RAW TUNEAGE

Bring Me The Horizon enter the studio to track new album

2010-03-19T09:10:00.001-04:00

Official Press Release:

Sheffield metallers BRING ME THE HORIZON have been celebratin successful year so far, 2009 being the year that has seen them rele reissued album with remixes from everyone from Utah Saints to S members, a year that has taken them all around the world, from t ever Japanese shows to sold out UK tours, and a year that has seen Alternative Press and Blunt.

Having spent the past few months holed up at their Sheffield rehe writing material for their third full length studio album, Bring Me The Horizon have entered Sweden’s Studio Fredman for the 2nd time. Taking the reigns again will be legendary metal producer Frederik Nordström.

Frontman Oli Sykes had this to say: "2009 was one hell of a year, non-stop for us really! Our second album Suicide Season has taken us further than we ever thought was possible. I think we found our unique sound with that album and every single way imaginable. It’s happening with Fredrick Nordström again since he made us sound so amazing last time - all very exciting, stay tuned!"

On the subject of the recording itself, guitarist and resident Australian, Jona Weinhofen adds: “We’ve spent the last few months writing new material for the 3rd album and we are stoked as hell on what we’ve penned! This will also be my first recording with the band and I’m definitely excited to be working be my first recording with the band and I’m definitely excited to be working on something new and so different to my previous works.

"We’ve taken in a broad array of influences during the writing period and I think it will show on this album more than ever before. Fans can expect new deas, experimentation and more adventurous production. We’ve really focused on our song structures and keeping the songs catchy and listenable But don’t freak out! It’s still the BMTH you know and love, and there will be plenty of heavy, fast riffing and plenty of breakdowns to keep your fists pounding and your heads banging!”

BMTH are currently at week 1 in their recording schedule having almost completed drum tracking. The band will also film a series of studio diaries and short documentaries which will be released soon and will be available to view on the band's myspace page and website.

The yet to be titled album is due for release around August 2010.

SONIC SYNDICATE unveil "We Rule The Night" tracklist

2010-03-19T08:43:00.000-04:00

Sweden's rockstars SONIC SYNDICATE have revealed the tracklist of their upcoming masterpiece called "We Rule The Night", due May 28 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Commented the band: "We Rule the Night is a result of everything that Sonic Syndicate has been and has become. When Nathan joined the band in 2009 a fire ignited and everything just felt truly natural for the first time in many ways. We're having more fun then ever, the music started flowing like water and We Rule the Night is the most exciting album we've recorded to date!"

1. Beauty And The Freak
2. Revolution, Baby
3. Turn It Up
4. My Own Life
5. Burn This City
6. Black And Blue
7. Miles Apart
8. Plans Are For People
9. Leave Me Alone
10. Break Of Day
11. We Rule The Night

Basick Records signs its newest band, VISIONS!

2010-03-19T08:31:00.003-04:00

Official Press Release:

It is with much excitement that we announce the signing of the UK's brightest new hopes, VISIONS!

With their unique take on a genre that is often plagued with copycat bands and unoriginal ideas, VISIONS have been rapidly taking the UK tech scene by storm since their inception in Winter 2008.

Kicking off their young career with a debut show in their home town of Peterborough as main support to UK Metal legends quickly established their statement of intent which in turn led to a raft of key support shows alongside luminaries A Textbook Tragedy, Sylosis, The Arusha Accord, Fellsilent, Viatrophy and Exit Ten.

The bands 3 track EP "The 33 Sessions" will drop via Basick Records on April 26th with their debut album due to follow later this year.

BAND WEBSITE: www.myspace.com/VisionsUK

BAND MEMBERS:
Leigh Tilbrook - Vocals
Jake Monson - Guitar
Dan Maywood - Guitar
Dave Evans - Bass
Joe Large - Drums

Gorillaz "Plastic Beach" career-high album debut

2010-03-18T11:23:00.001-04:00

Gorillaz's Plastic Beach sold 112,011 and debuted as the #2 album in the US & UK!

Video Interview: KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES "Dirt" track by track

2010-03-17T17:54:00.001-04:00

Aled and Iain talk us through the first batch of songs from their new album DIRT, in stores March 29th on Roadrunner Records.

