The Devil Wears Prada Return For Dead Throne Tour Australia 2011

4ARM - new album cover art and track list revealed

Street Chant announce Australian tour

Electrik Dynamite to launch Hair.Denim.Sex.Metal

Norse announces new session member and return to live scene

David Lynch plots solo debut

Worldwide compilation picks up Brisbane’s This City Ignites

Death In Vegas prepare to release their first album in seven years

Betraeus releases debut

The Big Exo Day in Sydney

Evaline release debut album

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The Devil Wears Prada Return For Dead Throne Tour Australia 2011

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA are set to return to Australia this October for a rapid fire run of shows in support of their fourth studio album Dead Throne. Michigan’s metal cross post-hardcore outfit WE CAME AS ROMANS and local juggernauts DREAM ON DREAMER will complete this impressive package.

Dead Throne, out September 9th on Roadrunner Records, is hailed as the uncompromising release that will mark the Ohio six-piece turning a corner and taking a confident step to the next level. More aggressive, more emotionally charged and sonically larger than previous releases, Dead Throne is characterised by a more pronounced focus on the band’s unique, punishing dual-vocal assault. THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’s evolution musically and unwavering technical proficiency is seemingly effortlessly laid out in the razor-sharp, straight-ahead metal tracks that are utterly brilliant not only in their composition, but also in their flawless delivery. It has not been quiet on the tour front either for THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA. They have racked up multiple European and UK tours already this year (including a main stage appearance at Download Festival) and notched up a healthy string of US dates, including slaying the main stage on Warped. Witness THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA’s renewed conviction when they take to Australian stages once again this October for their biggest Australian headline tour yet.

WE CAME AS ROMANS made their standout live debut on Australian soil at 2010’s No Sleep Til festivals. In the nine months that have passed the six-piece have been touring tirelessly, building on their already solid fanbase the old fashioned way. Seemingly addicted to the road and stage, the band have only paused long enough to record in brief windows between tours. WE CAME AS ROMANS returned to Foundation Recording Studio with their longtime friend and producer, Joey Sturgis [Asking Alexandria, Attack Attack!] for their sophomore effort. The new material carries the band’s signature sound of intricate guitar riffs, both mosh-worthy and melodic breakdowns, and the flawless intertwining of dual vocals from David Stephens and Kyle Pavone. Understanding What We've Grown To Be is due for release 16 September via UNFD.

It has been a big year already for young Melbourne band DREAM ON DREAMER, who will round out the Dead Throne Tour bill this October. Having signed to Powerhouse labels UNFD and Rise Records, they recently released their debut album Heartbound worldwide, reaching #38 on the ARIA Charts and getting the band attention from all over the world. These Australian dates come in between a mass worldwide tour including European, US and Japanese dates in support of the world release of the album.

Tickets on sale 9am Thursday 25 August

Thursday 20 October – Capitol, Perth (18+)
Tickets from Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au or www.heatseeker.com.au

Friday 21 October – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide (Lic AA)
Tickets available from Venuetix on (08) 8225 8888 or www.venuetix.com.au

Saturday 22 October – Billboard, Melbourne (U18)
Tickets from Ticketek on 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au, Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au and Fist2Face 03 9095 7911

Sunday 23 October – Billboard, Melbourne (18+)
Tickets from Ticketek on 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au, Moshtix on 1300 438 849 or www.moshtix.com.au and Fist2Face 03 9095 7911

Monday 24 October – Roundhouse, Sydney (Lic AA)
Tickets from Ticketek on 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Wednesday 26 October – The HIFI, Brisbane (U18)
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300 The Hifi, Butterbeats CBD & Valley, Gooble Warming and Atlantis Music Southport

Thursday 27 October – The HIFI, Brisbane (18+)
Tickets from www.thehifi.com.au, 1300 The Hifi, Butterbeats CBD & Valley, Gooble Warming and Atlantis Music Southport

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4ARM - new album cover art and track list revealed

Melbourne thrashers 4ARM are soon to release their third album titled Submission For Liberty. The album was recorded at Melbourne Records, with front-man Danny Tomb and drummer Michael Vafiotis producing. Mixing the album was UK engineer Matt Hyde (Machine Head, Slipknot, Trivium) and mastering duties were handled by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY. The album artwork was designed by Brent Elliot White, who recently worked on the cover of Arch Enemys Khaos Legions album.
In regards to the musical direction of this album, Tomb said, "Submission is far more energy and passion-driven than anything we’ve done before. There is a lot more melody and a hell of a lot more thrash. The plan was to create an album that harnessed an energy to it that could be felt, not just heard”.

