According to a report from Spinner, Alkaline Trio will be releasing their next album, This Addition, on February 23, 2010. The record is the first in the band’s partnership with Epitaph Records and will be released on their own Heart & Skull imprint.
The report goes on to note that the band will be supporting the record with a tour featuring Cursive. Dates for that tour are expected to be confirmed shortly.
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The first-ever photos of Sebastian Bach’s new solo band have been posted online at this location.
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Finnish thrash/death metallers THE SCOURGER have issued the following update: “A new era for the band is dawning and the hunt for members is on!…
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Five previously unreleased tracks from BUZZOV*EN will be released on January 5 as “Violence From The Vault”.
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German metal force CALIBAN are the latest act confirmed for next year’s edition the Wacken Open Air festival, scheduled for August 5th – 7th, 2010…
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Members of the metal group SLAYER will bring their attitude and gaming skills to Xbox LIVE to play Gold members in Slayer Mode (naturally) in Halo 3.
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California thrashers SILENT CIVILIAN have issued the following update: “We are currently posting new tour dates for January’s In The Dead Of Wintour with BLIND…
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Coheed and Cambria have officially announced their next album, having wrapped up tracking last week. The album will be titled Year of the Black Rainbow and is set for release in April 2010 and will be followed by a headline tour of the US, and then on to Europe and the UK for festivals.
The band goes on to explain that the new album will be the “Origin Story” or “The Prequel,” and likely the final story of the ongoing concept story of “The Amory Wars” which has continued through the bands entire discography. Not only is the band planning the record, but a deluxe edition will include a 300+ page novel which will tell the origins of characters and other details in the band’s epic.
The band goes on to note that the record is being produced by Atticus Ross and Joe Baressi and the novel will be written by frontman Claudio Sanchez and author Peter David.
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Drummer Jason Bonham (LED ZEPPELIN) joined CHICKENFOOT on stage at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, December 5th. Says Jason, “Went to Vegas…
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Esquire has issued the following report from Stacey Grenrock Woods: Is it even possible that GENE SIMMONS could have slept with 4,600 women? Why so incredulous…
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Veteran ska act The English Beat have announced a US tour set for February and March of next year. The band will be hitting the road with support from Fishbone and Outlaw Nation. The shows kick off on February 12th in Austin, TX and wrap up nearly a month later in Englewood, CO.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based punk/thrash metal band Bison B.C.. will enter The Hive Studios in Burnaby, British Columbia later this month with engineer/producer Jesse Gander to begin recording the follow-up to last year’s Quiet Earth
In a recent interview with The Obelisk web site, guitarist/vocalist James Farwell talked about the new material:
I think it maintains a sound that we have cultivated, our style is definitely there. There’s some faster shit, and some doomier shit for sure, but we have also dabbled into a little melody, guitar-wise that is. It’s gonna be brutal as fuck. No theme though. It’s just a good old-fashioned batch of songs. I think it’s gonna be a pretty punk record.
The record is tentatively due out in the Spring.
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Rock My Monkey conducted an interview with Canadian musician/producer Devin Townsend (STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, STEVE VAI, LAMB OF GOD, DARKEST HOUR, GWAR) earlier today (Tuesday, December 8).
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