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John Nolan posts third fan collaboration

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/8/09 @ 2:01 PM - altpress.com

Head over to John Nolan's MySpace to check out his third song that he worked on with a fan. The song turned out differently than the first two. Nolan had the following explanation:

I've posted the 3rd fan collaboration song! This one came together a bit differently than the others. Nathan Jones sent me some music and I took a part of the beat he had made and the keyboards he played and looped them. I added a new chord progression that I played on the acoustic and the bass and played them over his loops. I also added some percussion and keyboards of my own. This one really kind of went in a different direction than his song had originally and it also went in a different direction than what I would've done without his music as the basis. It ended up being a really interesting collaboration. I hope you enjoy it.

AP editors on the radio today -- tune in online!

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 7/8/09 @ 11:00 AM - altpress.com

Alternative Press editor in chief Jason Pettigrew, managing editor Rachel Lux and music editor Scott Heisel will be guests on 90.3 WCPN's "Around Noon with Dee Perry" show today from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. EST (that's 9-10 a.m. for you West Coast peeps), talking about the magazine's current Warped Tour issue, picking our Warped lineup faves, playing music from their favorite albums of 2009 thus far, predicting who's poised to break big this year and much more! You can stream the show live online here, and if you live in the Cleveland area, tune in at 90.3 FM.

Death By Stereo switch drummers

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/8/09 @ 10:41 AM - altpress.com

Southern California hardcore unit Death By Stereo has parted ways with drummer Chris Dalley, who has been with the band since 2006. They're reteaming with original drummer Jarod Alexander and will embark on the 10 for $10 tour this summer.

Paramore rumored to be playing Cleveland stop of Warped

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 7/8/09 @ 10:10 AM - altpress.com

No official word has come from Kevin Lyman or the Warped camp, but rumor has it that Paramore will be making a surprise appearance at the Cleveland date of Warped Tour on July 9. The timing seems to work out: Paramore have an off-day from their tour with No Doubt and will be traveling between St. Louis and Indianapolis. While they did play a few select dates last summer, Paramore last played the entirety of Warped Tour in 2007 in support of their sophomore full-length, Riot! and are gearing up to release the follow-up, Brand New Eyes, on September 29.

Black Dahlia Murder release album details

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/8/09 @ 10:05 AM - altpress.com

Detroit death metal unit the Black Dahlia Murder have released a statement highlighting details of their next album. The disc will be entitled Deflorate and will come packaged with an "exclusive DVD featurette" called Going Places. The album hits stores on September 15 via Metal Blade. You can check out the full statement and track listing below. You can check out the first single from the album right here. It's called "A Selection Unnatural."

Hear Ye thrashing metal maniacs! We have returned with our most relentless album yet...sure to penetrate and ravage your virgin ears, Deflorate! I feel confident that we have outdone what we achieved with our last album... words cannot express the excitement we all feel about the new material. Now this is fucking Death Metal! The boys at Audiohammer Jason Suecof and Mark Lewis have done it again...the result is one beastly sounding album. Last but certainly not least, prepare yourselves to behold the hair raising shred of Georgia's own Ryan Durell Knight! Special thanks to Tony Koehl for the kickass job on the cover art...feast your eyes and ears on this most unholy of spectacles! The time of Defloration is upon us!

As foretold at the end of our Majesty DVD, the new album will come packaged with an exclusive DVD featurette, lovingly titled Going Places. Ride along with your favorite jerks on Knight's first tour with the band, a drunken romp through our first ever shows in Sweden, Norway and Russia. Sickness!

Tracklisting
1. Black Valor
2. Necropolis
3. A Selection Unnatural
4. Denounced, Disgraced
5. Christ Deformed
6. Death Panorama
7. Throne Of Lunacy
8. Eyes Of Thousand
9. That Which Erodes The Most Tender
10. I Will Return

Four Year Strong lead a semi-charmed kind of life

Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/8/09 @ 9:59 AM - altpress.com

Four Year Strong have posted the second cover song from their upcoming 90s album. Head over to their MySpace to check out "Semi-Charmed Life."