August 14, 2008

Stoked for the new album from The Sound Of Animals Fighting? Well then you’re in luck, as the experimental supergroup have uploaded the title track of their forthcoming disc, The Ocean And The Sun, on their MySpace page. The full record comes out Sept. 9 on Epitaph.

Mark Hoppus may be in (+44), but he’s -$600K. The bassist recently filed suit against a father-and-son-run company he invested $600,000 in, saying the business never had contracts to install automated checkout machines at McDonald’s restaurants as they’d promised. Hoppus had initially invested the money in the company, Missicom LLC, in October 2003. Missicom...

Rock Ridge Music has signed English rockers Attack! Attack! (not to be confused with Portland, OR anti-folkers Attica! Attica!). The Wales act will release their self-titled debut full-length on October 6 in the UK and October 7 in the U.S.

Fans of modern hardcore might be mildly pleased to know that Have Heart will be doing a full U.S. tour along with Blacklisted, Ceremony and Let Down. All four bands are supporting 2008 full-lengths: Have Heart have Songs To Scream At The Sun (Bridge Nine); Blacklisted are Heavier Than Heaven, Lonelier Than God (Deathwish...

Glendale, AZ deathcore powerhouse Job For A Cowboy have announced a month-long, headlining trek across the U.S. in support of their celebrated Metal Blade Records debut Genesis. Support on the tour will be provided by Hate Eternal, All Shall Perish, Animosity and Annotations of an Autopsy. Check the dates below: November 13 Pomona, CA...

Circa Survive are now free agents, according to a post made by drummer Steve Clifford. The seeming departure from Equal Vision Records ends a considerably lengthy partnership with the label, who’d released all the band’s recorded material to this point, including their first EP, 2005’s The Inuit Sessions, and their past two full-lengths, 2005’s Juturna...

Escapist Records has signed Delaware metallic hardcore act Dead And Buried. The band’s label debut will come in the form of Bear Witness, slated for a fall release, and feature guest spots from Trapped Under Ice’s Justice, Barricade’s Ziggy and Hard To Kill’s Tony. The label promises the band to deliver "a punishing...

Gainesville, FL weirdo duo Liquid Limbs have debuted some new material. You can check out "As Long As I Live" and "Hollow Me Out" on their MySpace page. The songs are from their debut full-length, Orquid, due out September 16 on Sound Study Recordings, a new label launched earlier this year by former and...