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We Are The Ocean, one of London's fastest growing alternative rock bands, have signed to Side One Dummy Records for North America. S1D will release a physical version of their critically acclaimed album "Go Now And Live" on

City and Colour have performed their song "What Makes A Man?" with pop star Pink during a performance in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The track appeared on Dallas Green's second album, 2008's "Bring Me Your Love".

Joyce Manor have announced that they will enter the studio next week to begin tracking their second studio album. The LP will be recorded at Atomic Garden with Jack Shirley (Graf Orlock, Punch, Ghostlimb). The record is the 

GWAR frontman Dave Brockie aka Oderus Urungus has released a statement regarding the death of the band's guitarist Cory Smoot. He was found dead on Wednesday as the band preprared to cross the border into Canada. Brockie has offered the following:"After a restless night spent hurtling through the desolate Canadian wilderness, I crawled from my bunk on the tour bus to face reality, grudgingly aware that the the dark dream that gripped us would not fade with the day. We have lost a brother, a husband, a son, and one of the most talented musicians that ever slung an ax. Cory Smoot, longtime lead guitar player for the band GWAR, has passed at the age of 34."As the singer of GWAR and one of his best friends, I feel it is my duty to try and answer some of the questions that surround his tragic and untimely death. I know the sense of loss and pain is far greater in scope than in the insulated environment of a band on tour, and I will do my best to provide what clarity and comfort I can."Th...

Fans of Long Island, New York hardcore band Stray From the Path will be happy to hear the members survived a recent accident. After their van flipped, the band took to their Twitter account to reveal "Everyone is all good. No Idea about equipment or Van. Trailer is destroyed." Check out the post-accident twitpic here.

Billy Talent have announced they will be heading into the studio on November 28 to begin work on their fourth studio album. Watch their video update below.

Four Year Strong are currently streaming their new album 'In Some Way, Shape Or Form.' The album is set for release on November 8th.

Tonight Alive have just signed a North American record deal with Fearless Records. The band will be releasing the EP, 'Consider This,' in the U.S. and Canada on November 8, followed by full-length 'What Are You So Scared Of?' in early early 2012.

Rust Belt Lights have posted the new music video for their song "Haters Get Hated". The song is taken from the band's split 7" with I Call Fives, which is out now through Broken Rim Records.

Sienna Skies have posted the new music video for their song "Directions". The video was directed by Chris Elder and edited by Pierre Duyker, and the track was recorded with Sonny Truelove at STL Studio's earlier in the year.

UK progressive metallers TesseracT have been extremely busy for the past few months. After announcing a change in vocalists, they entered the studio to record the revamped version of "Eden" featuring the new vocals and a more developed instrumentation. After the track was completed, the band went directly into shooting a music video for the single, which was premiered earlier this week and can be seen below. Now, TesseracT is giving the song "Eden" away for free! "We're really happy with how Eden 2.0 turned out, and as a gift to all of our wonderful friends we'd like to share it with you guys for free, as a token of our appreciation for your support over the last few years." Says bassists Amos Williams. "We had always wanted to revisit 'Eden' and Elliot joining our fold gave us the perfect opportunity to do such a thing. We hope that this, along with the beautiful and haunting video for its release directed by Ganesh Rao, is a fitting introduction to the world of the new Tessera...

As leaders of extreme music and one of the hardest working bands around, the legendary Napalm Death is currently putting the final touches on their 14th studio album (excluding the cover album Leaders Not Followers). This new piece of brutality is entitled Utilitarian, and it will hit stores on February 27th in Europe and February 28th in North America via the band's long time partner, Century Media Records. The cover artwork perfectly fits the album's theme and was created by the Danish artist Frode Sylthe, who is also responsible for The Haunted's amazing Revolver artwork. Singer Mark "Barney" Greenway explains the album title and concept: "After some deliberation, we have decided on Utilitarian as the album title. We generally try to avoid generic titles, and this seemed to have a lot of scope to it. I won't explain the full meaning of Utilitarianism here because it's an ethical theory, and as ethical theories go, the depth and debate around it is quite heavy at times. It has ...