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Californian pop punk band Set Your Goals have posted two brief videos from the studio, where they are currently recording their new album.

Washington metal band Darkest Hour have revealed the cover art for their upcoming album 'The Human Romance'. 'The Human Romance' is the bands seventh full length album and is due for release on February 22nd via E1 Records.

Tennessee post-hardcore band A Tragedy In Progress have posted their music video for 'The Loudest Silence'. 'The Loudest Silence' is off the bands forthcoming 4 song EP 'Going Down With The Ship' set for release 25th January 2011.

New Jersey based pop punk band Man Overboard will demoing new material this week for their forthcoming second studio album. The band revealed this through a twitter post by guitarist and vocalist Zac Eisenstein, who said "on thursday me and @duckpondjix (Nik Bruzzese - the band's bassist and vocalist) are going to demo out NINE new @manoverboardnj songs."

Long Island deathcore upstarts Dr.Acula have uploaded a new track, which is set to feature on the band’s forthcoming studio album.

Louisiana experimental metal outfit Iwrestledabearonce have announced writing has finished on studio album number two, with the group pushing for a mid-year release.

In a Q&A with fans on website Formspring, Californian band Set Your Goals have stated that their new album will be titled 'Burning At Both Ends'

Title Fight bassist Ned Russin has announced in a recent interview that the band is aiming to release their debut album in May this year. The band is planning on recording the album this month in Philadelphia, and then release it around May through a currently unannounced new label.

Looking to the year ahead

Massachusetts-based Defeater is proud to announce the title and release date for their forthcoming album: Empty Days & Sleepless Nights, available March 8th, 2011 from Bridge Nine Records. The band's second full-length is a double LP, kicking off with ten of the heaviest and most intricately-written songs (Empty Days) Defeater has done to date. Following those ten tracks are four acoustic songs (Sleepless Nights) that sound a lot like Rocky Votolato and Ryan Adams. Guitarist Jay Maas said, "This new album was a very natural progression for us. We'd cut our teeth on an acoustic track on Travels ("Prophet in Plain Clothes") which is one of the most well-received songs we play live. And Derek (Defeater's vocalist) had written some lyrics that worked beautifully against an acoustic canvas so we decided to follow the heavier tracks on this new album up with these songs, resulting in a double LP release." Fans of heavy music should not fret - the first LP features 10 tracks that are incre...