Music Video: JODY HAS A HITLIST - "Just Over A Year" (Ireland)

2010-03-16T23:44:00.001-04:00

http://www.jodyhasahitlist.com/

Australia's PARKWAY DRIVE set to record new album in US

2010-03-16T12:22:00.001-04:00

Official Press Release:

Australia's biggest hardcore-metal band Parkway Drive has announced plans to return to the studio to record their third studio album, which is expected to be released later this summer via Epitaph Records. The long-awaited follow-up to 2007's hard-hitting breakout album Horizons was written in the band's hometown of Byron Bay over the past six months and will be recorded in Los Angeles with celebrated producer Joe Barresi (Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion) over the coming weeks.

Determined to surpass previous efforts, Parkway Drive have gone all out in creating a complete listening experience. While maintaining the band's trademark sound at its core, their forthcoming album will weave music, lyrics and artwork together into a dense concept that flows from beginning to end.

"Writing with a concept in mind has given us more direction," explains Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall. "Every song on this album was created with a definite purpose, as opposed to just writing a riff and building on that."
While McCall concedes the album's basic narrative - the tale of a man lacking direction in life who goes looking for answers at the bottom of the sea - is "kind of bizarre," he says the concept was flexible enough to open itself up to many far-reaching ideas.

"The ocean is where I find the most clarity," says the former bodyboard champion. "To go to the beach and sink into the water, the sound cuts out and you can just forget about everything. So I guess the concept is about cutting out everything and focusing on what's inside yourself."

Parkway Drive's achievements are unmatched in Australian heavy music circles. After two huge-selling albums, 2004's Killing With A Smile and 2007's Horizons (the latter achieving Top 6 chart success in Oz), last year's Parkway Drive: The DVD was met with a typically rabid response. It debuted at #2 on the ARIA chart and achieved Platinum status within weeks. By year's end it was Australia's biggest selling local artist DVD and was crowned ‘Best Music DVD' at the 2009 Rolling Stone Awards. US fans are taking notice as constant global touring has helped cement Parkway Drive's reputation as one of the most dominant exponents of heavy hardcore in the world today.

Having recorded their first two albums with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage), the forthcoming album finds Parkway Drive turning to seasoned veteran Joe Barresi. Known for his work with big-league rock acts including Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion and Tool, Barresi will handle the recording and mix at his home studio, JHOC (Joe's House of Compression) in Los Angeles, before renowned mastering engineer Brian Gardner (Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God, Nine Inch Nails) applies the finishing touches in Hollywood.

By that time Parkway Drive should be back on the road again. First stop is Europe and the UK throughout April and May, where they'll play their biggest headlining dates so far, before they make their anticipated return to the US for this summer's Vans Warped Tour.

Already top of the most hotly anticipated heavy releases of 2010, their forthcoming album promises to be a new and exciting chapter in the story of Australia's most successful metal-hardcore band.

"This is the heaviest thing we've written, and at the same time the catchiest," McCall warns. "And while we always want to keep the definitive Parkway Drive sound, there are a couple of things that will hopefully add another dimension to what we do."

Parkway Drive US Tour Dates:
Jun 25 - Carson, CA - Home Depot Center (Warped Tour)
Jun 26 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Jun 27 - Ventura, CA - Seaside Park (Warped Tour)
Jun 29 - Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Pavilion (Warped Tour)
Jun 30 - Las Cruces, NM - N.M.S.U. Practice Field (Warped Tour)
Jul 1 - San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center (Warped Tour)
July 2 - Houston, TX - The Showgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 3 - Dallas, TX - Superpages.com Center (Warped Tour)
July 5 - St. Louis, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 6 - Indianapolis, IN - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 7 - Burgettstown, PA - Post Gazette Pavillion (Warped Tour)
July 8 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 9 - Toronto, ON - Arrow Hall (Warped Tour)
July 10 - Montreal, QC - Parc Jean Drapeau (Warped Tour)
July 11 - Hartford, CT - Comcast Theater (Warped Tour)
July 13 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center (Warped Tour)
July 14 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake P.A.C. (Warped Tour)
July 15 - Scranton, PA - Toyota Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 16 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center (Warped Tour)
July 17 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Warped Tour)
July 18 - Oceanport, NJ - Monmouth Park Racetrack (Warped Tour)
July 20 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 21 - Virginia Beach, VA - Virginia Beach Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 22 - Charlotte, NC - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte (Warped Tour)
July 23 - St. Petersburg, FL - Vinoy Park (Warped Tour)
July 24 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 25 - Orlando, FL - Central Florida Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 26 - Atlanta, GA - Lakewood Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 28 - Cincinnati, OH - Riverbend Music Center (Warped Tour)
July 29 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 30 - Detroit, MI - Comerica Park (Warped Tour)
July 31 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 1 - Shakopee, MI - Canterbury Park (Warped Tour)
Aug 2 - Bonner Springs, KS - Sandstone Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 5 - Calgary, AB - Race City Speedway (Warped Tour)
Aug 7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah State Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
Aug 8 - Denver, CO - Invesco Field (Warped Tour)
Aug 11 - Pomona, CA - Pomona Fairplex (Warped Tour)
Aug 12 - Marysville, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 13 - Nampa, ID - Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 14 - George, WA - Gorge Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
Aug 15 - Hillsboro, OR - Washington County Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)

