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The Wonder Years guitarist and keyboardist Nick Steinborn has released a solo EP under the name Why Bother?. The four song EP is titled "Some Songs", and was entirely written and recorded by Steinborn himself.

Run For Cover Records have announced that the Tigers Jaw/Black Clouds split has been delayed due to Black Clouds encountering legal issues due to their name. The label posted the following message about the delay: "We have some bad/weird news regarding these splits shipping. Black Clouds have run into some legal trouble regarding their name and are unfortunately going to have to change it due to another band owning the copyright. We are currently in the process of getting the covers printed with their new name, and expect a setback of only 7-10 days. The vinyl is complete and digital downloads will be sent out in the next 48 hours. Thanks for understanding and we will update you again soon!"

Basement have posted a live video from their current tour with Your Demise, Trapped Under Ice and Man Overboard, where they played their newest song "Whole" at the Southampton date of the tour.

After parting ways with troubled front man Jonny Craig last year, Emarosa have been searching for a new vocalist and have tried out numerous people, but due to those people not working out, the band are now taking submissions from anyone who feels they could be the one.

Sia continues to dominate charts in the US, UK and at home.

Soul Control have announced that they will be entering the studio to record six new tracks for a new EP release. The band will be recording the tracks with producer Trevor Vaughan.

Virginia melodic death metal veteran, Arsis, has announced Shawn Priest as the full-time replacement for recently departed drummer, Mike Van Dyne. Priest, who has toured with Arsis in the past, will be behind the kit for the band's upcoming fifth studio album. Commented Priest: "After several major tours with Arsis since 2008, I am more than happy to take the position of full-time drummer. These guys have become some of my best friends and based on the new material we've been putting together, I think the new record will be one of the best and most extreme Arsis releases to date. Get stoked people." "I am beyond thrilled with the pre-production for the new album and the addition of Shawn Priest on drums," said guitarist/vocalist, James Malone. "Shawn has done many tours for Arsis and felt we it was time to give him the respect he deserves and bring him on as the full-time drummer. Shawn's input into the new songs has made them more intense than I could have ever imagined." "We we...

Implants, the band which features members of Strung Out, Pulley, Ten Foot Pole, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and The Tank, have posted a new song onto their Soundcloud page.

Strife have announced some of the guest apperances that are set to feature on their forthcoming new album. Along with Igor Cavalera (ex-Sepultura, Cavalera Conspiracy) recording the drums for the album, Marc Rizzo (Soulfly) has provided guitar contributions, and Billy Graziadei (Biohazard) and Scott Vogel (Terror) have sang on the record. The band recorded the new album at Mix Nova Studios in Brazil with Terror drummer Nick Jett (Backtrack, Take Offense), and it was mastered by Matt Hyde (Hatebreed, Slayer)

On Bodies, the band that features ex-members of As Friends Rust, Culture, Terror, Morning Again and Until The End, have posted the new music video for their song "Just Can’t Win". The song is taken from the band's latest EP "Planet Hospice", which is out now through Eulogy Recordings, and on vinyl through American Enemy Records.

April 2012 sees Adelaide's Night Hag set to release their 7" record entitled Confidence Man on Monolith Records, along with an East Coast Tour to coincide with its release. Having embodied a sense of DIY professionalism from the word go, Adelaide’s Night Hag has experienced a couple of extremely productive years as a band. Shortly before setting off on their extensive tour of South East Asia in January, the five-piece found time to record Confidence Man. It is the latest in a succession of dark releases, with an approach earthed in hardcore punk while viciously tearing into the realms of black metal and doom. Lean, precise, and excruciatingly yet effortlessly executed, Night Hag is a part of a musical lineage that includes The Rivalry, Space Bong, Hydromedusa, God God Dammit Dammit and more. The four track release follows on from 2011’s debut album Gilded Age, the same year’s New Tourists EP, and 2010’s self-titled EP. Once again, engineering duties were handled by Jimmy Balderst...