Amohalko has posted a new track, “Beehive,” to YouTube. Let us know your thoughts.

Ethos Records have mailed me some copies of the new album from Hazel and Vine for the store. We are selling them for $10ea. Read a description about the album and purchase it right here. I’ll be mailing a copy of this album out to one of our reviewers soon.

Apparently this story that Headless Horseman first reported a few days ago IS true after all. According to Austin’s personal myspace page, he has been booted from the band, Attack Attack. You can read his full blog below. Thanks to our forum poster (and soon to be news poster) Kazooxcore434 for grabbing this news for us.

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Well the year is finally winding down and most new releases have already come out. There are a select few that will release the next two months so be on the lookout for those by staying tuned to our Album Release List page. I have gone ahead and created a special “End of the Year Best of List” Forum within our Forums for Staff, Mods, and the casual visitor to post in. All staff, mods, and visitors, please read the pinned topic for instructions on how to post your Best of Lists. You can either start now or hold off until December and post yours then. The forum can also be used to discuss your favorite releases of the year or the albums you feel are “Bombs”. Click here for the special End of the Year Best of List forum. I have also created a Video Games forum as well for you video gamers out there.

I have gotten really behind on the store orders due to the last week of our virus attack and because of work/family related issues. I’ve just been busy. So anyway, I am going to do my best to package up and ship all the remaining orders tomorrow and get these out to you. I apologize for the wait some of you have experienced and I will do my best to get these sent out in a timely fashion. If you ever have a question or concern relating to your order in the Indie Vision Music store, please feel free to send me an email any time during the day. brandon[at]indievisionmusic.com or support[at]indievisionmusic.com

Anyone who placed an order from outside this country will have to wait until Monday for me to visit the post office. Once again, I apologize for the wait.

Happy Halloween everyone. Let’s all celebrate Satan’s holiday by eating lots of candy and getting drunk on Chocolate goodies. lol. Kidding. Anyway, what are your plans today? Are any of you going to special Halloween shows tonight or maybe passing out candy to kids in the neighborhood? Whatever your plans are, post them in the comments. My job every year is to stay behind at the house and pass out candy to kids. Yippee for me. ha.

Blood and Water have posted the new song “Alone in My Principles” to their myspace page. I’m loving this song and I think fans of the style will like it too.

From the ashes of the band One Star Story comes a new project named “Storyline“. They have new songs on their myspace page and a new music video. Give them a listen then comment here with your thoughts.

Strike First Records have already added another band to their roster, this time Earth From Above from Southern California. You can check out a brutal, pre-production track on the Strike First Myspace. The band’s new album will be released in Spring ‘09 and will be recorded with Chris Eck (Impending Doom, Oblige).

Call To Preserve has the new song Shameless up here.

You can watch the video trailer for Corey Crowder’s new album Gold and the Sound which is out November 11th right here.

Also, a new song called Leaving You which is on the new album will be featured on One Tree Hill this Monday Night at 9PM on the CW.

Capital Lights have posted their new video for “Outrage” on purevolume and it can be viewed here.

Sadly, UK band Death is Not Welcome Here, have decided to call it quits. I have sold all 4 of their albums in our store over the years and I have grown to become a big fan of them. It’s truly saddening that this is the end but it’s what they are being called to do. R.I.P my friends.

You can see a clip of Paramore’s new video for their latest single Decode right here.

I don’t know how to write good title lines as well as some on here, but here is a review of Emery’s latest.

Artist: Emery

Album: While Broken Hearts Prevail (ep)

Label: Tooth and Nail

Release Date: 10/28/2008

Reviewer: Tyler Hess

In case you hadn’t noticed, a lot of people were a bit steamed at Emery about a year ago, when their latest full length, “I’m Only A Man”, hit stores. This, in a way, is Emery’s answer to the accusation that they had lost it, in more ways than one. Produced by Emery’s own Matt Carter, While Broken Hearts Prevail was something that the band came up with around the time IOAM came out, having some ideas for some other songs that they wanted to put out, as explained by the band inside the booklet. One important point of interest is that this product is enhanced with detailed explanations of each song and the album idea itself within the pages of the inserted artwork/liner notes, giving us a closer look at how the band works within itself and how these songs came about. I don’t want to give away all their secrets, but one interesting point was vocalist Toby Morrell saying that selling out is “writing ‘Walls’ fifty different ways so we can pick up a paycheck.” Take that how you like, but let’s look at how the music turned out, shall we?

