Native Columbus, OH bandLike Moths To Flames (Rise Records) have regrettably been forced to bow out of their run on this fall’s IGNITOUR which they were to begin on September 2nd. The band has released the following statement:
“Due to the departure of our bass player, Aaron Douglas, combined with a delay in the studio completion due to Hurricane Irene, we regret to inform everyone that we will have to drop off the upcoming INGNITOUR with Ice Nine Kills and An Early Ending. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you, but without a solid lineup, we don’t want to disservice our fans in any capacity. We are going to finish up at the studio, head home and prepare for our two upcoming fall tours: Close Your Eyes/The Color Morale tour and then Thrash and Burn. We’re super stoked on how our record is turning out and can’t wait for you guys to hear it. We’re working on a plan to release a few tracks prior to our November 8th release date”
Like Moths To Flames has also announced a change to the lineup in the wake of Douglas’ departure. Eli Ford (ex-My Ticket Home) has joined the band and will take on guitar duties while Aaron Evans will move from guitar to bass.
Buffalo, NY melodic punks, Pentimento have announced plans for a fall run of dates that will kick off September 22, in Scotia, NY. The 13-city trek, dubbed the PentimenTour, will wrap up in Edinboro, PA on October 5th.
Pentimento’s latest EP, Wrecked, is out now on Seattle’s Panic Records.
Tourdates:
September 22nd Scotia, NY @ JWATTS
September 23rd Cambridge, MA @ Democracy Center
September 24th Long Island, NY @ Broadway Bar
September 25th New York, NY @ Party XPO
September 26th Philadelphia, PA @ House Show
September 27th Richmond, VA @ The Hospital
September 29th Barnesville, OH @ The Lakeview House
September 30th Altoona, PA @ Altoona Masonic Temple
M. Shawn Crahan, A.K.A. Clown, has announced on Slipknot’s facebook page that they will be touring the U.S. come next year. Quote, “I also wanted to tell everyone straight from my mouth because you may have heard it already anyway, but Slipknot will be touring by next June in America only, but that does not mean things will not change and as they do I will along with others tell you our family first.
No album yet because it is to soon and there are no songs yet because the band needs to come together to write this next one. I can not wait to feel the ideas like choking on color. Everything happens for a reason, so be ready.”
Transit has a new album coming out called Listen And Forgive on October 4th. Their new album will be on Rise Records and features their latest single Long Lost Friends. Transit also put together a music video for their newest track, and you can watch it below:
My favorite part about the video itself is the random appearance of a Telletubbie at the 2:43 mark.
We are proud to introduce to you exclusive content by STAIND. STAIND will release their highly anticipated, self-titled, 7th studio album via Flip/Atlantic Records – September 13, 2011. Produced by Johnny K (Disturbed, Sevendust), STAIND is a return to the band’s heaviest roots that hearken back to their 1999 major label debut, Dsyfunction. Described by the band as a throwback of where they came from, STAIND is the band’s most intense and powerful work to date.
The debut single, ‘Not Again,’ is currently top 5 at active rock radio and the fastest rising single in the band’s history.
STAIND’s 16-year-plus career has garnered over 13 million in worldwide album sales, five #1 singles at 3 different radio formats, and the most played rock song of the past decade, ‘It’s Been Awhile.’
Staind dove into bleaker recesses than ever before and surfaced with their heaviest and most hypnotic album to date, STAIND, their self-titled, seventh studio album.
The multi-platinum Massachusetts hard rock outfit—Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok, and Johnny “Old School” April—pushed itself to the very brink. There was struggle and strife, but, as a result, Staind constructed a collection of chaotically melodic songs that hearken back to their 1999 major label debut, Dysfunction, while wielding an instrumental and lyrical prowess that could only be cultivated by 16 years of writing, recording, and touring together.
Along the way, the band forged a melodic musical maelstrom that served as solace for fans of all ages. They sold 15 million albums worldwide, had eight top ten singles across multiple formats with three songs hitting number one, and wrote the most-played rock song of the past decade, “It’s Been Awhile.” Three out of six albums—Break the Cycle, 14 Shades of Grey, and Chapter V—debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and 2008’s The Illusion of Progress peaked at #3. On STAIND, they channel the intensity from their early days with tight, taut technicality. Mushok augments an avalanche of baritone guitars with a searing solo on the track “Eyes Wide Open” as Lewis schizophrenically screams. Meanwhile, “The Bottom,” featured on the Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack, twists and turns through a haze of grinding guitars, bass, and drums. These songs are raw and real. They’re heavy and honest. They’re pure and powerful. They’re everything Staind was always meant to be.
Mushok sums up the band’s return to form best. “It’s like Dysfunction 2011,” he smiles. “The music goes back to where we started, but there’s still melody. We were ready to make an album that was heavy from beginning to end. It was time.” ” I aimed to create distance between Staind and my solo material,” declared Lewis. “We decided to go back to what we were doing initially.”
The decision to make a heavier album proved unanimous among the band. Staind regrouped in December 2010 as a spring deadline loomed. In rehearsals, they tensely tore through ideas before arriving at what would become these songs. With Johnny K (Disturbed, Sevendust) returning behind the board, Staind constructed a studio that mirrored the producer’s inside of Lewis’ Western Massachusetts barn. They recorded drums, bass, and vocals in the barn, while Mushok cut his guitars in the band’s Springfield, MA rehearsal spot.