Tracklisting:

1. Sinn Mact Frei
2. While I Lie Awake
3. Raise A Fist
4. Submission For Liberty
5. The Oppressed
6. I Will Not Bow
7. Taken Down
8. My Fathers Eyes
9. The Warning
10. Blood Of Martyr

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Street Chant announce Australian tour

New Zealand's meanest trio, STREET CHANT are heading out on tour to celebrate the Australian release of their album Means. The band has previously played shows in Melbourne and Sydney - and also supported The Dead Weather in Australia in 2010.

In New Zealand, Street Chant won the Critics Choice Music Award 2010 and have played with The Fall, The Black Lips, The Clean, The Big Day Out, Laneway Festival and numerous others. Means showed up on most "best albums of 2010" lists in New Zealand. 

STREET CHANT have also played at CMJ 2010, SXSW 2011, Los Angeles and Washington DC. At CMJ Brooklyn Vegan called them "the darlings of the night" and the Guardian newspaper included them in the Readers Choice picks for SXSW 2011.

Street Chant Australian Tour:

Thursday 1st September - Oxford Art Factory - Gallery Bar - Sydney

Friday 2nd September - "Mum" - Word Bar - Sydney

Saturday 3 September - Beresford Hotel - Sydney

Wednesday 7 September - Big Sound New Zealand ShowcaseBakery Lane - Brisbane 7.15pm

Thursday 8 September - Big Sound - Bakery Lane - Brisbane - 8pm

Friday 9 September - Great Northern - Byron Bay

Saturday 10 September - Gasometer – Melbourne

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Electrik Dynamite to launch Hair.Denim.Sex.Metal

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.

First single Midnight Rider launched online to heightened praise, but it wasn’t until the release of the accompanying video (produced by Robot Army Media – The Red Shore, House vs Hurricane, Anberlin, Bleeding Through) that the buzz spread and people took serious notice.

Catch ELECTRIK DYNAMITE and their blistering live show on the road in Australia supporting the album from the Melbourne launch show on August 27^th at House of Rock on the road Around Australia through-out september. Make sure you grab your copy from JB HIFI/Itunes/Bandit.fm from August 19 and check them out live and load in September!

HAIR.DENIM.SEX.METAL at retail August 19 through New Justice Records

www.facebook.com/electrikdynamite | www.facebook.com/newjusticerecords

Tour dates

Saturday 27 August: House Of Rock, The Palace, Melbourne, VIC 18+

Saturday 3 September: Black Market, Adelaide SA 18+

Friday 9 September: Geelong West Town Hall, Geelong VIC AA

Saturday 10 September: Bang, Melbourne VIC 18+

Wednesday 14 September: Hamilton Station, Newcastle NSW 18+

Thursday 15 September: Hot Damn, Sydney NSW 18+

Friday 16 September: Elsewhere Bar, Gold Coast QLD 18+

Saturday 17 September:Thriller, Brisbane QLD 18+

Wednesday 21 September: Musicman Megastore, Bendigo VIC AA

Friday 23 September:Pow, Werribee VIC 18+

Saturday 24 September: Urban Life Cafe, Ringwood VIC AA

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Norse announces new session member and return to live scene

Extreme metal outfit NORSE - who is currently in the studio recording the follow-up to their 2010 debut full-length effort Hellstorm - has today announced the addition of new studio and live session bass guitarist Gavin Miller [Synperium] to their ranks.

Miller joins founding members Treelo Herrington and Robin ‘Frog’ Stone [The

Amenta] with session rhythm guitarist Shayne Querruel, who held their first rehearsal as a four piece earlier this month in anticipation of their forthcoming live shows, scheduled for August and September.

“We chose Gavin [Miller] to play bass as we know him well, both as a friend and a musician,” explained guitarist and vocalist Treelo Herrington. “Frog and I have both played in and out of bands with him since we were teenagers, he's not just well rehearsed as a musician but we get along great as well. He'll be touring with us and laying session bass tracks down on the album.”“We have been rehearsing hard with him to get ready for the upcoming shows,” added

Frog [drums] on the recruitment of Gavin. “We feel that NORSE is defiantly the strongest it has ever been at this point with every player being at the same level of musicianship and technical ability."

Entering the studio in the beginning of June 2011, NORSE is at present recording its sophomore album with engineer Harvey O’Sullivan, which is tentatively scheduled to be released at the end of this year and is “coming together as a darker and less thrash driven” effort than that of its predecessor, as explained by Herrington.

