James Hart, former vocalist of Orange County hardcore/metal-turned-rock act Eighteen Visions has signed to Island Records.

James will begin pre-production this month and has two songs available on his myspace page.
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Terror have posted a new song from their upcoming EP. The record is titled Rhythm Amongst the Chaos EP and is due out October 30, 2007. The band is also promising a November/December tour alongside Chimaira, Kataklysm and Divine Heresy with occasional shows featuring The End.

You can check out “Disconnected” on their myspace page.

You can find the artwork on the release page.
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Nirvana‘s famous Unplugged performance is finally headed to DVD. Originally recorded on November 18th, 1993 and released on audio CD, the performance has remained unreleased in any video format since then. The DVD version is due out November 20, 2007 and will feature the unedited sixty-six-minute concert which featured Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic as well as touring guitarist Pat Smear and members of the Meat Puppets.

Though the band split up after the suicide of frontman Kurt Cobain in 1994, the label has produced a posthumous release every year since 2002 with Nirvana, With the Lights Out, Sliver: The Best of the Box, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! coming each year around October/November.
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Popular label Victory Records has become the target of a series of articles in Cleveland Scene.

The articles describe Victory as one of the more aggressive labels and look into their alledgedly tough contracts. Despite the many statements made by artists like Hawthorne Heights, the contracts are apparently not too unusual for the music industry, with one expert saying:

I’m not sure that the Victory contracts are far out of line, But I think their methods of handling their artists are causing them problems. They’ve got a real tough-guy persona in how they deal with artists, and it’s really no surprise that people are getting seriously bent out of shape.”

Beyond that, the label’s habit of handling publishing themselves prevents some of the oversight of an external publishing company. The label’s lawyer responded:

Most independent artists that do a deal with one of the major-label-related publishing divisions . . . often fall through the cracks and their songs never get pushed, This is exactly why Victory entered publishing in the first place — as a service to its artists. There is nothing questionable here whatsoever

Besides the recent contractual controversies, the articles look at some of the stories that have both encouraged and dogged the label over the years; from the success of Thursday and Taking Back Sunday through the Hawthorne Heights / Ne-Yo incident and the “open letters” to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.

It should be noted that Victory Records owner Tony Brummel declined to comment on the story and so the article is ostensibly one-sided.
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After nearly five years without a new release, Wire has announced that they will be releasing Read & Burn 03 this fall.

The disc follows 2002’s two Read & Burn releases which preceded the band’s last full length, Send. According to Pitchfork reports, this disc will include exclusive material that will not appear on a forthcoming full length.

In related news, the band’s classic debut, Pink Flag will celebrate its 30th anniversary in December of this year. The frequently reissued punk classic is often credited with kicking off the “art-punk” and “post-punk” genres, and was released just a few months after Never Mind the Bollocks.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia’s Risky Business have decided to call it a day. The band made the following announcement:

yeah..the band is breaking up. kind of a bummer but all good things come to an end. And we hope to make the end an event to remember. December 29th, 2007 @ The Pavilion in Halifax, Nova Scotia we’ll be playing our last show ever! what a good time for a roadtrip! but really anyone coming from any distance will get a place to stay.

we are still going back to europe one more time with colin of arabia plus one more show in Toronto. hope to see you at those shows!

Risky Business most recently released Some Days in 2006.
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Attack in Black have posted a “making of” video for video of their single “Young Leaves” which appears on their debut full-length Marriage. You can view the clip at MySpace.

Attack in Black are currently on a Canadian tour in support of Marriage.
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Attack in Black have posted a “making of” video for video of their single ‘Young Leaves’ which appears on their debut full-length Marriage which can be viewed here.

Attack in Black are currently on a Canadian tour in support of Marriage.
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You’re the lucky reader of the 11th edition of the Punknews.org Vinyl File. This column aims to keep you informed with upcoming releases as well as spotlighting interesting releases, your favorite band’s own collections and labels with an history of vinyl releases worth talking about. As always, Vinyl File is brought to you by Ben Conoley.

This week’s Vinyl File Spotlight features a chat with Jacob Bannon, singer of Converge and owner of Deathwish Inc. We’ve also got news on upcoming vinyl releases from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, O Pioneers!!!, Lawrence Arms and more

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The Discord of a Forgotten Sketch have posted the latest video from their self-titled 2006 full length. The video was directed by Guillaume Marin and Simon Duhamel.

You can check out “Cup-And-Ball, Cup-And-Ball”, right here.

The band is gearing up to play the entire Exclaim Aggressive Tendencies Tour 2007 (across Canada), with The Locust,Despised Icon and Child Abuse.
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Perennial road warriors, Social Distortion have added more dates to a fall tour in continued support of their latest release, Greatest Hits and their last studio album, Sex, Love and Rock ’n’ Roll.

The band expects to return the studio after the tour to finish work on their long-awaited new studio album, which is tentatively due out sometime in 2008.

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