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Bringing together the cream of Australia's punk/ folk-punk scene, Poison City Record's annual Weekender Fest is locked and loaded again for 2010! Taking place in Melbourne over September 17th, 18th, 19th, this year's event will be headed-up by legendary UK punks LEATHERFACE, making their first visit to Australia since 2005. The line-up also includes A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, BREAK EVEN, THE CURRENCY, PAPER ARMS, LUNGS, THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, , GRENADIERS, THE GUN RUNNERS, ARROWS, KILL WHITEY, LIKE…ALASKA, GRAND FATAL, GRIM FANDANGO, WIL WAGNER & THE SMITH ST BAND, FIRES OF WACO and JAMIE HAY, with more acts still to be announced! Spread over 3 nights (Friday Sep 17th @ The Arthouse, Saturday Sep 18th @ East Brunswick Club and Sunday Sep 19th @ The Arthouse arvo/ evening), tickets will be sold separately for each show. With last year's Saturday and Sunday shows selling-out weeks in advance and plenty of interstate people already planning their jaunt to Melbourne, tickets are sure to go...

Alexandria, VA death metal/metalcore outfit ABACABB has reportedly called it quits.

When things looked like they couldn't get any better, Tonight Alive are now stoked on scoring the upcoming support slot for the newly announced 'Owl City' tour in November

Having twice visited our shores on board the Big Day Out and Soundwave Festivals respectively, this September sees Britain’s most explosive post-hardcore act Enter Shikari head to Australia for their first ever headline tour!Boasting a genre-smashing sound that melds punk, hardcore, electronica, dubstep, drum’n’bass and rock into the one frenzied package, Enter Shikari took their native UK by storm with their gold-selling debut, Take To The Skies. Dozens of tours and a couple of hundred thousand record sales later, the ambitious quartet set their sights on the rest of the world, with hugely successful stints in the US – and of course, Australia – further expanding their fiercely loyal fan base. While so many young bands have dropped the ball with that all-important follow-up record, Enter Shikari’s 2009 sophomore effort Common Dreads was a critical success, with English heavy music bible Kerrang! awarding the album a perfect score!Joining Enter Shikari will be Melbourne’s most progr...

Miles Away has premiered a track "Ghostwriter" from their forthcoming album "Endless Roads" due out this August. Check it out at www.myspace.com/milesawayhc.

Sydney hardcore band Relentless have posted a new song onto their myspace page. The song "Your Demise" is taken from the band's debut album "Set It Stone", which will be released in August 2010.

Australia's kings of heavy music Parkway Drive have posted another new song onto their myspace page. The song "Unrest" is taken from the band's new album "Deep Blue", which will be released on June 25, 2010 by Resist Records.Last week the band premiered the new music video for their song "Sleepwalker". Parkway Drive will be launching the new album in September / October with The Devil Wears Prada, The Ghost Inside and 50 Lions.

Perth Hardcore lords Miles Away have just finished recording their latest offering Endless Roads, and we were lucky enough to catch up with Vocalist Nick to discuss the new record and all things MA.

Greeley Estates has confirmed the departure of guitar player Alex Torres.

Roughly one year after disbanding, Massachusetts metalcore outfit Ligeia has apparently reformed.

Finnish metal band Children Of Bodom is currently demoing material for their next album. Bassist Henkka Seppälä has issued the following update:"Yesterday we recorded some demos for the new stuff. Jaska's drums earlier; Alexi and me did our share yesterday. Roope will be doing today. It's exciting!"Couple of more months and we will start recording for real. Can't really wait how the new shit sounds when it's actually all done. While recording we will hit the festivals, which is cool. We never left the studio like this, in the middle of recording process, so let's see how it affects, or if it affects at all."