Yep, we had yet another Earthquake today. This one was centered about 15-30 miles away from where I work and it was powerful. It was a 5.4. It kind of scared us but everyone is okay and it didn’t knock my machines offline. Ah, the joys of living in California.

Jared Rigsby (of House of Heroes) was nice enough to post an update for us in the comments about the digital and physical release of The End Is Not The End.  You can read his remarks below.  Thanks to Jared and everyone who has worked hard at keeping us up to date with this.  We are all looking forward to this release!

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Click here to check out Soul Glow of Family Force 5’s remix of Worth Dying For’s song Let It Out.  (It’s the top track on their player)  What do you think of the remix?

Carry The Weight will be the title of the new album from Denison Witmer.  It will release on November 11th through The Militia Group. (absolutepunk.net)

Arnold (lead singer) from Austrian Death Machine is the guest blogger over at Headbanger’s blog today.  Check out his thoughts on interviews and talks about Tim Lambesis right here.

“No one wants to hear heartfelt answers these days. Lyrically, I know Tim is influenced by his faith, which no one wants to hear about. Musically, the honest answer is that he is motivated by terrible bands just as often as good ones. Whenever I hear most new modern metal CDs I start to think, “This CD sucks, but if I changed a few things it would be way better.” So, when it’s my turn to make music, then you can see how I’ve been influenced by knowing what not to do. In my opinion, a lot musicians are influenced by the fact that don’t like most of what they hear.”

Manic Drive’s drummer Travis has stepped down from the band.  MD is now in search of a new drummer.  Below there are details of how to contact the band if you’re interested as well as a farewell note from Travis to their fans.

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Steven Delopoulos (of Burlap to Cashmere) has posted up some new songs that didn’t make it on his last record Straightjacket to his myspace site.

Click here to watch Since October give a commentary on their new Disaster video for TVU.

Tonight at Midnight EST (9pm PST) Norma Jean will be releasing the song And There Will Be A Swarm Of Hornets to their myspace site.

The Rocket Summer is going on tour this fall with Phantom Planet, The Secret Handshake and The Morning Light (includes 2 former members of Transition).  Click below to see upcoming tour dates starting this September 9th in Pheonix and tour poster.

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If you like acoustic/singer/songwriter music them check out the husband and wife duo of Jaron & Katherine Kamin calling themselves Say It With A Smile.

You can preorder Wrench In The Works new album Lost Art Of Heaping Coal right here or pick from combo options which include various t-shirts.

Underoath are running a contest where you can get your Mayhem Tour tickets upgraded, win a snare drum or 1 piece of every Rockstar Mayhem event merchandise.  Click below for the details.

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Farewell Flight have put up another new song to their myspace site called Over.  This track is off their new album Sound.Color.Motion which comes out August 19th.  Click below to see some upcoming tour dates and the album cover.  You can preorder the new album by scrolling down their myspace page and clicking on the option you want to purchase on the left side.

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The Wrecking’s drummer Darren broke 2 bones in his hand last thursday.  Thankfully he was able to see a specialist right away but they ask that you continue to pray for healing for him and for their band as they try to continue to play shows.  Click below or here for the full blog and to see pictures.

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Before There Was Rosalyn will be touring in the U.S. this coming November and December with UK natives Through Solace.  Then possibly in March, the boys in BTWR will be heading back over to the UK and finishing up the tour there.  You can read the whole blog here or below about this dream come true for the guys to be able to tour outside North America.

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I Am Terrified’s EP comes out today across the country (unless you picked the EP up earlier at one of their shows).  You can order the EP through Zambooie or at iTunes.

Third Day’s new album Revelation comes out today and you can listen to it in its entirity right here at Jesusfreakhideout.

They will be playing on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno this evening.

You can buy the new album Revelation right here or on iTunes here.

Hear the heart behind Third Day as they discuss the songs of Revelation in a video right here.

For those of you who haven’t heard yet, Brightwood’s newest album “Wake” is out! To listen to several of the great songs from this release, go here.

The new album, which was released July 19th, can also be found for purchase on iTunes. I’ve already got my album on the way, so I suggest you do the same.

