Mogwai: Burning

Mogwai: Burning

Post-rock is a genre synonymous with being used as background music for advertisements and film due to its atmospheric and instrumental songs. So it is unsurprising that Mogwai’s long 15 year reign at the top of the genre means their music is used a lot in these forms, but something is always missing. Burning is [...]

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Win a free copy of AC/DC Backtracks Standard Edition!

Win a free copy of AC/DC Backtracks Standard Edition!

That’s right, the third and our biggest giveaway of our relaunch takes form in AC/DC!
Last year the band announced two backtracks rarities box sets and we are offering you the chance to win the standard pack from my very hands!
I don’t know where and if I should start much into this post. My usual layout [...]

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The Black Dahlia Murder – “The bong’s not here, the university won’t allow it!”

The Black Dahlia Murder – “The bong’s not here, the university won’t allow it!”

“The bong’s not here, the university won’t allow it!” is not how you usually expect an interview with Brian Eschbach to begin. His band is playing the University of London Union tonight, maybe you’ve heard of them, they’re called The Black Dahlia Murder.
It’s been less than 6 months since Deflorate landed and the band is [...]

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Carnifex – “Dude. Backstreets Back.”

Carnifex – “Dude. Backstreets Back.”

Genres are a curious thing. By their very definition they have an inherent flaw when used to define music, because they are a written attempt to describe something that cannot have a dialectic equivalent. But in the absence of a better means of communicating how something sounds, genres are forced to suffice. Sometimes it works [...]

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HORSE the band to release mega DVD package

HORSE the band to release mega DVD package

When you hear that a band will release a DVD and more based on what they called the “Earth Tour”, you would expect it to feature a lot of content but did you expect 15 hours of HD footage over 6 DVDs and a hard cover 50-100 page colour photo book? Didn’t think so.
This mega [...]

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Free download from Tonic

Free download from Tonic

Tonic is offering fans a free download from their upcoming self-titled album, set to be released May 4th.
The band has released track 2, “Daffodils” for fans to download right now while they support lead single “Release Me” from the album.
Featured on the bands MySpace player are 4 songs from the self-titled album:

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Daniel Lioneye stream brand new song

Daniel Lioneye stream brand new song

Daniel Lioneye has released their first song from the upcoming album “Vol. II”, due to be released April 27th.
The song, “I Have Never Wanted To Be Number One”, was released with the following statement from the band:

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Breaking Benjamin release new video

Breaking Benjamin release new video

Breaking Benjamin has released a brand new video for their new single “Give Me A Sign”.
Give Me A Sign, from the bands fourth studio album “Dear Agony” (released September 2009), also features under the name “Give Me A Sign (Forever & Ever)” and is officially the groups second single from the album.
You can watch the [...]

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Live footage of the new Glassjaw song

Live footage of the new Glassjaw song

Glassjaw have been performing their brand new song, Wolfegg, live on tour and thanks to fans, especially YouTube user joel4shiz, there is now a way to preview the track.
The band are working on a brand new 3rd studio album, their first since 2002 although they have released two EPs since.
While on tour in January, the [...]

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Architects announce UK tour

Architects announce UK tour

Brighton tech-metallers Architects have today announced a tour of the UK in October. These shows are shaping up to be the band’s biggest so far, and the dates are as follows:

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Rest Among Ruins

Rest Among Ruins

Rest Among Ruins are a 5 piece metal band hailing from Baltimore, Maryland.  Describing themselves as “trying to do something fresh that pushes the boundaries of metal yet is accessible for all listeners. We love combining riffs with shredding leads over both aggressive and melodic vocals.”

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Slam Dunk Festival adds more bands

Slam Dunk Festival adds more bands

A host of new acts including Alkaline Trio and Skindred are among the acts that have just been added to the Slam Dunk festival for this year.
Other acts confirmed in this announcement were: Against Me, Rolo Tomassi, We are the Ocean, My Passion, Hit the Lights, The Wonder Years and The Audition.
They will join [...]

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Wolves In The Throne Room announce England tour

Wolves In The Throne Room announce England tour

Ambient Black Metallers are another who have announced tour dates in England. Another band who seem to think the UK does not include Scotland, Wales or Ireland!
Nevermind that, the dates are listed below:

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We Are the Ocean giving away free concert tickets!

We Are the Ocean giving away free concert tickets!

We are the ocean have announced that they will be giving away tickets to there shows with Underoath, you just need to be paying attention to their tweets to be in with a chance to win!
Click here to start following We Are The Ocean’s tweets!
Dates are:
March 11 – London – Koko
March 12 – Manchester – [...]

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