With drummer Arin Ilejay a confirmed member of the band, Avenged Sevenfold are hitting the road in mid-spring for their “Welcome to the Family” tour. The tour will kick off on April 22nd, and will continue until the end of May. While the current dates are confirmed, the list is subject to additions as the kickoff date for the tour draws closer.

You can check out the dates so far here.

Avenged Sevenfold last released “Nightmare” in July 2010, on Warner Bros. Records. Hopefully a new drummer will also mean new music for the new year.

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The Independent Label Collective will be releasing a live LP from the Bouncing Souls. The LP was recorded at Generation Records on record Store Day in 2009, where the band did an acoustic set.

“Live at Generation Records” is set to hit the record store shelves on April 16fh, just in time for Record Store Day. Only 1500 copies of the LP will be released, so be sure to grab yours as soon as possible.

You can check out the tracklisting for “Live at Generation Records” here.

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Way Out West Fest will has just announced their full line-up: Dan Padilla, DC Fallout, Bastards Of Young, Cheap Girls, Black Sails Western Shores, Sic Waiting, Random Orbits, The Anchor, Margate and more.  Check out full schedule here and be sure to grab a free download of their latest sampler (volume four) here.

Way Out West Fest will be held on April 8th – 10th in Tucson, Arizona.

Seattle screamo outfit Emery have ventured into a partnership with Solid State Records. Solid State will be releasing the band’s upcoming album, “We Do What We Want,” on March 29th, in conjunction with Tooth & Nail Records.

Emery last released “…In Shallow Seas We Sail” in 2009 via Tooth & Nail Records.

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With the release of their last album, “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys,” now behind them My Chemical Romance continue to keep themselves busy.  This time via a documentary about their own band and its beginnings for BBC Radio 1.

Presented by Flossi Gibson, “The Story of My Chemical Romance” features interviews with each band member, including the reasons why Gerard Way wanted to start the band in the first place.

The documentary will air on Monday, February 21st, at 9:00pm on BBC Radio 1.

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Boston thrash-punkers Ashers are heading out on the road. They announced several tour dates throughout the rest of February and beginning of March. Check out the dates here.

In honor of the tour, the band is offering up their debut album, Kill Your Master, at half price, complete with a poster and sticker, through March 31. Check that out here.

Kill Your Master came out in July 2010 on Thorp Records.

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Floridians Fake Problems are heading out for their first headlining tour this spring. They’ll be on the road during April and May, with Pomegranates, Laura Stevenson and the Cans, Now Now and Into It. Over It.

The touring bands also contributed to a free tour mixtape, which you can download here.

Fake Problems latest album Real Ghosts Caught On Tape was released on September 21st on SideOneDummy Records.

Check out the tour dates here.

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According to a post on Twitter yesterday, San Diego metal act As I Lay Dying were served with a court summons during a signing in Madison, WI, which guitarist Phil Sgrosso called a “total dick move.”

It seems the summons is for a suit relating to an incident from a couple of years ago where a security guard was injured during one of their shows. If we hear any more details we’ll let you know.

New Jersey’s Washington Square Park have made two songs available for free download. “Open-Ended,” which was previously available for streaming, and “Material Hell” are posted to their Bandcamp page.

The band released an EP in 2009. They’ve teamed up with Animal Style Records to release their debut self-titled LP on vinyl on March 8.

Cover songs are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get.  We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs.  Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs.  Good or bad.  Intriguing or mundane.  We’ll let you be the judge.

Today we have Boston punk act Transit covering Blink 182’s “Pathetic.” Check it out and compare it to the original here.

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