BRUTAL TRUTH have recently announced a number of Eastern Europe tour dates and Summer festival appearances. The Eastern E.U. dates will kick-off on June 27th and will include a performance at the With Full Force Fest in Germany on July 4th. A listing of confirmed BRUTAL TRUTH tour dates can be found online here with more to be announced shortly.

BRUTAL TRUTH guitarist Danny Lilker comments on the tour: “BRUTAL TRUTH is totally psyched to play for the grindfreaks in Eastern Europe! We’ll be hitting Serbia (at Castlefest) and Slovakia for the very first time so we’ll be sure to fire up and give these people the most intense show of their lives! We also can’t wait to play the With Full Force Festival over in Germany, where we’ll be going onstage extremely late, so don’t drink too fast, stay awake for the nocturnal grind attack!!”

Drummer Rich Hoak adds: “We’ll be including many new songs in the set for our shows this summer. The new BT songs will freak people out: louder, faster, heavier and mosh pit tested!!”

Additionally, the first new material from BRUTAL TRUTH in almost ten years will appear on the upcoming compilation This Comp Kills Fascists. This Comp Kills Fascists will see its North American release on July 8th, July 14th internationally and is up for pre-order now at this location.

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Recently disbanded grinders INSECT WARFARE have posted a new song entitled “Fuck Off Part 1” over at their official MySpace page. The track comes off their upcoming “Noise Grind Power Death, Elitist Noisecore Assholes” 12″.

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New York’s ANDREW W.K. has lined up the following upcoming tour dates:

May 15 - New York, NY @ The New Museum Theater
May 25 - New York, NY @ McNally Robinson Bookstore
June 7 - Athens, OH @ Baker Center (Ohio University)

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German grinders JAPANISCHE KAMPFHÖRSPIELE have lined up the following upcoming U.S. tour dates for later this month:

May 22 - Richmond, VA @ Nara
May 25 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
May 26 - New York, NY @ Lit Lounge
May 27 - Burlington, VT @ 242 Main Street

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Chicago’s TUB RING have lined up the following upcoming tour dates:

May 31 - Spokane, WA @ Big Easy w/ Mindless Self Indulgence
June 1 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven w/ Hunab Ku
June 2 - Portland, OR @ Satyricon w/ The Days The Nights Buy
June 4 - San Francisco, CA @ Annie’s Social Club
June 6 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater w/ Mindless Self Indulgence
June 7 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theater w/ Mindless Self Indulgence
June 8 - Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium w/ Mindless Self Indulgence
June 9 - Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club w/ Mindless Self Indulgence
June 10 - Wichita, KS @ The Cotillion w/ Mindless Self Indulgence
June 12 - Des Moines, IA @ The House of Bricks
June 13 - Cedar Falls, IA @ The Reverb
June 14 - Springfield, IL @ Club Chrome w/ NIL8

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New York death metal “legends” MORTICIAN have announced the following upcoming shows:

May 18 - Brooklyn, NY @ Europa w/ Squash Bowels, Ingrowing, Goreaphobia
May 31 - Albany, NY @ Valentine’s w/ Wasteform, Tentacles
June 13 - Cortlandt Manor, NY @ Popeye’s Pub

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You can check out two new songs from CRYPTOPSY, “Silence The Tyrants” and “Worship Your Demons,” online over at their official MySpace page. The tracks come off the band’s upcoming new album, The Unspoken King, which is set to be released on June 24th via Century Media Records.

CRYPTOPSY recently shot a new video with acclaimed director David Brodsky (GWAR, SOILENT GREEN) for the album’s opening cut “Worship Your Demons.” Look for the clip to make its online debut in the coming weeks.

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GENGHIS TRON, fresh off the heels of a North American tour alongside CONVERGE and THE RED CHORD, are set to embark on their first European headlining tour in support of the recently released Board Up The House.

This two-week tour begins Friday, May 9th, in the United Kingdom and includes support from NACHTMYSTIUM. The tour will also include a performance at the Noise Festival in Paris, France for GENGHIS TRON. A listing of GENGHIS TRON tour dates can be found online here with more to be announced shortly.

Additionally, GENGHIS TRON has recently completed work on a brand new video for Board Up The House track “Things Don’t Look Good.” The video is expected to make its world premiere imminently.

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AC/DC’s official website has finally confirmed rumors that the band have got recordings for their album underway.

The band have been holed up in a Vancouver studio with producer Brendan O’Brien and longtime audio engineer Mike Fraser, cooking up their first collection of new material since the 2000 release of Stiff Upper Lip.

Fans can expect the new album sometime later this year.

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ABYSMAL DAWN have posted another new track from their forthcoming Relapse Records debut Programmed To Consume. The track, “Cease To Comprehend,” can be heard now via the band’s official MySpace page.