For More Information:
www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive
www.epitaph.com

Music Video: DISCO ENSEMBLE - "White Flag For Peace"

2010-03-16T08:31:00.001-04:00

The first single from the upcoming Disco Ensemble album.

Directed by Sami Sänpäkkilä

Australia's DEEZ NUTS signs Roadrunner Records

2010-03-15T21:28:00.002-04:00

Hip-hop/hardcore group DEEZ NUTS fronted by JJ Peters (ex-I Killed The Prom Queen), have signed to Roadrunner Records Australia and are recording the follow up to their 2008 debut, Stay True.

The new album will be produced by JJ Peters and Roman Koester of The Red Shore at Complex Studios and is scheduled for release May 2010 on Roadrunner Records.

www.Myspace.com/DeezNutshardcore

Get To Know: POST OFFENSE from Paris, France

2010-03-15T20:24:00.003-04:00

Djouls (vocals)
Selim aka Jok'a'Face (guitars/vocals)
Bastien (drums)
Sam (bass/vocals)

www.myspace.com/postoffense

Bullet For My Valentine unveil "Fever" tracklist

2010-03-15T13:06:00.000-04:00

Rock band BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE has announced the final tracklist for their upcoming album FEVER. The album kicks off with the ferocious 1st single "Your Betrayal" followed by the title track "Fever". Produced by Don Gilmore, FEVER is BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE'S third studio album and was recorded in the band's native Wales and Los Angeles. BFMV recently announced a U.S. headline tour that will take the band coast to coast in support of the new album.

FEVER Tracklist:
1. Your Betrayal
2. Fever
3. The Last Fight
4. A Place Where You Belong
5. Pleasure and Pain
6. Alone
7. Breaking Out Breaking Down
8. Bittersweet Memories
9. Dignity
10. Begging For Mercy
11. Pretty On The Outside

Basick Records signs deal with CHIMP SPANNER!

2010-03-14T10:45:00.002-04:00

Official Announcement:

After following his emphatic progress over the last couple of years, we're totally stoked to announce that we have just signed the almighty CHIMP SPANNER!

When it comes to all the thing's that we love here at BASICK; namely tech, riffs and djent - Paul Antonio Ortiz's skill and style is quite simply unbelievable.

Check out the new album sampler up on the player for a taste of what's to come when we drop the debut album, 'At The Dream's Edge' on April 12th 2010!

www.basickrecords.com
www.myspace.com/chimpspanner

Music Video: YOU ME AT SIX - "Liquid Confidence"

2010-03-13T20:38:00.001-05:00

The official video for the latest single from You Me At Six, Liquid Confidence. Go buy the album and check out their website! - www.youmeatsix.co.uk

Music Video: Bullet For My Valentine - "The Last Fight"

2010-03-13T08:31:00.001-05:00

Fun. signs to UK's Hassle Records

2010-03-12T20:36:00.001-05:00

Fun. have signed to British label, Hassle Records, and will release Aim & Ignite on May 31st.

MARCH
23rd - London Social (SOLD OUT)
24th - London Cargo
27th - London Camden Barfly (Matinee Show - 14+)
27th - London Proud Galleries (Evening Show - 18+)

www.ournameisfun.com
www.myspace.com/fun

Music Video: LOSTPROPHETS "For He's A Jolly Good Felon"

2010-03-12T19:59:00.000-05:00

This is the official video for For He's A Jolly Good Felon - the 3rd single to be taken from LOSTPROPHETS album 'The Betrayed'.

