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Yellowcard announce new album
“When Yellowcard decided to take a break in 2008, I had never felt so uncertain about my future,” recalls vocalist/guitarist Ryan Key, about the story behind the title of their new album, Southern Air. “I decided the best thing for me to do was leave Los Angeles and relocate to the East Coast to be closer to my family. I landed in a small college town in Northeast Georgia called Athens. It was such a crucial and developmental chapter in my life for which I will be forever grateful.” Southern Air will be released via Hopeless Records / UNFD on August 17, 2012 in Australia and New Zealand. Shortly after its release, the bandwill return to Australia to play three special Spring-time shows in September, hitting Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. “I learned so much about the future I thought I was so uncertain about,” he explains in reference to the previous album, When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes. “I saw more clearly the things that really mattered, and really moved me. With a renewe...
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House Vs Hurricane announce Western Australian dates
As promised, House Vs Hurricane have announced WA dates - their first in nearly 18 months. The dates will come off the back of the release of their second album Crooked Teeth, which hits shelves via UNFD on July 13. The album sees the launch of new vocalist Dan Casey and was produced and mixed in New Jersey earlier this year by Machine [The Amity Affliction, Lamb Of God]. First single, Blood Knuckles, has been getting spins on Triple J, and has become a YouTube hit with its self-produced music video. It is currently sitting at #1 on the iTunes Metal Charts, where is has stayed since its release. House Vs Hurricane played their return shows in Sydney and Melbourne this past week, selling 1500 tickets across both shows and getting a huge reception from crowds. Later this month they will release a second single off of "Crooked Teeth", a track titled "Get Wrecked". The track will come with another music video. The Western Australian dates will include Confession, featuring an all new ...
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Arsis recording new album
Virginia-based melodic tech-death metal masters, Arsis, started tracking drums for their fifth full-length release on June 7th with new drummer/longtime session member, Shawn Priest. The album is being tracked at Audiohammer Studios in FL with producer Mark Lewis (The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel, Deicide). The follow up to their 2010 release Starve For The Devil is tentatively scheduled for Fall 2012 release via Nuclear Blast Records. "I am so pleased with the way this album is coming together," commented founding guitarist and vocalist James Malone. "I know we all have put ourselves into this recording and I am sure this will be reflected in the end product. Noah and I did more pre-production for the album than any other Arsis recording, Now, I just have to remember all the parts I tracked for the demos." Bassist Noah Martin added: "Shawn's in the thick of tracking drums right now. We lost a little bit of time because of a tropical storm but wasn't too detracting. The album ...