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Stick To Your Guns have announced that they will be entering the studio on Saturday to begin recording their new album. The band will be once again working with Jason Livermore and Bill Stevenson at The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, which is where the band recorded their 2010 album "The Hope Division".

German modern metal force Caliban is proud to announce the release of their eighth studio album, I Am Nemesis on February 28, 2012 via Century Media Records. After spending 10 months writing new material, the band is very excited to get the record out to fans. "It was important to us to have an elaborate album without any fillers," says lead guitarist Marc Görtz. "Additionally, the sound of the album is the best we've ever had by far: it is heavy and brutal without being chaotic." Lyrically, I Am Nemesis is a continuation of the band's last record, Say Hello To Tragedy and focuses on controversial and often overlooked world issues. Musically, Görtz says, "The album breaks new soil without forgetting our roots. There are new influences such as shimmering guitar melodies and technical grooves with Meshuggah-like heaviness." The track listing for I Am Nemesis is as follows: 01. We Are The Many 02. The Bogeyman 03. Memorial 04. No Tomorrow 05. Edge Of Black 06. Davy Jones 07. Deadly...

Black Veil Brides have posted the details of their new EP "Rebels", which is set to be released through iTunes on December 13. Pre-orders for the EP will be available on December 6.

More bands have been announced for the Blood, Sweat & Beers 6 line up, which is scheduled to take place in on Saturday February 4 at the Annandale Hotel in Sydney.

Zebrahead have posted the new music video for their song "Blackout". The song is taken from the band's latest album "Get Nice!", which is out now through 3Wise Records.

Southern Lord Recordings proudly announce the signing of Ontario-based Burning Love, as the label prepared for the release of the unit's anticipated upcoming sophomore full-length in early 2012. Following their previous full-length, in addition to a multitude of EPs and split releases and more since their 2008 inception, the title of the forthcoming Burning Love album has been confirmed as Rotten Thing To Say, and was recently recorded by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou at his infamous Salem, Massachusetts-based Godcity studio. Set to be mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side in the coming weeks as the album art is completed and final release details are confirmed, Rotten Thing To Say will see release in late March or early April of 2012, with final details to be confirmed by the beginning of the year. To the uninitiated, Burning Love is a group from Toronto with a chip on their shoulder and electric blood in their veins; their output a desperate, venomous and informed rock n' ...

Fat Wreck Chords have announced that they have signed Israeli punk band Useless ID. The label will be releasing the band's new album "Symptoms" on February 14, which is the follow up to the band's 2008 album "The Lost Broken Bones".

Most recently seen on our shores in 2010 playing two sold out shows at Sydney’s Vivid Festival, Japanese quartet Boris will be returning to Australia to visit the entire east coast in March, 2012. Boris, have long been celebrated for their ability to reinterpret a multitude of musical genres into a sound of their own, and revered for rattling concert-goers to the core, with their high-volume intensity and colossal crescendos. Don’t miss one of Japan’s most breathtaking and unique musical exports, this coming March, supported by some of Australia’s meanest post rock entities.

Baltimore and Chicago-based band Diamond, which features members of Trapped Under Ice, Terror and Down To Nothing, have released their new EP "Don't Lose Your Cool" as a free download on their website.

KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment present the masters of metal laden, industrial aggression, Combichrist on their Making Monsters 2012 Australian Tour. Across the course of their five infamous albums including the recent smash hit 'Making Monsters', Andy LaPlagua (Icon Of Coil) and his band of miscreants, Combichrist have redefined the sound of modern industrial music. Their uncompromising blend of vocal aggression, metal guitar filth and brutal synth manipulation, have seen them touring extensively with the likes of Rammstein, faithful fans the world over have been drawn to the band's floor-shattering beats and power noise electronics! With their latest album 'Making Monsters', LaPlegua and Combichrist have developed into a leaner, more aggressive beast. The album kicks off with a hauntingly atmospheric instrumental “Declamation,” setting the tone for what is to follow: dark, stabbing synths; heavy, robotic beats; and swarming, buzz saw-style guitar sounds. Songs such as “Follow...

At the turn of the millennium, Slipknot erupted onto world stages proceeding to reset the course of metal. On the 10 year Anniversary of their breakthrough album ‘Iowa’, Slipknot are set to unleash their malevolent fury upon Australia. Touring as one of the headliners of Soundwave 2012, Slipknot will lead their unholy army of maggots through the nine circles of hell as they play 2 headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

In what is yet another big blow for live music and venues in Queensland, the venue that hosts the Saturday night party that is "Thriller" In Brisbane, has been shut down.