Metal Blade signs Sweden's KING OF ASGARD

2010-03-11T17:51:00.002-05:00

Metal Blade Records has announced the signing of the Swedish viking folk/death metal band, KING OF ASGARD.

KING OF ASGARD is currently recording its as-yet-untitled debut album at Sonic Train studios in Varberg, Sweden with Andy La Rocque ( KING DIAMOND) at the helm.

Commented KING OF ASGARD in a statement: "KING OF ASGARD are very proud being signed under the banners of Metal Blade Records. Releasing records under such influential label will be an honour and we feel our seeing what this can bring us. So teaming up with Brian, Andreas and the rest of the Blade staff is something we're easily throwing ourselves into and we're eagerly devoted on getting our debut out and heads rolling. Let's see if we can create a winter of three!"

www.kingofasgard.com

Studio Video #5 with Finland's DISCO ENSEMBLE

2010-03-10T08:52:00.001-05:00

New Music Video from FRANK TURNER "Isabel"

2010-03-09T14:03:00.000-05:00

Tour Video: Kids In Glass Houses on recent UK Tour

2010-03-09T13:54:00.000-05:00

Music Video: HELIA "Str8 to North-East Lights"

2010-03-09T08:17:00.001-05:00

Video director/editor: Salvatore Perrone

BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE headlining new US tour

2010-03-09T01:23:00.002-05:00

Welsh metal band BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE will headline US tour with CHIODOS and Australia's AIRBOURNE.

April 30th Worcester, MA @ Palladium
May 02nd Baltimore, MD @ Ram’s Head
May 04th Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
May 05th Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
May 07th Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues
May 09th Tulsa, OK @ Cain's Ballroom
May 11th Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre
May 12th Las Vegas, NV @ House Of Blues
May 14th Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
May 15th San Diego, CA @ SOMA
May 16th San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center Ballroom
May 18th Salt Lake City, UT @ Great Salt Air
May 19th Denver, CO @ Gothic Theater
May 21st St Louis, MO @ The Pageant
May 22nd Chicago, IL @ Rivera
May 25th Milwaukee, WI @ Rave Ballroom
May 26th Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
May 28th Grand Rapids, MI @ The Orbit Room
May 30th Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore

Studio Video: THE DEAD LAY WAITING pre-production session

2010-03-08T09:21:00.001-05:00

SONIC SYNDICATE - New cover artwork unveiled

2010-03-06T06:09:00.001-05:00

Swedens No. 1 rock band SONIC SYNDICATE has issued the following statement:

"The time has once again arrived for all of us in Sonic Syndicate to unleash a new album on the world. Just a short time ago we burned down your city and now we're back with full force to announce that WE RULE THE NIGHT. Over the last few months we've been working on the artwork for our new album - coming out on May 28th, 2010 - with our good friend Gustavo Sazes. We asked Gustavo to create a bright cover that was also very dark to fit with the title of out new album. After countless hours of frustration and adjustments an email arrives with what has now become the brightest yet darkest cover we could possibly hope for. Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages. We present to you the cover of our new album, SONIC SYNDICATE - WE RULE THE NIGHT!"

Hassle Records signs Japan's FACT + UK tour dates

2010-03-05T10:44:00.003-05:00

British label, Hassle Records, has signed a record deal with Japanese alternative rockers, FACT! FACT return with their new album 'In The Blink Of An Eye', including lead track 'Slip Of the Lip'.

'In The Blink Of An Eye' is out 03/05/10 on Hassle Records and is available for pre-order now, complete with exclusive FACT t-shirt: http://hasslerecords.sandbag.uk.com

The band return to UK shores in May / June to play some shows supporting Breathe Carolina.

MAY 24th – London O2 Academy 2 Islington (headline show - tickets www.kililive.com)
MAY 27th – Glasgow Cathouse (w/ Breathe Carolina)
MAY 28th – Nottingham Rockcity (w/ Breathe Carolina)
MAY 1st – Southampton Joiners (w/ Breathe Carolina)
MAY 2nd - Brighton Engine Rooms (w/ Breathe Carolina)
MAY 3rd - Reading Face Bar (w/ Breathe Carolina)
MAY 4th – Colchester Arts Centre (w/ Breathe Carolina)

Tickets for the Breathe Carolina shows are available from www.seetickets.com, www.alt-tickets.co.uk (Nottingham) and www.wegottickets.com (Reading / Colchester)