Like many EP’s can be, there is a little bit of this and a little bit of that on here. The first four songs should be the ones that we focus on, as they could easily be the type of songs that many would have wanted to come on the album after “The Question”, bringing back more of the screams and intensity/energy that make Emery epic. Although I personally liked much of the poppier Emery sound on IOAM, this is the kind of stuff that allows them to stand out in the emo/screamo crowd. The fifth song, “Always Depends”, is a much older song, written before they ever released an album, and is a bit of a nice throwback to their much older fans. “Thoughtlife” follows as a b-side that didn’t quite make the cut of IOAM, which is basically a wasted track, it does nothing for me. The final song, “Do The Things (You Want) is an interesting one, not so much musically, as it is more of a message to the fans, saying that while they appreciate them very much, Emery wants to call them out for their negative “scene” attitudes.

Spiritually, this is more of the same from Emery, as they tend to stray more for the broken relationship stories to make their point. However, track four,“Ten Talents”, is an interesting one as it is a call out to go beyond ourselves to help others.

Overall, this is a very good CD to own for the fans, but is merely a taste of what will hopefully be a smorgasbord of things to come.

8.5/10

In the chaos of our site being down for awhile, I forgot to post this.  Click here to watch Underoath’s video of Breathing In A New Mentality live in Italy.

The Daylights released their new Sans Radio EP officially last week.  It has 4 tracks on it that they recorded in a few days at Revolver Studios here in SoCal.  You can purchase it on iTunes or on AmazonMP3.  If you haven’t heard of these guys before, make sure you check out them out now!

You can preorder Anathallo’s new album Canopy Glow right here.  Orders will ship November 10th.

A Current Affair would like your help in getting their music played on MTV shows so what you can do for them is go to their MTV music profile here, listen to their new songs and give them your vote.

Wavorly is out on the Keep Breathing Tour this month with The Wedding and A Current Affair.  Check here for tour dates.

Fighting Instinct’s Under The Gun EP and Under The Gun EP (Special Edition) which includes 4 bonus tracks has been sent to iTunes and will be up in the next couple weeks for purchase.  In the meantime you can check out two of their new songs which are on the EP on their myspace page.

I have just finished reviewing Disciple’s new release, Southern Hospitality. How does it stack up to the rest of their work or as a southern rock album? Click here to find out!

Also, assuming no one else is working on it our posts it before I get to it, I should have the latest from Haste the Day in a week or so… stay tuned!

Surrogate will be performing so of their new songs at their show this Thursday at Cafe Coda in Chico.  These are new songs that will be on their new record which they will release details of soon.  Did any of you pick up their last album Love Is For The Rich?

Artist: Disciple
Album: Southern Hospitality
Label: INO Records
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Review by: Michael Mayer III

Disciple have decided to tweak their sound yet again. The question is, was it for the better? Well that depends what you like best about the brand of hard rock they bring to the table. In their self-titled release (and major label debut), they had a very commercial sound with nearly no screaming and catchy vocal hooks over some heavy guitar riffs. Next up came Scars Remain, which is one of my all-time favorite albums. That one brought the screaming that has recently become the ‘in’ thing to do among hard rock bands along with top-notch singing and the best ballads they ever wrote (I’m looking at you ‘Things Left Unsaid’). It is also their heaviest album to date with the drums and guitars assaulting your ears at every turn.

That brings us to Southern Hospitality, their 7th album overall and 3rd on a major label. As the name suggests, they’ve gone southern on us and in some ways it’s an improvement. Their southern sound is heavier than DecembeRadio, but not as brutal as Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. And if there’s anything on Scars Remain that left me wanting more, it was the limited use of guitar solos. This album is chock full of them. Pretty much every rock track has a blistering solo that makes guitar fans like myself swoon and buckle at the knees. And the best part? These solos don’t feel like add-ons to fulfill some silly ’southern rock’ genre title. They feel like they belong. Of course, southern rock goes beyond guitar solos. There has to be some beautiful blues chords and powerful riffs to go along with it all. From the moment you pop the CD in and the title track starts up you can tell they understand this.

