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Crown The Empire have posted a new song from their forthcoming album online. The song "Makeshift Chemistry" is taken from the band's new album "The Fallout", which will be released on November 20 through Rise Records.

The Color Morale have recently kicked out bassist Ryan Pulice, and both Pulice and the band have issued statements regarding the line up shift and how they see things. Pulice said: "Sucks to say but I am no longer playing in The Color Morale. We got home from tour about 2 weeks ago and everything seemed like it was going great. A few days later I tried getting ahold of all the guys to see if and when we were going to practice before the studio and no one responded. I tried calling and texting them all multiple times. After about a week Garret [Rapp] finally called me and when I asked what was going on he said that Justin [Hieser] didn't want to play guitar anymore because he wasn't comfortable and didn't feel as if he was capable of writing songs good enough for the new record and that he just wanted to play bass again. So I asked what that meant for me and he said that we all have to talk about it, that never happened. I found out that they have been talking to another guitar playe...

Metallica have announced that they will be releasing their new DVD through their own record label. So far there is no name, logo or any concrete details for the label, but the DVD is set to be released on December 10. The band had the following to say about the DVD release and label: "About a month ago we mentioned that we have a live DVD in the works to complete the Death Magnetic experience and leaned on you to help us decide which songs would be on the main disc. As promised, we're back now with more details on that DVD, Quebec Magnetic (!?!) which will find its way to your local retailer, online store, Metallica.com and favorite digital provider on December 10, 2012. This release is a first for us... yes boys and girls, the DVD and Blu-ray will be come out on our very own label in North America! There are still some "i's" being dotted and "t's crossed, so we can't give you a name or fancy logo just yet, but we're pretty excited that for the first time we get to hold all the rei...

North Korea guitarist Brian Byrne has announced that he has left the band. Byrne offered the following statement regarding his departure: "After a lot of careful consideration, I've decided to bow out of North Korea and pursue other interests, musical and otherwise. This was a tough decision to come to as Mike, Bill, and Ryan are three of the most talented musicians anyone could hope to play with, but we're simply on different pages as far as our musical directions go. Thank you for your support and dedication to our band these past two years and please continue to support North Korea as they'll be releasing a fucking bad ass album on Triple Crown Records at some point in the near future. If you'd like to stay in touch I have a twitter (/brianbyrneinc), tumblr (thehandthatwieldsit.tumblr.com), and I'll answer whatever facebook messages that get thrown at me."

Bridge And Tunnel have posted the new music video for their song "Outgrowing Pains". The song is taken from the band's latest album "Rebuilding Year", which was released in 2011 through No Idea Records.

Broadway Calls and Mixtapes have launched a stream of their new split "Vision Quest" onto AbsolutePunk and PropertyOfZack. The split is out now through No Sleep Records, and can be purchased from the label's webstore.

The Sword have posted the new lyric video for their song "Eyes Of The Stormwitch". The song is taken from the band's new album "Apocryphon", which is out now through Razor & Tie Records.

Goodtime Boys have launched a stream of their new EP "What's Left To Let Go" onto their Bridge Nine Records band profile page. The EP contains five new songs, along with the band's previous release "Are We Now Or Have We Ever Been?", which has been remixed and remastered, and is out now through Bridge Nine.

Cobra Skulls have posted the new music video for their song "Eagle Eyes". The song is taken from the band's latest 7" release of the same name, which is out now through Fat Wreck Chords.

Italy's Upon This Dawning have unveiled the official video for their track 'A New Beginning'.

Sydney/Newcastle based hardcore band Civil War have posted a new song from their forthcoming 7" release online. The song "Jaded Minds" is taken from the band's debut 7" of the same name, which will be released on December 4 through Broken Hive Records.