"After extensive writing and demoing sessions, we finally reached a point with the new material we were happy with and we were ready to start recording,” remarked Frog on the progress of the new album. “Treelo and Shayne have been hard at work tracking guitars... and next up will be drums/bass. We're hoping to have everything completed by October 2011.”

NORSE has announced two live shows during the band’s recording sessions, they are as follows:

21 August -  The Gaelic Theatre, Sydney

3 September - Club Venom, Agincourt Hotel, Sydney

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David Lynch plots solo debut

Visionary filmmaker DAVID LYNCH will make his solo debut as a musical artist this fall with ‘Crazy Clown Time’. Produced and written by Lynch, the album’s 14 original songs spotlight him on guitar and vocals. 

Lynch recorded Crazy Clown Timeover several months at his own Asymmetrical Studio with engineer Dean Hurley, who contributes guitar and drums to several songs. The recording process, Lynch recalls, was filled with happy creative accidents. “There were so many accidents; this album should be in the hospital.” 

The tracks released last year hint at the album’s range. The driving beat that powers “Good Day Today” also fuels “Stone’s Gone Up,” “Noah’s Arc” and “Strange and Unproductive Thinking.” While, the menacing shuffle of “I Know” also sends chills through “So Glad,” “Football Game” and “Pinky’s Dream”, which features Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 

Through the years, Lynch has collaborated frequently with others on various musical projects – composer Angelo Badalamenti (Twin Peaks), Polish pianist Marek Zebrowski (Inland Empire), plus Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse (Dark Night of the Soul). Crazy Clown Time, however, marks the first time Lynch steps into the spotlight alone. 

The result is a collection of dark songs Lynch has described as “modern blues.” Filled with foreboding soundscapes, hypnotic rhythms and enigmatic lyrics, Crazy Clown Timewill surely resonate with fans of Lynch’s films, but should also appeal to listeners who appreciate gloriously daring and quirky pop music. 

Lynch’s passion for music has always figured prominently into his filmmaking, starting with his feature debut Eraserhead (1977) – which included “In Heaven,” a song he wrote with Peter Ivers – and continuing through to his most recent work, Inland Empire (2006) – which featured several tracks penned by Lynch. 

Four years ago, motivated by his growing musical ambitions, Lynch became the eponymous creator of the David Lynch Music Company. Then, in 2010, he transformed his Web site (www.davidlynch.com) into an immersive digital archive the offers material released by David Lynch Music Company since its launch, plus unreleased singles, experiments and instrumentals created by Lynch and collaborators throughout the years.

Crazy Clown Time will be released in Australia on 4 November 2011 on Sunday Best Recordings via Shock.

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Worldwide compilation picks up Brisbane’s This City Ignites

Rogue Records America is proud to announce that they have teamed up with Rock / Metal powerhouse Alternative Revolt Magazine to bring you ALTERNATIVE REVOLT MAGAZINE PRESENTS: The Autumn Collection Vol1, 17 Tracks from the very best Alternative Rock and Heavy Metal bands on the scene today.

“11 years ago we created the label with the focus on getting music to the masses without taking the artist for everything they work so hard for like most labels do, when it came time to make this CD, Alternative Revolt Magazine was the only real choice for us in terms of a partner. They have always put the music and the band’s first and for us that was the deciding factor and we had to contact the publication” Said Dean Martinetti, the labels owner. “ I can see us releasing one of these every year if this first one does well, and that’s something we really want to happen here at the label”

Bands on the Compilation include:
Kandia www.kandiamusic.com
Novus Folium www.novusfolium.com
The Last Nova www.thelastnova.com
Valor And Vengeance www.valorvengeance.com
Slant www.slantmusic.com
Forged In Flames www.forgedinflame.com
All Hail the Yeti www.allhailtheyeti.com
Ashka www.myspace.com/ashkamusic
Odd Crew www.oddcrew.net
This City Ignites www.facebook.com/thiscityignites
Torn from Within www.myspace.com/tornfromwithinnj
The Interbeing www.theinterbeing.com
Synthetic Breed www.syntheticbreed.com
Brutal Assault www.brutal-assault.com
inTrails www.myspace.com/intrails
BFI www.myspace.com/bfihardcore
The Last Ten Seconds of Life www.facebook.com/thelasttensecondsoflife

The Autumn Collection Vol. 1 will be released worldwide on August 28th and comes with a free booklet with bios of the bands, photos, lyrics and more. The album will also be released on Rock Band Network, Mobile, Social and browser based applications like Google Music, Spotify, Pandora and others.

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Death In Vegas prepare to release their first album in seven years

The new album, entitled Trans-Love Energies, is due for release on September 30th on Portobello Records via Shock. Responsible for darkly tinged electronic classics such as Dirge, Aisha, Rocco and Scorpio Rising DEATH IN VEGAS have not released a studio album since 2004’s Satan’s Circus.

