A Plea For Purging Release Another New Track

A Plea For Purging have released another new track from the upcoming album “The Life & Death Of A Plea For Purging” due out in November. Listen to “Room For The Dead” below:

Soundwave 2012 Lineup

The lineup for Soundwave Festival 2012 has been announced with more bands to follow in December:

System Of A Down
Slipknot
Limp Bizkit
Marilyn Manson
Hole
A Day To Remember
Machine Head
Lamb Of God
Trivium
Alter Bridge
Lostprophets
Angels & Airwaves
Cobra Starship
The Used
You Me At Six
Devin Townsend Project
Unwritten Law
Coal Chamber
Dashboard Confessional
Thursday
Forever The Sickest Kids
Raised Fist
Dillinger Escape Plan
Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society
Mastodon
Underoath
Saves The Day (playing Weezer’s Pinkerton )
Circa Survive
Steel Panther
Jack’s Mannequin
Meshuggah
The Sisters Of Mercy
Enter Shikari
Four Year Strong
Black Veil Brides
Madina Lake
Zebrahead
Hatebreed
Biohazard
Times Of Grace
Cky
Street Dogs
Dragonforce
Gojira
Kvelertak
Letlive
Hellyeah
Cro-Mags
The Cab
Relient K
Versa Emerge
Heroes For Hire
Kill Hannah
The Dangerous Summer
Chimaira
Framing Hanley
Watain
Royal Republic
I Am The Avalanche
Turisas
River City Extension

The Red Shore Call It Quits

The Red Shore have called it a day, posting on their Facebook:

It is with much love, respect & regret that we have to announce the end of The Red Shore. The members have moved onto other projects and different stages of life, which meant that the band could not continue.

The Red Shore has been such a large part of our lives and we the members past and present would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for all of their love and support over the years, through the good times and the bad, ups and downs. You gave us the strength to carry on and for this we are eternally grateful.

We would like to also thank all the bands who helped out and our labels who helped push us. B.P.A records, Stomp, S.O.A.R, Rise, Mediaskare, Roadrunner Australia, Listenable.
Not to mention all the endorsements, Pearl, Sabian, Pro-Mark, Schecter, Ampeg, Godlyke, Framus, Peavey, Drop Dead, To Die For, Macbeth.

We are very proud of our achievements and have many great memories, so once again thanks for making our dreams come true & stay tuned for TRS members new projects!

Thankyou

New Spineshank Track

Spineshank have released a new track “Murder Suicide” from their upcoming new album “Anger Denial Acceptance” due out in 2012. Check it out:

Behemoth Release New Video

Behemoth have released a new video for their track “Lucifer“, watch it below:

Soundwave 2012 Announcement This Friday

Around 60 bands for the lineup of Soundwave 2012 will be announced this Friday with more to come in December. Bands that have confirmed themselves or have been announced by the festivals organisers are as follows:

Trivium
CKY
The Smoking Hearts
Forever the Sickest Kids
Shadows Fall
Devin Townsend
Madina Lake
Gojira
The Used
Hellyeah
Black Veil Brides
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dashboard Confessional
Machine Head
Hatebreed
Hole
Framing Hanley
Sisters of Mercy
The Dangerous Summer
Times of Grace
Watain
In This Moment
Falling in Reverse
Kvelertak
Four Year Strong
Zebrahead
The Summer Set
Alter Bridge
Saves The Day
Mastodon
Coal Chamber

Blink 182 Release New Video

Blink 182 have released a new video for the track “Hearts All Gone“, watch it below:

New City and Colour Video

City And Colour have released a new video for the track “Weightless“, the track comes from his latest album “Little Hell” out now. Watch the clip now.

Headlining Bands Added To BDO 2012 Lineup

Three headlining acts were announced yesterday on the Big Day Out Twitter page. These include Soundgarden, Kanye West, and Kasabian. On top of this, Tony Hawk will be bringing out his Vert Jam Team. Stay tuned for more updates!

Big Day Out 2012 First Announcement

The first announcement for the annual Big Day Out Festival has been released on their official Twitter account. Bands included are:

My Chemical Romance
The Living End
Röyksopp
Hilltop Hoods
Boy And Bear
Parkway Drive
Mariachi El Bronx
Architecture In Helsinki
Battles
The Jezabels
Odd Future
Frenzal Rhomb
Girl Talk
The Getaway Plan
Cage The Elephant
Foster The People
Best Coast

Tour Dates:

Friday 20 January – Auckland – Mt Smart Stadium
Sunday 22 January – Gold Coast – Parklands
Thursday 26 January – Sydney – Sydney Showground
Sunday 29 January – Melbourne – Flemington Racecourse
Friday 3 February – Adelaide – Adelaide Showground
Sunday 5 February – Perth – Claremont Showground

Tickets on sale:

Sydney – Wednesday 12 October
Gold Coast – Thursday 13 October
Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth – Friday 14 October

Coal Chamber Reunite For Soundwave 2012

Coal Chamber will be touring Australia as part of the Soundwave Festival 2012. It will be the first time the band has played together in a decade. The official press release can be found below:

Dez Fafara, co-founder and vocalist of 90’s alt-metal (or “spooky-core” as coined by devout fans) band COAL CHAMBER and current vocalist for DevilDriver, is announcing an upcoming reformation of the band specifically for SOUNDWAVE shows. COAL CHAMBER is highly-regarded for their countless high-energy performances with several of today’s biggest names and selling millions of albums worldwide.

Dez affirms, “COAL CHAMBER is playing SOUNDWAVE Down Under! These reunion shows are for the fans that want to see us again as well as all the people that never got to see COAL CHAMBER. It is and always will be a very special part of my life, so these few shows are for those people and for us. If you’re not from Australia, better get a ticket now to come see this event!”

