Swedish metal outfit In Flames have posted the third webisode of the making of their upcoming album, “Sounds of a Playground Fading.” The webisode shows the band as they are hard at work at IF Studios, and provides insight into the making of their upcoming tenth album. Head here to check out the new webisode.

In the event that you missed the first two parts of the series, don’t despair. Check out part one here and part two here.

“Sounds of a Playground Fading” is due out on June 21st via Century Media.

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Strung Out will be unleashing a retrospective album on July 19th, entitled “Top Contenders: The Best of Strung Out.” The album will be available in CD, double LP, and digitally, and will be released on Fat Wreck Chords. The 26-track album will contain 23 tracks from the band’s extensive catalog,which have been remixed by Ryan Greene, and three new tracks. The front cover of the album is an original painting by Strung Out frontman Jason Cruz, and the packaging contains a huge collage of photos and fans’ Strung Out tattoos. You can check out the entire tracklisting here.

Strung Out last released “Agents of the Underground” in 2009. The band are currently on tour with Face to Face, and the dates of that tour can be found here.

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Australian rock outfit Dangerous! have announced their recent signing to Epitaph Records. Their debut for Epitaph, “Teenage Rampage” is due out over the summer, and you can check out the first single here.

Dangerous! are set to tour the UK and US this summer. Stay tuned for more details and dates!

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Seminal punk band, Swingin’ Utters, have announced a handful June tour dates with Boston ska/punk outfit Have Nots. You can check out those tour dates here.

Swingin’ Utters released “Here, Under Protest” on April 26th via Fat Wreck Chords, while Have Nots released their latest album, “Proud,” earlier this month via Paper + Plastick.

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Earlier this week, Alkaline Trio announced their plans to hit the road this summer for their 15th anniversary. These West Coast tour dates will be getting an added bonus- Chicago punks Smoking Popes will be joining the Trio on their previously announced tour dates. You can check out those tour dates here, and snag pre-sale tickets here.

Alkaline Trio are set to release “Damnesia” on July 12th on their own label, Heart & Skull Records. Smoking Popes released “This Is Only A Test” last February via Asian Man Records.

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From 2009’s “Poetry of the Dead” tour, Frank Turner released a short film called “The Road.” The film portrays his life, thoughts, and true feelings behind and in front of the curtain while on tour. Check it out here.

Frank is also set to release his upcoming album on June 7th called “England Keep My Bones.”

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With most upcoming bands there are the standard hardships, such as no money, and no jobs, etc. Olehole is no exception to that tradition. They’ve been wanting to drop their new 7″ entitled “Guacamole” for quite some time now, but due to no time and especially no money they’ve had to keep pushing the release back further and further. But now they are “going to get this in gear soon and hope to have it out by late July.” So before you know it you will be able to enjoy the sweet “crushing” sounds of the new 7″ soon enough.

You can check one of the tunes out here, on last years free Fest sampler.

The band released their last LP from a couple of years ago on Underground Communique Records called “HoleMole.”

UK punk upstarts Bangers released their first full-length album “Small Pleasures” on May 9th 2011. The album follows on from a series of successful split releases and their 2010 collection, “Dude Trips”.

To celebrate the release the band have departed on an exhaustive tour across the UK supporting Iron Chic before heading to Europe by themselves. The whole thing will be culminating with an extremely intimate house show upon their triumphant return to England on June 5th. This show will be taking place in my very own house in Southampton, so if you’re local feel free to come along. See the full tour dates here.

The album is out in the UK on Specialist Subject and in USA Kiss of Death Records. You can grab a copy and hear the first track here.

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Keeping tradition alive on yet another “Transit Thursday,” the Boston pop punk act recently did an acoustic cover of  the song “Portions for Foxes” by Rilo Kiley. Check out the video here.

The band will also be working with Brian McTernan in June, and will release their debut album on Rise Records sometime in September.

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Los Angeles hardcore group Touché Amoré have released a video for their song “Home Away From Here” off of their upcoming album “Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me”. The video is made up of live footage from several shows and clips of them touring. Check out the video here.

The album is due out on 7th June on Deathwish Inc.

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