During the winter months, Lewis stood mired in an intense balancing act of promoting his solo EP, “Town Line,” and toiling over STAIND. During this time, Town Line debuted at #1 on the Billboard country charts and #7 on the Billboard 200 and garnered Lewis two CMT award nominations. He’d play acoustic shows on the weekend and then return home to commence tracking during the week. Still, inspiration didn’t truly strike until the last possible moment in April when he wrote and recorded the majority of the album’s lyrics in two grueling and nerve-wracking two-day stints. Those eleventh hour sessions were an emotional exorcism.
“Pressure usually kicks in my creativity, but I’ve never been quite so stressed out over an album,” reveals Lewis. “There were a lot of schedule clashes and differences of opinion, and I was trying to muscle through it all. I was burnt from running ragged, and nothing would come out lyrically for months. We’d talk about ideas, but it didn’t happen until the end. Those were real feelings of discontent arising within the whole process. There’s nothing like shit coming off real—when it’s real. I guess that was my breaking point. It was a big heaving deep breath when it was over.”
Mushok adds, “This was a hard record to make. We weren’t all together in the same place the whole time, and Aaron and I butted heads about the music. In hindsight, it all paid off and we ended up with a better album.”
Every moment of the process was captured in a forthcoming documentary piece, which Lewis aptly dubs, “Some Kind of Monster on steroids. It unveils everything that went into this.” After finishing the album, Staind underwent another significant change. The band amicably parted ways with original drummer Jon Wysocki.
“Not Again,” the lead single, brandishes a vicious vitality, teetering between pummeling guitars and an incisive, infectious hook. “That was born out of the frustrations of making this record,” exclaims Lewis. “It came out of being really fucking pissed off, and you can hear that in my voice.”
You can also hear it loud and clear on the gritty and gruff groove of “Wannabe,” where the singer spits vitriol at faceless online detractors. Then there’s “Failing,” which snaps from a haunting harmony into an entrancing refrain. With clean guitar and vocals, “Something to Remind You” is sparse and elegantly brutal, while “Paper Wings” burns with raw rage.
“There’s a deeper anger to the vocals and music,” explains April. “Some of the riffs Mike came up with were challenging and incredibly different. We’ve grown so much, and at the same time managed to find out way back to our roots.”
Since day one, Staind has found ways to make darkness beautiful, wrapping shards of melody inside a distorted hum. Mushok continues, “I’m very happy to know we can go back to where we came from and write a record like this. It wasn’t an easy process, but it was worth it.”
Ultimately, Staind will continue their legacy. “As a songwriter, you can only hope someone feels what you’re feeling,” concludes Lewis. “In terms of what I get off my chest, the subject matter has always been a release for me. I think this record is another perfect example of that.”
So check out the latest music by STAIND below:
STAIND – Not Again
STAIND – Eyes Wide Open
Also here is thier just released tracklist below for their upcoming album.
This absolutely beautiful track has an equally beautiful music video to accompany it. Florence + The Machine has uploaded their new song with video on youtube today called What The Water Gave Me. You can check it out below.
As for info on her upcoming album which is set to drop on the 7th of Nov., we are still left in the dark as to what the tracklist will be or for that matter what it will even be called. But when we find out, we will surely pass on the information to you.
Until then enjoy, Florence + The Machine – “What The Water Gave Me”
Bring Me The Horizon has just unveiled their new music video for their song titled Visions. This second music video installment comes off of BMTH’s latest album There Is A Hell Believe Me I’ve Seen It, There Is A Heaven Lets Keep It A Secret.
Threat Signal has just released their new single Fallen Disciples. The song is off of the bands forthcoming self-titled album, which is set to hit stores on October 11th through Nuclear Blast.
Purity Control, a Toronto based sludge/noise/hardcore are set to release some new material at the end of this year. This is another release scheduled to be put out by High Anxiety Records. High Anxiety Records is owned and operated by the former singer of Cursed, Left for Dead, Ruination, Burning Love and The Swarm, Chris Colohan. Colohan started this label out of love for music and the DIY scene itself. As noted, he is a long time veteran of the punk scene throughout the last two decades. Please help support him, his music ventures and the DIY scene as a whole. You can do so here: http://highanxiety416.blogspot.com/
High Anxiety Records announces new DNF (Duke Nukem Forever) 7’ scheduled for release this fall/winter. DNF fits right in with the rest of the High Anxiety roster. They play loud, fast, grind-influenced punk and share members with such legends as Touche Amore and Trap Them. It doesn’t get much faster than this. For fans of Surf Nazis Must Die, Failures and all other super-fast punk bands. Check out the clip below or snag the free download of their song Homesick above. I’m very excited about this release and you should be, too!
The multi-platinum Massachusetts hard rock outfit—Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok, and Johnny “Old School” April—pushed itself to the very brink. There was struggle and strife, but, as a result, Staind constructed a collection of chaotically melodic songs that hearken back to their 1999 major label debut, Dysfunction, while wielding an instrumental and lyrical prowess that could only be cultivated by 16 years of writing, recording, and touring together.
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