“Australia has never seen us, nor have we seen them,” adds guitarist Meegs Rascón. “It will be an extraordinary exchange of energy and adrenaline. Hello Aussies, nice to meet you!”

Formed in 1993 by Dez and Meegs, COAL CHAMBER was busy selling out venues like The Roxy in West Hollywood, bringing out bands like System of a Down and Static X, and launching a new genre of metal in Los Angeles before they were even signed to Roadrunner Records in 1995. After what seemed like endless touring, the band recorded and released their debut self-titled album in February 1997. The album went RIAA Certified Gold in the United States. The band went on to tour several times with Pantera, Black Sabbath, and soon broke out in the UK while on tour with Machine Head and Napalm Death. During the first album cycle, Sharon Osbourne began managing the band.

Following the band’s headline run with Machine Head as direct support and Slipknot as opener (whom the band also helped bring to the masses), COAL CHAMBER released their next album, Chamber Music, in 1999. The album charted at #28 on the Billboard Top 100 chart and yielded a hit track, ‘Shock The Monkey’, featuring Ozzy Osbourne.

In 2002, the band followed-up with their third and final album, Dark Days, which landed at #34 on the Billboard Top 100 chart. COAL CHAMBER released a compilation of several demo tracks and alternate studio recordings in 2003, entitled Giving The Devil His Due, and shortly after broke up due to personal reasons. Vocalist Dez Fafara went on to form his current band, DevilDriver.

“This reunion will mark a decade since we last played together, so staring at my brothers on stage face to face will be an emotional rollercoaster for me,” says Meegs. “Tears of joy would be an understatement to say the least. You know, all of us have gone through our separate journeys in life, but we’re coming back to rekindle this and throw the past in the past and put the future in our hands.”

Drummer Mike Cox adds, “Of all the great achievements COAL CHAMBER made in the past, getting back together after all we’ve been through will be the greatest achievement to date.”

“We’ve all grown up and put the personal past behind us now and are moving forward with these few shows in a spirit of friendship through music,” states Dez. “You must remember where you came from in order to know where you are going.

Animals As Leaders Release New Track

Animals As Leaders have released a track from their upcoming new album “Weightless” due out November. Check it out:

The Devin Townsend Project Release New Video

The Devin Townsend Project have released a new video for the track “Juular“. Watch the video below:

New Opeth Video

Opeth have released a new video for the track “The Devil’s Orchard“. Watch it below:

The Devil Wears Prada Release New Video

The Devil Wears Prada have released a new video for the track “Born To Lose“, taken from their new album “Dead Throne” out now. Watch the video below:

New Mastodon Video

Mastodon have released a new video for their track “Curl Of The Burl“, the track is taken from their new album “The Hunter” due out September 27. Watch the video below:

New Kvelertak Video

Kvelertak have released a new video for their track “Blodtørst” check it out:

The Amity Affliction Sign with Roadrunner

The Amity Affliction have signed with Roadrunner Records worldwide, read the press release below:

Roadrunner Records is pleased to announce the signing of The Amity Affliction, easily one of the most head-turning and exciting hard rock bands to come barreling out of Australia. The band has scorched a trail Down Under and is now poised to stake its claim in the U.S. Roadrunner will release Youngbloods digitally on Oct. 25 and the band will head back into the studio in early 2012 to record the follow up with Youngbloods producer Machine (Lamb of God, Cobra Starship, Suicide Silence.)

The Amity Affliction’s humble origins date back six years ago in a small town in Queensland, Australia. With an industrial sized bucket of elbow grease, the band became a fixture on the local touring circuit. The Amity Affliction quickly ascended the ranks and became one of the best-loved bands in Oz. Armed with cheeky song titles, a party attitude and the type of aggressive and forward-thinking metal that will simultaneously make you think while putting hair on your chest, The Amity Affliction deliver a poignant message encased in mosh-worthy anthems.

“Ever since I can remember in Amity we’ve been dreaming big: big tours, big shows, big crowds, but never in our wildest dreams did we ever think something this big would come around,” frontman Joel Birch said. “Signing to Roadrunner worldwide is almost beyond a dream come true, because there’s no way any of us would have ever dreamed of being able to achieve something this monumental.”

Birch continued, “We’re proud to be added to such an incredible roster of bands, and having already spent time with some of the team at the label, we’re excited to become a part of the larger Roadrunner family. This is a massive step forward for us as a band, and one we’re going to be pouring all our energy into in the future.”

The band’s most recent album Youngbloods debuted at No. 6 on the Album Charts in Australia and went on to get unprecedented nominations for Best Hard Rock Performance at both the ARIA and IMA Awards. Following extensive touring overseas and an early evening slot on Soundwave 2011, the band returned to headline Australian in late May, selling 15,000+ tickets over the course of eight shows, including 4500 tickets at their Brisbane homecoming at the outdoor Riverstage arena. Youngbloods was voted Best Album of 2011 on Triple J’s Short Fast Loud program and in Blunt Magazine, where they notched for their third cover in 18 months. That issue lands this coming October.

Clearly, The Amity Affliction have canvassed their native land. Now it’s time for the rest of the world to catch on.

New Textures Video

Textures have released a new video for their track “Reaching Home” from their upcoming new album “Dualism“. Check it out:

Incubus Australian Tour 2012

Incubus will be touring Australia next February. Dates as follows:

Friday 3rd February – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
Monday 6th February – Aec Theatre, Adelaide
Wednesday 8th Febraury – Festival Hall, Melbourne
Friday 10th Febraury – Convention Centre, Brisbane