Apparently the boys in in xLFx are taking a long break from big tours and are only going to do weekend excursions from now on (atleast for awhile anyways). They’ll play your city so long as you provide gas and food money and if your too far for driving you can supply plane tickets. They’re doing this so they can spend time with their families during the week and still keep the band going. For more details check out their myspace blog. Myspace blog

August Burns Red will be debuting their video for “Composure” this Thursday, September 6th on myspace. It will be on of the featured videos. Honestly, I’m getting tired of the waiting game for these videos. Shouldn’t they be released before the album drops so it’ll help get the word out through the various video outlets? What do you guys think?

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Any Havalina (Rail Co) fans here? Well I ran across this page which has a zip download of “Russian Lullabies” which was released on Jackson Rubio in 1997. You can also download a 26 song retrospective called “We Remember Anarchy“. Sadly, it’s in .M4A but it’s better than nothing. It includes 19 songs from their albums & 7 new ones (2 live, 4 unreleased, one from a Tooth & Nail sampler).

Were you upset when Embodyment (Solid State / XS Records) broke up? Did you know they recorded a 5 song demo before they did? Well I stumbled across a page a few weeks ago where you can now download 4 of these demos. Click here to check it out. Enjoy!

You can click here to check out Gasoline Heart’s Purevolume Sessions. There are 5 videos to check out including a song that was not on their Mono Vs. Stereo debut “You Know Who You Are“. These are definitely worth your time.

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Click here to check out Eisley’s performance of “Invasion” from Late Night with Conan O’Brien this week.

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In the bummer news department, Cries Hannah have decided to break up. Their last show is on October 13th. They were supposed to be on Hearts Bleed Passion Vol. 3 but I’m not sure what will happen now. I’d still like their song.

So is anyone going? I’m thinking about it. I wish No Innocent Victim was playing though.

It is on September 29th, $20,

and it is at Mt. Oak UMC 14110 Mt. Oak RD. Bowie, MD 

Starts at 3:00 P.M. check it out

Some of the bands playing: Bloody Sunday, War of Ages, xLookingForwardx, Seventh Star, Sleeping Giant

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I figured this would pop up on Youtube, so I went searching tonight and found it. Anyways, click below to check out The Almost performing “Say This Sooner” live on Jimmy Kimmel. You can also see the beginning of “Southern Weather“.

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As mentioned below, As I Lay Dying made a huge debut on the Billboard charts with “An Ocean Between Us“, making it’s Metal Blade’s biggest debut their 25 year history. The band also landed at #1 on both the Rock & Hard Rock charts. In Canada, the band debuted at #19 overall, and landed at #2 in Hard Rock and #3 Independent. Congrats to them!

They will also be hitting the road this Fall with All That Remains, Haste The Day, and Through The Eyes Of The Dead in tow. Dates can be seen by clicking below.

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Click below to check out who landed where on this week’s Billboard Top 200 Chart.

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Check out Twentyfour64’s myspace to hear new songs from their recent ep. Click here.

Take it Back have unleashed their new demo song on the public. Check it out on Myspace here. This band is a favorite of mine, what do you think of the new tune?

Head on over to Absolutepunk.net and enter your name/email for a chance to win a free Ipod Nano, Quick and the Dead CD, Buttons and Stickers. 5 Runners Up will get a FREE Copy of the Quick and the Dead cd, button, and sticker!! Contest will last for one month. Here is a link to the contest.

We will be running our own contest in a week or so for FREE Ipod Shuffles, CDs, Buttons, and Stickers. Either I or Josh will let you know when it’s up.

Remember, two new Quick and the Dead songs will be up late tonight on our myspace page. 9PM PST/12am EST. You can preorder your copy today from either Smartpunk (With free HBP2 CD) or Interpunk (With free tshirt).

Interpunk has an Emery “I’m Only A Man” special edition pre-order with a free shirt for $13.

Blindside is playing a few dates here in the U.S. for the “Black Rose Tour” and Edison Glass will be with them. Dates can be seen below.