Now, what would a southern rock album be without your ballads to help change the pace? Those are found here too, but I have to admit they are lacking. ‘Whatever Reason’ is the first one that comes up and it’s just underwhelming. Lyrically, it’s one of the weaker songs Kevin has written and sadly his voice just doesn’t have the same power it has had in the past. Actually, his voice is one of the things that seems to be holding this album back and that’s surprising. I’ve always thought he had an excellent voice, especially after ‘Things Left Unsaid’ and the whole Scars Remain album, but here his voice seems to be in the background. That’s truly a shame. ‘Lay My Burdens’ and ‘Savior’ are much better ballads and you see evidence of the old ‘Kevin’ in there. The former of which has guitars reminiscent of my favorite ballad, ‘Black’ by Pearl Jam. The songs don’t sound the same but I just get the same feel with the guitar in the background.

Aside from the one flub, the lyrics are once again very strong with a strong emphasis on their faith. They have notes of scriptures laced throughout the lyric book to show where they got the inspiration for a line or song. One of my favorites, ‘Liars’, has Kevin singing about how we have to forgive others when we’ve been done wrong and my favorite line has him saying ‘that He’s ashamed of me when I’m ashamed of Him’. Yeah, Disciple have become more of a mainstream hard rock band, but they haven’t changed who they are. They still write songs about God that become huge hits and even make their way into sports and wrestling arenas. How many bands tone down the spiritual content when they go major label? Too many, unfortunately, but that’s what makes Disciple stand out and I love them for it.

About the only thing dragging this album down from being a southern rock classic is a combination of lacking vocals and not enough rockin’ anthems. ‘321′ is certainly an anthemic rock song that will do well but the other heavy songs don’t seem to have that sort of buildup and release when the chorus comes. All the same, Southern Hospitality seems to fit somewhere in between their self-titled release and Scars Remain in terms of quality.

Gems of this album are: ‘Liars’, ‘321′, ‘Whisper So Loud’, ‘Southern Hospitality’

Lyrics - 10/10
Vocals - 8/10
Music - 9.5/10
Continuity - 9/10
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Overall - 9.1/10

Click here to read some horror stories from on the road with bands put together by Buzzgrinder.  Bands included in the feature are Becoming The Archetype, The Showdown, Wrench In The Works, Thieves & Liars, For Today and Stars Go Dim.

MxPx has put up for sale it’s first bootleg series DVD with poster which you can purchase here.  Click below for more details, a look at the poster and concert/dvd tracklisting.

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You can sign up for 12 Stones official fan club here.

If you guys like Korn, Thousand Foot Krutch, Tool, Disciple, or Since October, then check out the band WE AS HUMAN. You might find something new to call your own.

This isn’t music related but I thought I’d post it anyway since the election is less than a week away….Barack Obama has bought a 30 minute time slot on NBC, CBS, Fox, Univision, BET, MSNBC, and a few other networks for a broadcast tonight. It’s basically an infomercial dedicated to the campaign of Barack Obama. I’m sure it’ll be a star studded event. I believe the 30 minute special will begin at 8pm ET/5pm PST. If I’m wrong, correct me. In other political news, make sure you watch NBC next Monday night for a special SNL Election program. It’ll be hilarious for sure.

Shockwave, the once side project of members from xDisciplex AD and Jesus Wept, seems to have returned. It appears according to a few different myspace pages (Jesus Wept, Shockwave) that Shockwave will be reuniting on December 27th for a Show in Erie, PA. You can check out Shockwave at this link. So what do you guys think?

You can view Starflyer 59’s e-card for their new album Dial M which came out yesterday right here.  Did anyone pick up this album yet?  Is it any good?

Click here to watch Fighting Instinct perform a new song Stop Me Cold which will be on their new Under The Gun EP.

Thanks to my friend, Jon Campbell, we have fixed the forums. He is also eliminating the code that caused the virus to be unleashed on our site. It appears that things are going back to normal.