September 22, 2008

Lamb Of God and scary dudes Dimmu Borgir will be co-headlining the brief Defenders Of The Faith II tour over in the UK. It’s not until February 2009, so you have some time to book your flight, yanks. The bands will be joined by Five Finger Death Punch, with more acts promised to be announced...

Long-running New York hardcore vets Madball have announced a Midwest / East Coast run with thrash titans Suicidal Tendencies. Madball released Infiltrate The System last year on Ferret. Suicidal Tendencies haven’t released anything since 2000’s Free Your Soul And Save My Mind on Suicidal Records, but recent reports claim a new album is nearly...

Metalcore quintet Across Five Aprils have announced their breakup in a MySpace blog posting. "I could spend all day on here telling you why A5A is calling it quits but the simple truth is we’ve all just gotten to a point where we have chosen to move on," explains the band, "and we wouldn’t...

Orlando punks Monikers (ex-Discount) will be doing a handful of dates leading up to their appearance at The Fest 7. The band will be accompanied on a majority of the dates by Virgins (ex-New Mexican Disaster Squad). Monikers are supporting their recent debut full-length on Kiss Of Death, Wake Up, which is streaming in...

Legendary Christian metalcore band Zao have announced the follow-up to their 2006 album, The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here. The band is recording the effort with As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis and producer Daniel Castleman. Guitarist Scott Mellinger commented: We simply can not wait for everyone to hear...

Following up on this weekend’s breaking news that Travis Barker and Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein were involved in a plane crash in South Carolina resulting in four dead and Barker and Goldstein in the hospital in critical condition: Dr. Fred Mullins, medical director of the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia, said the...

The All-American Rejects have unveiled a stream of the first single from their upcoming album, When The World Comes Down. You can find “Gives You Hell” here. When The World Comes Down is set for a November 18th release on Interscope, following up 2005’s Move Along.

The Ergs!‘s "Anthem For A New Amanda" has been posted to Don Giovanni Records‘ MySpace page. The track comes from the band’s final, upcoming 7", That’s It…Bye. The band recently announced their breakup–hence the EP’s title. They also recently released a 33-song compilation of their other vinyl releases on Dirtnap titled Hindsight Is...

mtvU, MTV’s college network, today announced the nominees for the 2008 mtvU Woodie Awards, the only show honoring the music voted best by the college audience. Nominees include Paramore, All Time Low, We The Kings, Motion City Soundtrack, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, Jack’s Mannequin, Atmosphere and more. The complete nominee list is below. The awards...