Dillinger Escape Plan has posted the second song from their upcoming album, Ire Works.

You can stream “Lurch” now from their MySpace page.

The record hits stores on November 13th via Relapse Records.
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Does the impending fear of contracting a case of the “Mondays” have you down? Well, for those of you that live in the Virginia Beach area (or are willing to drive to it) how about a great show to kick off your week? Our buddies at 151 Productions are hosting A Wilhelm Scream, Only Crime and The Swellers tomorrow, October 15th at The Jewish Mother in Virginia Beach. Two lucky winners will win two tickets, plus one copy each of A Wilhelm Scream’s new record, Career Suicide.

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Avenged Sevenfold has finalized support and dates for their upcoming tour. The band is gearing up for the release of Avenged Sevenfold which is due out October 16, 2007. They will be joined by The Confession and Operator.

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Murder by Death has posted an update which includes plans for a new album:

We are thrilled to announce that we are in the studio to record our new album, to be titled “Red of Tooth and Claw”. We are recording with veteran producer Trina Shoemaker, who has worked with a variety of bands from Queens of the Stone Age to Emmylou Harris to Whiskeytown to Iggy Pop. We are recording at Dark Horse Studios out in the country in Tennessee and mixing at East Iris. We’ll keep you posted as we work on the album.

The band released In Bocca al Lupo in 2006.
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Bridge 9 have posted a treat for Crime In Stereo fans. Eager merchhounds can see the new shirts being screenprinted and packed up for shipment, set to the tune of “Third Atlantic” from their upcoming release Crime In Stereo Is Dead, due out October 23.
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Sweden’s The Hellacopters have announced that they are breaking up. Fans of the band need not fret though, as they have announced tone more tour of Europe to followup the release of their seventh full-length album, due in 2008. The band issued the following statement:

After nearly thirteen years as The Hellacopters we’re now sad to tell you that we are breaking up. The reasons behind this very difficult decision are many and too personal to go into here. “Playing in a rock and roll band isn’t always a walk in the park, but thanks to all of you who rocked out with us at sweaty clubs, rainy festivals or at home by the stereo throughout the years, it’s been a fantastic trip. We’ll never forget your support. “We recently finished mixing our seventh and last studio album and it’ll be released early next year, according to initial plans. We feel like we wanna say one last goodbye to you and throw in the towel with a bang, so we’re aiming to do a farewell tour through Europe and Scandinavia sometime in the spring. So you’re not getting rid of us just yet.

The Hellacopters most recently released Rock & Roll is Dead in 2005.
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The Loved Ones have finished recording their followup to their 2006 album Keep Your Heart and have posted an update about what they have been up to on their MySpace page. The band says

We have been recording the follow up to Keep Your Heart. In fact we are actually done the record. We will be trickling TONS of updates about it out into the world soon.

The new album was recorded by Pete and Bryan from The Bouncing Souls and is the band’s first recorded material featuring new members guitarist Dave Walsh and bassist Chris Gonzalez formally of The Explosion
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At this point, my week feels empty without a new Public Serpents track. Thankfully Skwert and company have posted “Suburban Dreams” on their MySpace to help me out. The track is “an ode to Jersey’s safe and clean grid to die a perfect life in” and follows “the Killing Jar,” “Driller Killer,” “Seeing Double” and is featured on their demo which is now available for order from the band.

The Serpents are the newest project from NYC squatscian Skwert who has spent time in bands such as Choking Victim, INDK and American Distress. A label for their release is still undetermined, but they’re self-releasing their demo via Tent City Records.

The album promises a merger of dancehall reggae, punk and ska akin to “Choking Victim, INDK, Operation Ivy, The Specials, American Distress, The Clash, Misfits, Bucaneer and Buju Banton.”
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As Cities Burn, Dear & the Headlights and the Photo Atlas will be touring together in November. Paulson and So Long Forgotten will hop on the first leg and be replaced by Oceans Firing on the second.

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As Blood Runs Black, The Warriors, Walls of Jericho, Born Of Osiris and Belay My Last will be touring together this fall.

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