The Los Angeles based group will be celebrating the release of Programmed to Consume with a record release show May 15th at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA. ABSYMAL DAWN will be performing Programmed To Consume in its entirety as well as cuts from their debut record From Ashes. Also performing that night will be LETUM ASCENSUS, THE CAUTERIZED, DREAMING DEAD, and ISOLATION INFAMY. ABYSMAL DAWN will follow this up with a string of headlining dates in June. A listing of confirmed tour dates can be found online here with more to be announced shortly.

Programmed To Consume was recorded last November with producer John Haddad (INTRONAUT, PHOBIA, EYES OF FIRE) and is scheduled for a May 13th North American release (May 17th internationally). Footage of the band in the studio can be viewed here and an e-card previewing the album can be accessed at this location.

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FOR TODAY has just released their first video from their recently released album Ekklesia.  The video is for the song “Agape.”  You can watch it below: 

May 8 - Titusville, FL @ Skatepark of Titusville
May 9 - Lakeland, FL @ Abundant Life Church Of God
May 10 - Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
May 11 - Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Lounge
May 12 - Lynchburg, VA @ Tree of Life
May 13 - Annapolis, MD @ Knights of Columbus
May 14 - Rockville Center, NY @ The Vibe Lounge
May 15 - Clinton, NJ @ Aquifer Music Venue
May 16 - Manchester, NH @ Rockos!
May 24 - Meier, MI @ Meier Skatepark

w/ Kingston Falls, This or The Apocolypse

May 25 - South Bend, IN @ The Underground
May 26 - Terre Haute, IN @ The THM Venue
May 27 - Evansville, IN @ Boney Jones
May 28 - Dewey, IL @ The Shed
May 31 - Spencer, IA @ New Life Worship Center
June 1 - Buffalo, MN @ The Vault
June 2 - Duluth, MN @ The Herman Town Church
June 3 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
June 4 - Bismarck, ND @ The Light Club
June 5 - Grand Rapids, MN @ The Light Club
June 6 - Alexandria, MN @ Club 1
June 7 - Willmar, MN @ The Warehouse

June 30 - Bushnell, IL @ The Phoenix Generator Stage 7:15pm (Cornerstone)
Jul 3 - Bushnell, Illinois @ The Underground Stage (Cornerstone)
July 19 - Willmar, MN @ HM Stage (Sonshine Festival)

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Alaska’s metal pugilists, 36 CRAZYFISTS have had their XD2X (Behemoth, Unearth, Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster) directed video for ‘We Gave it Hell’ is now online. The track is off of the band’s Ferret Music debut, The Tide And Its Takers, which releases on May 27.

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LINKIN PARK’s video with BUSTA RHYMES for the crossover track ‘We Made It’ has hit the net:

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TESTAMENT has debuted at #59 on Billboard Top 200 with 11,556 albums sold (only 13,000 shipped). It’s the highest first week sound scan numbers in the bands 24 year history.

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3 DOORS DOWN have just leaked some behind-the-scenes footage from the video shoot for their single, “It’s Not My Time.”  The clip features interviews with the Mississippi rockers and director Shaun Silva along with extra footage from the shoot.  The single is currently the #1 song on the iTunes rock charts.  The band will embark on a co-headlining tour with STAIND and HINDER which will kick off on July 9 in Maryland Heights, MO.

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THURSDAY has just announced they’ve accepted a last minute offer to perform at this year’s Groezrock Festival in Belgium. Taking place this weekend, the band will perform alongside BAD RELIGION, AGNOSTIC FRONT, SICK OF IT ALL and many more. In addition, the band has been welcomed to perform in the Philippines for the first time in the band’s career, at the country’s annual Kaogma Festival.

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An exclusive video from EMMURE has just been posted on MySpace Metal, featuring behind-the-scenes footage from their album layout shoot for their upcoming album The Respect Issue featuring TNA superstar and two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Kurt Angle.

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The time has come for the long awaited sneak peak of the upcoming MESHUGGAH “Bleed” music video. The track is from the bands latest release, obZen, which is out now.

Directed and produced by Mike Pecci and Ian McFarland of Killswitch Productions, a short video trailer and pictures can be accessed at this location.

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KATAKLYSM’s video for ‘Taking the World By Storm’ is live. The clip was shot and directed by David Brodsky (MyGoodEye) and comes off the group’s upcoming album, Prevail, which is set to be released on May 23 (Europe) and May 27 (North America).

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The first look at the cover art for GOD FORBID’s upcoming DVD, Beneath the Scars of Glory and Progression, has hit the net along with two live cuts from the release. You can listen to ‘Broken Promise’ and ‘End of the World’ here. Cover art is below:

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