According to this article, Oklahoma City, OK’s Red City Radio have joined Paper and Plastick and are currently writing a full-length. The band plans to hit the studio with producer Stephen Egerton in July or August and the label hopes to have the album out by October. More details are expected soon.
Red City Radio’s 2009 EP, To the Sons & Daughters of Woody Guthrie, will soon be getting a vinyl release via Loose Charm Records.
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Updates to Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode One
Half-Life 2: Episode Two
Note: Save games for Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One will go through a transition. The current level you are on will be saved, but not the exact position in the level.
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Minneapolis’ Off With Their Heads have posted a the third episode in a series of online videos promoting their upcoming Epitaph Records debut In Desolation. The record is due out on June 8th and follows up 2008’s From The Bottom.
The band recently announced a summer tour that will feature shows with bands like In Defense, White Night, Paint It Black, The Arrivals, Toys That Kill, and Negative Approach.
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Powerhouse Norwegian vocalist Jorn Lande (MASTERPLAN, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN, ARK, THE SNAKES) will honor the musical legacy of Ronnie James Dio with his new album, aptly entitled “Dio”, to be released on July 2 in Europe and July 27 in the U.S.
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Due to “contractual differences,” British black metal pioneers VENOM have cancelled their appearance at High Voltage, the U.K.’s new rock festival, which is scheduled to take place July 24-25, 2010 at Victoria Park in London, U.K.
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ARMORED SAINT/ex-ANTHRAX singer John Bush ARMORED SAINT/FATES WARNING bassist Joey Vera were interviewed on this past weekend’s (May 21-23) edition of Full Metal Jackie’s nationally syndicated radio show.
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Gainesville, FL ‘stoner emo’ outfit Senders have posted a song from their new 7″ for Kiss of Death, Recovery. The band was selling limited edition copies of the record on their recently completed tour, and it’ll be available from their label on June 29, 2010.
Check out “Cuffed” at the band’s MySpace page.
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According to a posting on KISS’ official web site, the band will take part in a half-hour online chat with fans on June 1 via the KISS Facebook page backstage from Koenig Pilsner Arena in Oberhausen, Germany.
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The 36th installment of the “Shockwaves Skull Sessions” podcast features original RAINBOW/ELF bassist Craig Gruber and returning guest and former RAINBOW bassist Bob Daisley joining host Bob Nalbandian for a very special tribute to the late Ronnie James Dio.
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Regain Records has announced their cooperation with Swedish doom/sludge/noise act SUMA (Speakerphone Recordings). Regain is marketing and distributing the band’s new album, Ashes, through it’s…
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Dayton, Ohio’s Hawthorne Heights is streaming their new record Skeletons online at MySpace. Head there to give it a listen. The album is the band’s first for Wind-Up Records and their follow up to 2008’s Victory Records released Fragile Future. The 13-track album was produced by Howard Benson (Less Than Jake, My Chemical Romance) at his Bay 7 studios in Valley Village, CA.
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Reactivated Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada-based technical death metal band GORGUTS is currently working on a new album for a tentative early 2011 release.
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Uruguay-based metallers REQUIEM AETERNAM’s new album, Destiny-Man, will be officially released in September, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the band. In an update, the band…
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