Murder City Devils have announced four shows in California this April and May.
The reunited band has played a handful of shows in the last year or so, in conjunction with Sub Pop Records reissuing their entire back catalogue on vinyl.
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Agent Ex of the Bare Bones Music Network recently conducted an interview with guitarist Ben Weinman of vocalist Greg Puciato of critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN.
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Florida death metallers OBITUARY have been confirmed for the 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, which is set to sail from Miami, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico on January 24, 2011 and return four days later.
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Smog Veil has announced the debut recording from Batusis. The band features Sylvain Sylvain of New York Dolls and Cheetah Chrome of Dead Boys and Rocket From The Tombs. The band will make their live debut concert performance at SXSW, in Austin, Texas on March 18.
The self-titled 4-song EP will be released in the US and UK on May 4, 2010. The debut recordings will be released on collectable multi-colored vinyl, with eco-friendly recycled content jacket and full color two-sided insert, and also on digital download. The rhythm sections is borrowed from Joan Jett’s backing band, featuring Enzo Penizzotto (bass) and Thommy Price (drums). The sound is described as “as a garage-glam dance party or a Harley-revving, speaker-melting guitar throwdown. ”
Check out some music and upcoming dates on their MySpace page.
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Long Island Fest 2010 has been announced. The three-day festival will take place June 10-12 and feature the Banner, playing their last New York show, as well as a reunion set from Ambitions. LIHC acts Subterfuge and Motive are also set to play reunion sets. Rounding out the lineup will be Bracewar, Iron Chic, Agent, Hostage Calm, My Heart to Joy, Make Do and Mend, Maximum Penalty, Cipher, Balance and Composure, Naysayer, Incendiary, Backtrack, Thieves and Assassins, Scourge, Suburban Scum, and Fire and Ice.
“One more big reunion” announcement will be made in the coming weeks.
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A stream has been launched of the new full length from Landmine Marathon. The record is titled Sovereign Descent and is due out March 16th via Prosthetic Records. It follows Rusted Eyes Awake from 2008.
Check out the stream here.
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Legendary guitarist Slash (GUNS N’ ROSES, VELVET REVOLVER) took part in a very special “celebrity interview” this morning (Thursday, March 11) at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as part of Canadian Music Week.
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“Hammer And Life”, a brand new song from San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS, is available for streaming on the band’s MySpace page.
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METALLICA, HEAVEN & HELL, RAMMSTEIN and ALICE IN CHAINS are among the confirmed bands for the Romanian edition of the Sonisphere festival, set to take place June 25-27, 2010 at at ROMEXPO Exhibitions Centre in Bucharest.
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A six-minute video clip featuring behind-the-scenes footage from AFTER ALL’s recent dates in Holland and Belgium with FEAR FACTORY can be viewed below.
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The first of several planned in-store/meet-and-greets with FEAR FACTORY on the band’s upcoming “Fear Campaign American Tour 2010” will take place on Tuesday, March 23 at Hastings Entertainment, located at 4315 Wyoming Northeast, in Albuquerque, New Mexico beginning at 6 p.m.
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Sudbury, Ontario’s Statues are gearing up to release their new record Holiday Cops via Deranged Records in North America and P. Trash Records in Europe. Four songs from the effort can be streamed at the band’s MySpace page.
To support Holiday Cops Statues will embark on a four week, 30 date tour of Europe. The first leg will feature Sweden’s Smalltown, while the second will feature another Sudbury band, Vicious Cycle.
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San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal veterans EXODUS will make an in-store appearance at Atomic Comics Superstore in Mesa, Arizona on Tuesday, March 30 from noon to 3 p.m.
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