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Prominent heavy-hitters and renowned party boys, Every Time I Die have officially unveiled a new online video series entitled, Sh*t Happens: The Series?

Popular Swedish melodic death metal outfit Soilwork are set to return to our shores in October for an Australian tour.The band returns down under in promotion of their new album – ‘The Panic Broadcast’, which is due in stores this month. “With this album, I feel like I truly found my musical path in Soilwork,” Soilwork drummer Dirk Verbeuren told Sick Drummer Magazine previously.This trip marks the third time Soilwork will have performed in Australia last visiting in 2008. As the Metal Observer notes about Soilwork’s live show, “Metal with the fun factor in the driving seat.”

San Diego rock band Augustana have reportedly had their van broken into while on tour, with thieves allegedly stealing electronic gear and items belonging to the band.

US hard rockers Stone Sour have unveiled the cover art for their new album, Audio Secrecy. The new studio release, and follow-up to 2006’s Come What(Ever) May is due to hit stores on September 7 through Roadrunner Records.

According to Metal Hammer, British metalcore outfit Bring Me the Horizon are currently in the process of preparing a Warped Tour DVD.A tour trailer states that the DVD is set for release this year, with the band also putting the finishing touches on their new, yet-to-be-titled third studio album due out in the coming months as well.“Bring Me the Horizon are currently out on Warped Tour, banging heads and melting faces across America,” Metal Hammer writes.Fans can watch the unofficial Warped Tour trailer

New Jersey’s volatile, avant-garde rock band Thursday have entered the studio to record their sixth studio album and follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed release, Common Existence. The band will spend the next few months recording at Tarbox Road Studios in Fredonia, NY with Common Existence and A City by the Light Divided producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai) and plan to release the new album in spring 2011. “We've worked with Dave Fridmann before, but this is definitely the most we've ever clicked with him,” says singer Geoff Rickly. “In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return. The songs are more vulnerable than they've been in a long time. Some of the song titles include "A Darker Forest" and "Little Sparks Against the Sun"... It's very atmospheric and mood oriented so far.” Formed in the basements of New Brunswick in 1997, Thursday helped usher in a new style of post-hardcore w...

New Jersey’s volatile, avant-garde rock band Thursday have entered the studio to record their sixth studio album and follow-up to 2009’s critically acclaimed release, Common Existence. The band will spend the next few months recording at Tarbox Road Studios in Fredonia, NY with Common Existence and A City by the Light Divided producer Dave Fridmann (MGMT, The Flaming Lips, Mogwai) and plan to release the new album in spring 2011.“We've worked with Dave Fridmann before, but this is definitely the most we've ever clicked with him,” says singer Geoff Rickly. “In style, this record feels like a radical departure from our earlier records but in substance it feels like a return. The songs are more vulnerable than they've been in a long time. Some of the song titles include "A Darker Forest" and "Little Sparks Against the Sun"... It's very atmospheric and mood oriented so far.”

Metal Blade Records is pleased to announce the addition of experimental death metal band FLESHWROUGHT to its family. FLESHWROUGHT features Navene Koperweis (former drummer of Bay area grind band Animosity, currently in Animals As Leaders) and Jonny Davy (vocalist of Arizona's Job for a Cowboy); Navene performing all instruments on the band's debut album Dementia/Dyslexia with Jonny Davy handling lyrics and vocals. "I'm truly amazed that a small project I started in my bedroom at my mom's house has become something worthy of a Metal Blade release. What more could I ask for? I couldn't be more proud and honored!" -  Navene Koperweis "This record has been complete for an extremely long time. Navene and myself are extremely pumped to finally have the beast released." - Jonny Davy Dementia/Dyslexia was finished by June 2009 and was recorded at Navene's studio, Death Midi Soundlab, in San Francisco. Navene played all of the instruments, did all the tracking, mixing, and editing, with m...

Nuclear Blast Records is proud to announce the signing of legends Sepultura. Commented shredder Andreas Kisser: "We are happy to be at Nuclear Blast, especially in the year we are celebrating 25 years of history, and it is a grear honour for us to join forces with the most metal label in the world. I am sure this will be a great journey for both of us and we are already working on new material while on the road. Let's go for another 25 years!" And Nuclear Blast A&R manager Jaap Wagemaker: "Yes, you got that right! Another great thrash band has joined the nuclear family! We have been following the band around Andreas and Derrick for quite some time now and everytime when we saw them play live we were equally impressed by the sheer energy that they create on stage! After inviting the band to come to Donzdorf and having some talks with them, we soon found out that we are all on the same page regarding what would be best for the future of Sepultura! After 25 years of forging high clas...

The Gaslight Anthem have posted the new music video for their song "American Slang". "American Slang" was taken from the band's album of the same name, which was released in June by SideOneDummy Records.

A Wilhelm Scream have posted the new music video for their song "Australias". "Australias" is taken from the band's latest self-titled EP, which was released in 2009 by Paper + Plastick Records.

Australia needs to forget everything it knows about Boston Hardcore to prepare themselves for the beatdown that Death Before Dishonor are bringing to these shores. Having already played over 1,000 shows worldwide, this hardcore powerhouse are adding another nine shows to the list with dates across Australia in August and September.Death Before Dishonor are far more than the unapproachable tough guy image they and their music project. These stereotypes mask one of the hardest working and most talented bands in modern hardcore. With five albums, two 7"s, and a place on Bridge Nine's roster to their name, DBD have cemented themselves a place in hardcore history, especially on the back of their 2009 epic, Better Ways To Die.Joining Death Before Dishonor on tour will be Brisbane's Against and Sydney's Relentless.