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Young Statues have signed with Boston, MA’s Run For Cover Records. The band, led by songwriter/vocalist Carmen Cirignano, will release its self-titled debut CD/LP/Digital release on November 8, 2011. In the winter of 2010, a spontaneous trip to Athens, GA became the birth of New Jersey/Philadelphia indie-rock outfit Young Statues. The record first began to take shape at Chase Park Transduction Studios, where a series of songs were recorded between friends, songs that were initially never intended to be released. Intrigued by the results of these sessions, songwriter and vocalist Carmen Cirignano decided to continue working on them with longtime producer and engineer Steve Poponi at the Gradwell House in Haddon Heights, NJ. It was here, with the help of bassist Tom Ryan and drummer Daniel Bogan, that these songs were transformed into the impressive debut record for a band comprised of longtime friends in the Philadelphia area music scene. Full of swelling guitars, intricate vocal ...

Bottom heavy open chords that resonate strong enough to shake the core of the earth. Skyrocketing bursts of oscillating guitar leads layer an ominous and dark undercurrent of rhythm. While hardcore punk may be the sound that rules the day in The Contortionist hometown of Indianapolis, it is the band’s signature brand of forward thinking heavy metal that has made them stick out as hometown favourites. The Contortionist brand new album, titled ‘Exoplanet’, is a progressive metal mammoth. Featuring bursts of space and atmosphere, underscored by intense sonic emotion and boldness. For every bit of progression and aura the band offers up on ‘Exoplanet’, comes an equal and unforgiving onslaught of heaviness. Just when heavy metal had seemed to reach a ceiling on how punishing a sound could get, The Contortionist raise the bar even higher. National support comes in the form of Newcastle’s The Storm Picturesque, a metal powerhouse moving from strength to strength. An unfaltering work ethic ...

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After running wild on last year's US Warped Tour and infuriating the press with their foul-mouthed mixture of screamo and hip-hop, the band everyone loves to hate, Brokencyde are making their way to Australia for the first time this October. They hit Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Brokencyde began making headlines after the group's video for the track ‘Freaxxx’ spread like a virus and racked up more than 4 million hits on YouTube. The group then put a stranglehold on the online world, developing an enormous fanbase that helped catapult their debut album, "I'm Not A Fan But The Kids Like It", to #87 on the Billboard Top 200. Since then, Brokencyde has become one of the most talked about musical entities in decades, as MTVU, The LA Times, Revolver Magazine, producer Steve Albini and comic book writer Warren Ellis all cannot stop talking about the band that everyone loves to hate. On the recording front, Brokencyde has returned with their middle fingers ...

With the music media eye firmly fixed on the Australian scene due to the success of its heavy acts as of late, one band have been honing their craft for the last few years before setting its sights on the world. Electrik Dynamite spent the early months of 2011 recording their debut album "Hair.Denim.Sex.Metal" with Lord Tim (Lord, Dungeon) at SLS Studios in Wollongong, producing an impressive and exciting record that blends the sound of modern metal with classic 80's rock and roll.

Squid The Whale have just released their brand new EP titled 'New War.' The EP can be streamed in its entirety band's Bandcamp page.

Into It. Over It. has announced the release of the new limited 7-inch EP titled 'Snug.' The release features session recorded in the UK.

Industrial pioneers Skinny Puppy are set to release long-delayed LP 'Handover'