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Atreyu announce album details

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/3/09 @ 1:08 PM - altpress.com

Atreyu have announced details for the follow-up to 2008's Lead Sails, Paper Anchor. The album will be titled Congregation Of The Damned and will hit stores on October 27. Vocalist Alex Varkatzas had the following to say about the record:

I wrote the line 'congregation of the damned' for one of the songs on the album and it got me thinking, It kind of feels like in a lot of ways that we, as members of a society, are just gathering around and collectively getting fucked over. When you look at what's going on in our economy and how other people treat each other, it's kind of like we're all just lemmings. We're lined up blankly staring blindly at nothing and just going along with the flow like a congregation of the damned. So this record really reflects my thoughts and feelings about that in every possible way.

Mae post new song

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/3/09 @ 1:03 PM - altpress.com

Mae have posted a new song entitled "The Fight Song (Crash&Burn)" on their website, available for streaming and download. Proceeds will benefit Donorschoose.org.

Cartel studio update

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/3/09 @ 12:54 PM - altpress.com

Check out the video below of Cartel giving a tour of their studio. The band is currently putting the finishing touches on their new album Cycles which will hit stores in October via Wind Up.

Oh, Sleeper announce single details

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/3/09 @ 11:52 AM - altpress.com

Texas metalcore unit Oh Sleeper announced via a recent interview that the first two singles from their upcoming album Son Of The Morning will be the title track "Son Of The Morning" and the last track entitled "The Finisher." The videos will be filmed in one stretch today in Georgia and will be "sequel videos" according to vocalist Micah Kinard. The band will be hitting the road this fall with Bring Me The Horizon and Every Time I Die. Son Of The Morning hits stores on August 25 via Solid State.

Circa Survive sign to Atlantic, prepare next album

Alternative Press - Rachel Lux on 8/3/09 @ 11:09 AM - altpress.com

Circa Survive have announced on their website that they have finished their contract with Equal Vision Records and signed to Atlantic Records for their upcoming third full-length. The band will be recording with David Bottrill. Below is the band's message from their website:

Greetings everyone! We have wonderful news to share with you. After almost a year of writing, we have begun working on our third record in Toronto, ON. David Bottrill, who has made amazing albums with bands like Tool, King Crimson, Silverchair and Moneen, is producing. We couldn't be more excited to be working with him and the songs are turning out beautifully. This is the most time we've ever spent on writing an album and possibly the hardest we've ever worked on anything as a band. We can't wait to share this music with you. It feels like it will be so soon now. After completing our contract with Equal Vision we embarked on a long search to find our next home. We met with lots of labels and decided that Atlantic Records is the best place for us to continue our growth as a band and to help us release our music around the world. Because this is a big step we feel the need to reassure you that we are and always will be the same band no matter what label we are on. We are so grateful for everything Equal Vision has done for us and having their blessing in this next step couldn't mean more. Our friendship/relationship with them is strong and will continue to be so.

Over the next couple of months we will be updating our websites with videos and pictures from the studio to let you in on some of the recording process. As we do so we invite you all to take this journey with us. We can't wait to be back out on the road playing these songs for all of you.
See you soon,
Circa

Every Time I Die update

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 8/3/09 @ 10:16 AM - altpress.com

Metalcore quintent Every Time I Die have been busy lately. They're on the heels of a fall tour, just finished shooting a video for their song "Wanderlust" and are having a garage sale of old merch. Read more details on their blog here.