Are you ready for it? Yes, a new Abandon Kansas song is coming August 1st and you’ll be able to hear it on the band’s myspace page. Stay tuned! You can buy the band’s recent full length “You Build a Wall, I’ll Build a Ladder” off of Itunes here.

Oh crap I can’t believe I forgot to post about this considering Chandelle is one of my favorite up and coming artists. Chandelle’s new ep “The Cold That Keeps You Alive” is now available for purchase on Itunes for $5.94 (6 songs). I HIGHLY recommend this release and this band. Chandelle is one of the more talented Female fronted rock bands to grace our scene. Click here to buy on Itunes. What’s cool too is that you can buy their other two full lengths on Itunes as well.

In what could be defined as possibly the best tour all year will feature Rise Against, Gaslight Anthem, Alkaline Trio, and Thrice. It will hit major cities across the U.S. (but not California for some reason). Click below for the dates (the blog is from Rise Against’s myspace page. Don’t give me any lip because I don’t want to hear it). Bring on the comments!

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Stephen from Anberlin has cleared things up about why “The Feel Good Drag” was chosen as their new single. You can read it below. [news originally posted on absolutepunk.net]. Anberlin is such a great band, one of my all time favorites. Stephen and the gang deserve all the success that comes their way!

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One of the first Underoath “Lost In the Sound of Separation” reviews have popped up online and can be read here. It was written by one of our own readers, Matthew “John” Tsai. I’m not sure how Matthew got his copy of the cd considering it doesn’t come out for a month but he managed to get it somehow. Now I only wish Tooth and Nail would be nice enough to send me a copy (and Norma Jean too).

I just got in three shipments of product today in the mail. I received the new IVM Logo Stickers along with cds from Y/our Sparkle Heart, Standing Small, The Good Times Compilation, Gray Lines to Perfection, Saving Grace, Letter to the Exiles, and Stand Your Ground. Each are on sale in our webstore here. I also just recently got in cds from The Gallery as well.

Lyle Pashal is now a former member of A Plea For Purging. The bands asks you to send him some warm goodbyes on their myspace.

Click here to read an article of Leroy Hamp (lead singer) talking about being in the studio with Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying) to record War Of Ages new album Arise And Conquer.

No Wings To Speak Of’s new self titled album did not come out on March 25th because they are no longer on Blood & Ink Records.  There were some changes at the label they said and they felt they needed to move on.  They will soon release details of their new label and new release date so stay tuned.

Invisible Creature’s blog has changed from its old home at invisiblecreature.blogspot.com to now being at invisiblecreature.com/blog.  So for all those who use bookmarks or rss feeds, change them accordingly.  This is a great blog about the design work The Clark Brother’s have done, random musings on other graphic design projects and just generally interesting stuff so if you haven’t yet check it out.

Endeavor Media has posted a real for Summer 2008 of their latest work.  Check it out right here.

Pop/punk band Alakrity have officially released their newest album called Whatever Happened To Good TV.  You can buy the album through any of the following outlets: iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, GroupieTunes, Amazon MP3 and Lala.  Click below to read the press release about this this band and this new album.

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You can preorder Decemberadio’s newest album Satisfied right here for $9.99.

Norma Jean is running a Antimother banner contest on their myspace page right now where first prize is two tickets with VIP passes to an upcoming Norma Jean show of your choice.  If this sounds pretty sweet to you then head on over to this blog and check out the details or below.

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Showbread is nearing completion of its How Showbread Ruined My Life DVD and says it will hopefully be releasing this fall and will be sold online or on the road exclusively.  To read the whole update from Showbread click below.

One last thing, apparently someone has been impersonating Josh Dies on Facebook.  So if you’re a friend of a Josh Dies on Facebook show says they are in Showbread, you can now tell them that they are a liar or something a little less brash.

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Former Google Engineers create Cuil , which is pronounced “cool”.

Man shoots lawnmower

Boy bites pit bull

Ah Yes, to feel others’ pain all I have to say is, okay?

HaHa what?! That is all

A Blankie for your NFL Defensive End? COOL!