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In the lead up to the release of their debut full length album titled 'Apologies & Ghosts,' dropping some time in February, Day on Fire are offering fans a free download of a new track from the album.

No Trigger are streaming a brand new song called 'Dried Piss' on the Alternative Press website. The track will be featured on the band's long-awaited second album 'Tycoon', which will be released in February via No Sleep Records.

Hopeless Records recording artist, Silverstein recently announced the release of Short Songs; the 22-track follow-up to their critically acclaimed album, Rescue, which will be released in Australia and New Zealand February 10 via UNFD. The forthcoming album will feature 11 original songs and 11 classic punk song covers (each clocking in at 90 seconds or less) from seminal bands including The Dead Kennedys, Descendents, Gorilla Biscuits, The Promise Ring, NOFX, Green Day and more. To show appreciation to their fans, those who pre-order Short Songs via hopelessrecords.com/silverstein, will be chosen at random to receive a special care package directly sent from the band. The album can also be pre-ordered on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/au/preorder/short-songs/id482975910 Produced by Jordan Valeriote who produced Silverstein's previous releases Rescue and the Transitions EP, the band challenged themselves by thinking of music in a different way. Instead of constructing songs in...

Here is a last minute Christmas Present for the Hardcore Nation that is Australia. Supports have been announced for the inaugural Australian Tour in January of New York Hardcore destroyers Backtrack. Additionally after some unfortunate delays, Tickets are now on sale for the shows. Finally the Newcastle venue has been changed from the Blackbox Theatre to the more familiar confines of The Loft. Since their inception in 2008, Backtrack have slowly built up their reputation as a NYHC powerhouse with constant touring across the Northern Hemisphere. Holding down the tradition established by the likes of Agnostic Front and Madball, the band has only recently released their highly anticipated album Darker Half through Reaper Records. In January, they make their way to Australia for the first time, trekking coast-to-coast to bring a new generation of hardcore Down Under. Fresh off the release of their new album, Hell Split Wide Open (available now through Dead Souls Records), Melbourne’s ...

 Bleeding Through have announced they will release their sixth album, The Great Fire, on January 31. The album will be released through Rise Records. You can check out a new song entitled "Faith In Fire" below.

Say Anything has released the first song “Burn a Miracle” off of their forthcoming full-length album, Anarchy, My Dear for fans. This will be the band's fourth studio album and first release on UNFD for Australia and New Zealand. '"Burn a Miracle" was written as a call to arms of sorts, to rally those who would destroy the boundaries that others and themselves placed on their lives," explains Say Anything front-man Max Bemis. "It was the first song I wrote for the record and sums up the whole LP in certain respects. The song pretty much declares war on fascism on all ends of the social spectrum, from fat cats to faux bohemians. I cannot wait to hear it screamed back at me when we head out on tour, as playing it live was one of the main things I had in mind when I wrote it.”

Rise Records have announced their new signingm, Palisades who will release their debut EP, 'I’m Not Dying Today,' on January 24, 2012.

 The Sheds are streaming their new EP, Self/Doubt online. It is slated for an official release in early 2012 via Rite Of Passage/Mediaskare but you can listen to it early here. Not only that, but if you enjoy the EP you can also download it for free here.