Metal Blade/Lifeforce/Relapse CMJ Showcase

You can hang out with Metal Blade Records, Lifeforce Records, and Relapse Records at this year's CMJ to celebrate some of their most promising young bands including: This or the Apocalypse, Bison B.C., Left to Vanish, Tombs, and Psyopus. There will also be a raffle for a huge gift basket containing prizes from all three record labels.

Thursday, October 23rd
Knitting Factory Tap Bar
74 Leonard St.
New York City, NY 10013

Doors @ 8pm
Show runs until 1am

Featuring:
Psyopus
Tombs
Left To Vanish
Bison B.C.
This Or The Apocalypse

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Lustmord to Record New Album, Plans Tour Dates

LUSTMORD will begin recording a new album this December. The album is currently scheduled to be released on Death Rape Inc./Westmont Metal Records in early 2009.

LUSTMORD will also be kicking off a 13 show mini tour Sept 1st. Here are the dates:

Sept 1- Blythe Ca
Sept 2- Ehrenberg AZ
Sept 4- Parker AZ
Sept 5- Yuma AZ
Sept 7- Laughlin NV
Sept 10- Las Vegas NV
Sept 11- Las Vegas NV
Sept 13- Tempe AZ
Sept 15- Phoenix AZ
Sept 16- Lake Havasu City AZ
Sept 20- San Jacinto CA
Sept 21- Hemet Ca
Sept 27- Tempe AZ

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Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza Adds Guitarist

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza has officially announced the addition of guitarist Josh Travis to their line-up. Hailing from St. Louis, Missouri, Travis has previously done time in The Goddamn Rodeo and When Knives Go Skyward, and is currently doing vocals for U.K. band Monuments. You can listen to some of his material online here.

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Skyfire Reveals "Esoteric" Artwork

The artwork for Swedish progressive metallers Skyfire's latest album, "Esoteric," has been revealed on the band's studio diary located here. The band has also posted a video clip from the studio and the following update:

"Some good news and some bad..."

"First, the bad: We expected the recording of this album to take a while, but unfortunately things took longer than we thought. Because we are working with lots of keyboard tracks as well as orchestra and choir samples (this was the big secret we were keeping from everyone, but since things are taking so long it's only fair to let you guys know!), recording this album will obviously take longer than usual. The month of July was especially tedious for us. As a result of the delays, we had to book the mix for next month, so we will hopefully be able to post some new music in October or November. This also means that the album itself will have to be released later than expected. We don't want to make any promises we can't keep, so we will just say that the new album will come out sometime early next year. We know this might come as a disappointment to many, but if you guys were able to wait since 2004, a few extra months should be nothing. =)" More...

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Municipal Waste Announces U.S. Mini-Tour

Richmond, VA thrashers, MUNICIPAL WASTE, will be joining up with New Jersey punk band, THE CASUALTIES, to play a small number of shows around the northern U.S. this October.

MUNICIPAL WASTE tour dates with THE CASUALTIES is as follows:

October 8 - Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
October 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ J C Dobbs
October 10 - Buffalo, NY @ Club Paradise
October 12 - Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest

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Austrian Death Machine Announces First Live Show

Austrian Death Machine has posted the following message online:

"Austrian Death Machine have just been confirmed to play KUPD's End Of Summer Scorcher, taking place Saturday, September 20th at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ."

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Slipknot To Air Making Of Video On Fuse

SLIPKNOT have checked in with the following report:

"Be sure to tune into Fuse to see the Making Of: 'Psychosocial' which will be airing four times in the coming weeks. It will be a really cool look into what went into making the "Best Rock Video" nominee 'Psychosocial'!

Air times:

Tuesday, September 2nd - 1:30am EST/10:30pm PST
Friday, September 5th - 8:30pm EST/5:30pm PST
Wednesday, September 10th - 11:30pm EST/8:30pm PST
Sunday, September 14th - 3:30am EST/12:30am PST

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Darkane Signs European Deal with Massacre

Swedish thrash metal band DARKANE with their new frontman Jens Broman (ex-The Defaced) has signed a European deal with Massacre Records. The band's fifth album, "Demonic Art," will be unleashed October 24th and will be available as limited Digipak format with exclusive bonus material.

The tracklisting for "Demonic Art" is as follows:

1. Variations Of An Eyerush
2. Leaving Existence
3. Demonic Art
4. Absolution
5. Execution
6. Impetious Constant Chaos
7. Demigod
8. Soul Survivor
9. The Killing Of I
10. Wrong Grave
11. Still In Progress
12. Wrath Connection

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Corporectomy Signs With Sevared Records

Sevared Records has announced the signing of German death metal band Corporectomy. The band features members of the mighty Infested, Irate Architect, and Poostew.

Their debut MCD entitled "Within The Weak and The Wounded" will be out this fall. In the meantime, you can check out some of their material on their MySpace page.

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Lacrimas Profundere Announces New Tour Dates

The Goth-rock band Lacrimas Profundere's "Songs For The Last View" including DVD has arrived and the band will be embarking on a tour in support of this new release. They'll be touring Germany, Switzerland, The Netherlands, France, Great Britain and Belgium and then Italy and Austria with WEDNESDAY 13.

Here are the latest Lacrimas Profundere tour dates: More...

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Nocturnal Brings New Vocalist On Board

After a long search, Nocturnal finally found Tyrannizer as a new vocalist. Previously, Tyrannizer has been active with the death metal alcomaniacs Necrosadistic Goat Torture from the UK. Nocturnal rerecorded "Temples of Sin with Avengers' Chamber," which can be checked out at Nocturnal's myspace profile.

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Hear AC/DC's New Song, "Rock N Roll Train," Online

You can now hear the world premiere of AC/DC's first new single, "Rock N Roll Train," on IHeartMusic.com (Also on acdc.com now). "Rock N Roll Train" is AC/DC's first single off of their upcoming album, "Black Ice," which is due on October 20th. The video for the single will premiere in September.

"Black Ice" will be sold via Walmart and Sam's Club retail stores for $11.88 as well as the CD will be available with free shipping and handling via the band's website, acdc.com. It will also be sold at Walmart.com and Samsclub.com.

As previously reported, the tracklisting for "Black Ice" is as follows: More...

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Brian "Head" Welch Reveals Album Tracklisting

Former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has released the full tracklisting for his debut solo album, "Save Me From Myself," which is due out September 9. Here's the tracklisting and song lengths:

1. L.O.V.E - 6:31
2. Flush - 4:26
3. Loyalty - 5:07
4. Re-Bel - 5:40
5. Home - 6:52
6. Save Me From Myself - 5:44
7. Die Religion Die - 5:34
8. Adonai - 5:19
9. Money - 4:43
10. Shake - 4:48
11. Washed By Blood - 9:34

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Scars On Broadway Posts "World Long Gone" Pics

Scars On Broadway has posted stills from their recent "World Long Gone" video shoot this past week in Agua Dulce, CA, courtesy of a friend of the band Greg Watermann.

The video is said to follow soon.

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Sever Your Ties Has Van and Trailer Stolen

San Diego, California's Sever Your Ties (Solid State Records) had their van and trailer stolen yesterday. According to the group, "Our van and trailer full of everything we own as a band was stolen. It's just gone. This is absolutely devastating."

If you're in Southern California and have any relevant information pertaining to the equipment (pictured here), contact your local authorities.

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