Producer/songwriter/frontman Richard Fearless mixed in Michigan after recording the album in Shoreditch, London. Trans-Love Energies, a reference to the 1960’s Detroit anti-establishment group, features twelve new songs with Fearless performing lead vocals on the majority of the tracks. Vocalist Katie Stelmanis from Domino band Austra guests on three of the tracks.  

Enforced Peaceis now available to download free from http://www.deathinvegasmusic.com/

Post 2004 Fearless spent several years living in Brooklyn studying film and photography, his drive for making music continuing by setting up guitar band Black Acid with a group of fellow New Yorkers.  He came back to live in the UK in 2009 whereon he produced albums for Dark Horses and Von Haze and remixed the likes of Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Hurts, The Kills and The Horrors.

 TRACK LISTING 

DEATH IN VEGAS ‘TRANS-LOVE ENERGIES’

1.  Silver Time Machine

2.  Black Hole

3.  Your Loft My Acid

4.  Medication

5.  Coum

6.  Witch Dance

7.  Scissors

8.  Drone Reich

9.  Lightning Bolt

10. Savage Love

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Betraeus releases debut

Since their inception in 2009, Manchester four piece BETRAEUS have gone from strength to strength developing their unique blend of atmospheric, progressive, death metal. With the average age of 19, their fusion of chopping riffs and blasting rhythms with intense atmosphere creates an epic metal experience that is mature well beyond their years, making them one of the UK's most exciting underground bands.

In 2010 BETRAEUS successfully made their way to play theNew Blood Stage at Bloodstock Open Air with the likes Opeth, Children Of Bodom, Devin Townsend and more. They also played an intricate acoustic set on the Jagermeister stage at the festival, showcasing the diversity of their music. A year of UK touring and high profile shows with the likes of Blaze BaileyandBeholderfollowed, with the band most recently destroying theThe Pepsi Maxstage at Download festival this year. 

Scheduled for a November release across all digital platforms, 'Towards The Sun' is an absolute must have for fans of Opeth, Death, Cynic, Bloodbath and Insomnium, and features two live tracks from their performance at Bloodstock.

Listen to the radio edit of the title track 'Towards The Sun' now and see what all the fuss is about: Soundcloud

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The Big Exo Day in Sydney

The Big Exo Day is a one day festival with thousands of young people in one place promoting a message of encouragement to the youth of today; that no matter what they might be dealing with in life and no matter how hard things might be, life can still be EXO (excellent).

Since starting in 2002 the event has grown every year, and this year is no exception, having moved to a new location in Parramatta Park to accommodate the increased ticket demand.

The experience delivers the ultimate combination of international and local music artists; atmosphere, celebration and creativity. It includes rock, hardcore, electro, dance, hip-hop and urban, indie and folk artist performances all in a safe drug and alcohol free environment.

Topped with extreme sport and skate demonstrations, visual and performing arts, and inspiring speeches; BED will be the experience of a lifetime.            

The line-up

The Almost, Tedashi, Trip Lee, Pro, This’L, KB, Stan Walker, Tiger Town, New  Empire, Reggie Dabbs, Graveyards, Seasons, Revival Ashore, Vices,  Nazarate, Vow,  Jonnday, Drawing North, Capree, Samantha Kate, Jake Nauta, Kappa, Luke Robinson, Kids and Cousins.         

SATURDAY 17  SEPTEMBER 2011 PARRAMATTA PARK ALL  AGES 

Time: 12pm - 10pm          

TICKETING DETAILS: $42.50     until   2 September  2011 or $45  2 September - 16 September 2011. Ticket     sales close at 5pm on the 16 September 2011.  Available from www.thebigexoday.com

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Evaline release debut album

Californian alt-rock band EVALINE have just released their first taste of their debut album Woven Material.

Woven Material was recorded in the UK and produced by Dan Austin and spans writing from the last three years.  In the last few months the band has supported the likes of Deftones, Neon Trees, Dredg, Placebo, Young Guns and Paper Tongues. Recent shows at SXSW earned them rave reviews including andPop’s top 6 bands of SXSW.

The band have just left Europe after impressing European festival crowds with shows at Hard Rock Calling (London), T in The Park (Scotland), Werchter (Belgium), Hurricane/ Southside (Germany) Arras Festival with Coldplay (France) and were handpicked by My Chemical Romance to support them at iTunes festival in London.

They have now returned to the USA to start a West Coast club tour, returning to UK in the autumn.