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Taperjean Records is proud to announce the supports for the upcoming No Surrender Tour 2011 featuring two of the most exciting heavy acts, Oh Sleeper (USA) & The Chariot (USA). Brisbane’s pop punk upstarts “ I Am Villain” have been confirmed as the national support for the tour . Having formed in spring 2009 the five piece have been turning heads with their dynamic brand of pop punk and have began touring relentlessly having supported the likes of Mest (USA), Fireworks and most recently an East Coast tour with The Mission In Motion & Stealing O Neal.

Seattle’s Nevermore have ensnared and entertained metal minds the world over for nearly two decades. With a string of seven critically acclaimed studio albums; Nevermore have etched out their own legend into the metal mythos. For the first time in 5 years, Nevermore will bring their impassioned brand of uncompromising heavy metal to Australian audiences. This will be the first chance for Australia’s metal maniacs to hear material from Nevermore’s latest release, “The Obsidian Conspiracy”, live in concert. Since the release of their first album in 1995, critics and fans have debated how to describe Nevermore. Often called “thrash” or “progressive”, these labels are more limitations rather than descriptions. Nevermore encompass the sensibilities of traditional metal with emphasis on melody, complexity, aggression and energy. Nevermore’s lyrics are conceptual, intelligent and dramatic, delivered with peerless power and conviction by vocalist, Warrel Dane. Complimenting Dane, are the g...

No Compromise. The one track title says all that you need to know about The Haunted, so get yourself ready for the Swedish Grammy winners as the bring their enviable live reputation to Australia. Ever since their 1998 self-titled debut album, The Haunted have been gathering more and more awards, outshining all others in their field. Being crowned with such titles as "one of metal's 25 Most Important Bands" and winning awards such as "Album of the Year" and "Best Hard Rock Album", The Haunted have definitely proved their worth consistently and show no signs of slowing down. Comprised of ex-members of At The Gates and frontman Peter Dolving, the Swedish heavy metallers have become a devastating live act that are not to be fucked with. Having toured with bands such as Lamb of God, Cannibal Corpse, and Slayer, the cocksure swagger of their live show make their already first-class melodies come alive and have a backbone that could stand up to any audience. Lead singer Peter Dolving ha...

Eyehategod will release an official live DVD on March 22 via MVD. Simply titled Live, the 88-minute production features multi-camera footage from 2009 (Baltimore, MD) and 2010 (Cleveland, OH), with bonus clips from the last show of their 2010 European tour and videos never before released before on DVD. A perfect dose of Black Flag meets Black Sabbath in ragged, live glory.

Adelaide's Mere Theory have just released a video for their new single Break Through. The clip was filmed at the 2010 Roller Derby Grand Final in Adelaide using slow motion cameras.

With the "Bad Romance" tour hitting the east coast this week, fear not Perth fans, April will see I Exist return to the west playing 3 dates this April.

Party punker's Chris Duke and The Royals are headed back to Perth in April for their Music and Maniacs WA tour. It will be a year to the day since CDATR maiden voyage to our western shores and their return is highly anticipated. They are doing the national support for American ska punk heavyweights Streetlight Manifesto, sadly they are not touring Perth so CDATR are making a special trip.

Punk band The Menzingers have announced plans to release their 2010 album 'Chamberlin Waits' on Vinyl for record store day which will be April 16th this year.

D.R.U.G.S (Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows) have released the third installment of 'Rise From The Ashes,' their behind-the-scenes documentary.

Architects front man Sam Carter has discussed in a recent interview some of the criticism that the band has received over the change of sound on their new album "The Here And Now".Carter said:"It kind of gets to me a bit more than everyone else. It does wind me up. I was brought up with the saying, “if you’ve got nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. I think a lot of people just open their mouths and say stuff blindly or to agree with others. Hollow Crown was a very important record for people as it was a time and a place for certain kids. But at the end of the day, people need to realize that we don’t belong to them. We are the guys that are writing material and we’re the ones that have to play it while touring. It’s better to be true to yourself and write something you truly love and want to play for the next few years than to do something just to gain success.While recording, we were a bit worried about the idea we might be alienating our fans but experimenting and nev...

Against Me! are the latest band to be featured on the Switchboard Sessions website, a website that features bands performing unrehearsed, stripped-down performances recorded via telephone.