LA’s From First To Last have posted the first song from their upcoming Suretone debut. The album was recorded with producer Josh Abraham. The record will be mixed by Brendan O’Brien with an early 2008 release planned. The band is following up their 2006 Epitaph release Heroine.

You can check out “Two As One” on their myspace page.
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The legendary Circle Jerks and Last of the Believers (members of Ignite, Reach The Sky, Rise Against) will be hitting the road together for a West Coast tour early in 2008.

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Though the band had originally promised just three reunion shows, the members of Hot Water Music have now added a fourth show in Chicago, noting:

The first show is almost sold out, so if Saturday works better for you, get on those tickets as soon as you can.

The new show is set for February 1st, 2008 at the Metro in Chicago, IL with doors at 7pm and an 18+ requirement. The shows come in support of the band’s new compilation. The record is titled Til The Wheels Fall Off and is due out January 22, 2008.
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Do you live in New England? Do you like metal/thrash? If you answered yes to both, we have just the contest for you. Behemoth and Job For A Cowboy will be playing at the Palladium in Worcester, MA this Friday. One winner will receive two tickets and the newest albums from each band; Behemoth’s The Apostasy, and Job For A Cowboy’s Genesis. One runner-up will receive two tickets.

To enter, please send an email to chris at punknews.org with “Friday Night Metal” as the subject. Please include your name, email address, telephone number and physical mailing address. The tickets must be sent via UPS. Please be at least 18 years old or have your parent’s permission. Contest will end at 11:00 pm tonight. Good luck!
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In a surprising admission, Warner Music boss Egar Bronfman confessed that the music industry has taken the wrong approaches with consumers. He explained:

We used to fool ourselves. We used to think our content was perfect just exactly as it was. We expected our business would remain blissfully unaffected even as the world of interactivity, constant connection and file sharing was exploding. And of course we were wrong. How were we wrong? By standing still or moving at a glacial pace, we inadvertently went to war with consumers by denying them what they wanted and could otherwise find and as a result of course, consumers won.

You can see more about the presentation here.

The industry has been actively involved in lawsuits against music pirates through their trade organization, the RIAA and has been slow to embrace digital downloads and other legal alternatives to retail CDs. The result has been strong criticism from consumer advocacy groups and increasing use of file sharing, despite efforts to shut down major sites like “OINK” and Demonoid.
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The members of Converge have posted a status update on their current whereabouts and future plans. They explain:

As most of you know, all of us hate sitting still. Though we are not touring right now (as life needs us at home) all of us are keeping busy with a variety of projects

[Kurt Ballou] has been engineering up a storm at Godcity Studios.He is also working w/ Jake on his “Wear Your Wounds” album, due out on Deathwish in early 2K8. Lastly, Hydrahead will soon be reissuing material from The Hugeunots, a band that Kurt played in in the mid 90’s w/ members of The Explosion and Piebald.

Nate has been playing shows with Doomriders (including some w/ Danzig). Doomriders are also currently writing and recording new material as well.

Jake has been working on his “Wear Your Wounds” album w/ Kurt at Godcity. Also he’s been busy w/ all things Deathwish/Malfunction.

The band is still collecting video footage for an upcoming DVD and plans are underway for a show on November 23rd. 2008 will bring more writing and touring for the band.
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Municipal Waste have announced some European tour dates to kick off 2008. The band is supporting The Art of Partying.

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Relapse has announced the signing of Kingdom of Sorrow, a two year old project featuring Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed and Kirk Windstein of Southern metallers Down.

The record was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss. You can preview some music on their myspace page.
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Relapse has announced the signing of Kingdom of Sorrow, a two year old project featuring Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed and Kirk Windstein of Southern metallers Down.

The record was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts with producer Zeuss. You can preview some music on their myspace page.
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The Spill Canvas have posted a video from their new album, No Really, I’m Fine.

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Both Telescreen (ex-Codeseven, Classic Case) and (Damn) This Desert Air (ex-Nora, Instruction, Elemae, Merciana) will be joining predominantly vinyl label Koi Records, for their split 7-inch series “Koi Splits” volume 2.

This Limited Edition colored vinyl will consist of 1 track from each band, “The Solar Sea” and “Calling Orion” respectively, and will be issued in 3 different color formats, hand-numbered in its initial color pressing. A December 2007/January 2008 release is pending, with a licensing through Different Kitchen in the UK.
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