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As I Lay Dying sold an impressive amount of cds with 40,000 sold. Congrats to the band. This is a cd I’ll be picking up soon.

The Sanctuary Stage Lineup has been announced for Cornerstone California. Click here to check out which bands are playing. Speaking of Cornerstone Festival, I am still working out details for when Quick and the Dead will play and as soon as I do it’ll be announced right here.

Don’t forget to stay up late to watch Eisley perform on Late Night with Conan O’Brien (NBC) tonight.

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Falling Up is heading out on tour soon and taking This Beautiful Republic and A Dream Too Late with them. Dates are below.

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Do you want to be in Demon Hunter’s new video? Only 2 qualifications: Must be 18 and you have to get yourself to Los Angeles area on September 1st and be there all day long. If you can handle those requests shoot them an email to info@demonhunter.net, with your age, location, and a definite answer if you’re going to participate. They need 100 and will be taking them on a first come, first serve basis.

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Impending Doom have posted another new track called “In Reverence Of” to their myspace.

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Kingston Falls is the next, and possibly last, band from Strike First to be bumped up to Facedown Records. As we mentioned before there are two new songs up on their myspace. The new album will be recorded at Foundation Studios in December and will release Spring of 2008.

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Inhale Exhale have posted their video for “A Call to the Faithful” to myspace. Check it out below!

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Prepare for an onslaught of comments about who is metal who is hardcore who is both and who is neither. That means it’s time for a new poll, though this time I enabled the “Add Answers” box so you can write in your favorite band that isn’t listed. I only put up three bands just to start the poll. Living Sacrifice is my overall favorite of all time so add yours now!!! Then come back here and unleash your comments and argue you about who is more metal than who

According to an email I received today, Stephen Christian of Anberlin was said to be collaborating with One Star Story on some new music. You can read the post on their message board about it here.

Quick and the Dead have posted up “The Black Widow Dressed in White” to their myspace page. Go listen.

Rise Records have continued their signing spree and picked up Here I Come Falling from Springfield, Missouri. They are recording in a few weeks.

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Here’s some of the stuff that came out yesterday. Did anyone pick anything up? Feel free to comment on anything I missed as well.

Audio Adrenaline “Live From Hawaii: The Farewell Concert” (CD/DVD) (Forefront)
Casting Crowns “The Altar and the Door” (Beach Street)
Caedmon’s Call “Overdressed” (INO)
Disciple “Scars Remain: After The World Edition” (SRE)
Feast Eternal “With Fire” (Open Grave)
Grits “Greatest Hits” (Gotee)
NeedToBreathe “The Heat” (Atlantic/Lava)
Surrogate “Love Is For The Rich” (Tooth & Nail)

Remove The Veil have posted “Burn It Down” the first song off of “Another Way Home” their debut for Facedown Records. The album drops on October 16th and you can view the album info here. Lyrics can be seen below.
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Divinefire, side project of Christian Rivel, Jani Stefanovic, and Andreas Olssen, are working on their final album called “Farewell Divinefire“. The band has gotten extremely popular for a side project and the members feel it’s taking away from their main bands, so they’re calling it a day. The band has apparently put up a new song that seems like a demo called “Seize The Day” to their myspace.

Narnia have released their 2 CD-digipak through Massacre Records called “Decade Of Confession“. The collection contains lots of their top songs, new songs, rare tracks, and plenty of photos. Tracklisting is in the comments.
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Rob Rock has finally put up a new song called “Garden Of Chaos” to myspace. The track is the first single from his new album of the same name. The album has already released in Japan, drops September 21st in Europe, and will release on October 23rd in the US through Candlelight Records. Check out the two covers and tracklisting below.

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CJ Grimmark, one busiest guitarists in the business, has an album called “Grimmark” just released on Rivel Records. You can listen to a bunch of his stuff at the links below. His main band is Narnia but also plays in a bunch of other projects including Divinefire and Rob Rock. A full list can be found on his myspace since I’m not typing all of it out. This is his solo album.

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The Fragile Campaign have broken up but their 2 songs are up for download if you want them.