique the writing process for that song was. We all sat down, started playing and thats what came out. A nine minute song with a boys choir and some weird instruments. It was probably the most fun I had writing a song on this album.

After recording Cities you went to India on a missions trip with some other bands and the guys of To Write Love On Her Arms. How as that experience?

SC: It was heart wrenching, challenging and just overall insane. There were moments where it hurt, but I definitely walked away from that feeling like I made a difference.

Do you have plans for more trips in the future?

SC: Yeah definitely. In January we’re going to Nairobi, Kenya in Africa. We’re gonna stay there and work a couple of weeks with the One Campaign teaching people farming and also trying to fix a roof that caved in at a school killing two young boys. I want to continue doing this and taking more and more bands.

So going back to the new album, Cities has been getting great reviews and Anberlin has been called “the next Radiohead”. How does being compared to one of the greatest bands of our generation feel?

SC: I can’t believe people say that. Radiohead is so good, so challenging and just beyond my ears. We’re nowhere close to them [Laughs].

Who would you say your biggest influences as a song-writer are?

SC: I would have to say The Smiths overall. As far as lyrics and storytelling are concerned The Beatles are way up there for me. Radiohead like we talked about earlier and tons of bands I listen to on a daily basis influence me. Right now I’ve been listening to a lot of basic rock bands like The Doves and The Stills, stuff like that.

The last thing I want to ask you about is Anchor & Braille, your side-project with Aaron Marsh of Copeland. Whats the status on that?

SC: Well, we just finished writing all the music. I only have three more tracks to do vocally and the whole record will be done. I’m so proud of it, it’s going to be nothing like I’ve ever done or worked on so I’m really excited. We should have our record out by early next year.

Any last comments or thoughts you want to get out there to our readers?

SC: Don’t just sit around, try to make a difference in the world. You don’t have to go to India like I did or anything, just make a difference.

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Here’s a few videos I ran across of Emery playing new songs live recently on their acoustic tour. You can at least get an idea of what the songs sound like.

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Emery has officially posted a song off their new cd “Im Only A Man” which comes out October 2nd. Listen to the “Party Song” here. Is anybody else dancing?

Quick and the Dead will unleash their new album “Going Home” on September 25th through Indie Vision Music. 13 tracks of raw, powerful, spiritual rock n’ roll. The band will be unveling new songs from this album at Cornerstone Festival California. Word on what stage coming soon but it will be part of an Indie Vision Music Label Showcase.

We’ll have a full album stream from the band very soon. For now, you can check out four new tracks from the band at their myspace page.

We will be selling this album for the low price of $7.99 in the webstore. A deal that is rare for a full length but I think it’s the way albums should be sold. It’ll also be featured on Smartpunk.com a month before release date where you will get a FREE Hearts Bleed Passion Vol. 2 cd with pre-order!

The new EP from Torn From Red, called the “Heartbeat EP,” is now available at the band’s myspace.

My Epic have begun their east coast tour with Yearling and Love and Reverie. For dates and other info, visit My Epic on myspace here. My Epic are one of my favorite unsigned bands and they deserve a listen. Please come out to a show and support these guys.

Preorder the new Eleventyseven album, Galactic Conquest and get the free Galactic Conquest patch which is shown below. (absolutepunk.net)

You can watch Amber Pacific over at AOL Sessions Under Cover perform 3 of their own songs and a cover of Hillary Duff’s So Yesterday. (absolutepunk.net)

Check out hiphop artist Rapture Ruckus from New Zealand.

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Spoken has put together a street team to help promote them and their new Self Titled album which releases September 25. The band says that the street team called Syndicate will be “doing such things as requesting/voting, internet marketing, passing out promo, and word of mouth promotions and pretty much anything of a creative nature to promote Spoken. Syndicate members will have access to special meet and greets, contests, exclusive merchandise, promotional materials, special messages/videos from the band, and more.”
If you’re interested in helping promote Spoken, you can sign up here.

We are still doing the contest to win a free I, Sleepwalker CD. Barely anyone has signed up to win it, so please sign up now if you haven’t already. Click here for the contest.

I just got in the new ep from I Am Alpha and Omega titled “Georgia May” ep. It’s now available for $5.99 in the webstore. Click here to order.

Its true! This Sunday, Emery will be posting on their myspace, their first song off of their upcoming album, I’m Only A Man. You can read it on their myspace here.

PlayRadioPlay! has launched his new website.  If you sign up for the site you’ll get 2 free downloads of songs. (absolutepunk.net)

A Lucid Memory has a new song up on myspace. Go listen.

Eisley has posted their video for the song Invasion.
Check it out below and let me know what you think in the comments. (absolutepunk.net)

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