For those of you that grew up listening to punk rock in the 90’s, you may remember Unwritten Law as an actual punk band instead of the pop-rocky band they slowly morphed into.  Many of you will undoubtedly troll the shit out of this post but for those still considering yourselves fans of the band, you may find this interesting. According to a recent interview the band is working on a new album. It will be called Swan and the band hopes to have it out sometime in September on Suburban Noize.

Swan will be the band’s first studio album since 2005’s Here’s to the Mourning.

The Rabble‘s frontman Chazz Valentine has posted his cover of Green Day’s song Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Visit his MySpace Profile to check it out.

The Rabble are currently in the studio working on a new album, which will be a follow up to 2007’s, The Battle’s Almost Over.

Summer is in full effect right now.  The sun is shining, waves are crashing and I am sitting here in front of a computer scouring the internet for punk news.  As per usual in mid summer (and on a weekend), it’s slow as hell so at this moment I present to you another video “update” from Sum 41.  There’s some good live show footage, and some mildly entertaining tour bus pre-show goofing around.  Entertain yourself with it here.  And then go outside and LIVE, damn it!

You can catch the band on Warped Tour. Check their Dying Scene Shows page to find out when they’ll be in your town.

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Anybody that considers themselves a kat or kitten know that Mad Sin are one of the original (and therefore best) psychobilly bands out there. Formed in Berlin by legendary frontman Koefte deVille, they’ve been playing their unbeatable mix of punk, rockabilly, country and surf, for the past 23 years, and there’s no stopping them. Even 09’s tragedies of losing close friends and failing relationships, as well as Koefte’s two confrontations with the Reaper (severe blood poisoning and the effects of a rock n roll lifestyle) couldn’t stop these troubled psycho-soldiers. And now, the German gods are back with lucky album number 13, and it’s straight into the no holds barred kreepy and kooky rock and roll.

The intro sets the morbid and macabre scene for this record, with ghostly whispers and a spine-chilling organ leading into the first track. ‘Last Gang Standing’ is the perfect theme song for the hot-rod mob of Mad Sin-ners out there. It’s time to get your groove on from here on in.

‘Cursed’ is simply the sexiest, catchiest stomp you’ll have ever heard. I guarantee you will listen to that one song over and over, just to sing along with the chorus and hear that amazing riff. This one’s also got a brilliantly dark and cheeky video to go with it, which is well worth checking out.

There’s a couple that are a bit slower, ‘Geisterfahrer’ for example, and are closer to the classic rockabilly side of things, but the Sin pull this sound off just as well as any other.

‘Wreckhouse Stomp’ is another theme song for the fans, and couldn’t be any more rock n roll.

And they somehow manage to make country music sound tough and cool in the southern ballad ‘9 Lives’.

‘Sex, Love, Blood ‘n’ Death’ and ‘Shitlist Bop’ will go down very well at live shows with their devilishly dirty lyrics and guitar licks. Ideal for a good wreck and alcohol fueled sing-a-longs.

As per usual there’s also some surf in the mix thanks to track 11 ‘The March Of The Deviants’.

I challenge you to resist dancing as soon as you hear any song from this record. Even the zombies they sing about wouldn’t be able to stop themselves wrecking to this über catchy rockabilly riot. The songs in German, ‘Geisterfahrer’ (Ghost Driver) and ‘Für Immer’ (Forever) will tantalize you, too- whether you have any idea what the hell they’re singing about or not.

With 18 tracks of addictive psychobilly/ punk/ rockabilly/ country/ surf and a few impressive guest appearances, you get your moneys worth, and then some.

Ashers, a thrash punk band from Boston, are streaming their entire new album Kill Your Master right here.

The album was released July 13th on Thorp Records.

Ashers is fronted by Mark Civitarese of The Unseen.

Every Friday the punk rock geniuses here at Dying Scene are going to unleash a little bit of punk scene trivia all over your asses. Today’s “fun factoid” is about the origins of the punk sub-genre “Psychobilly”.

The term “Psychobilly” was first coined as a musical genre by old school garage punk act The Cramps who became known as one of the first bands to combine the punk rock and rockabilly genres.  The band apparently got the idea from a Johnny Cash lyric off his hit song “One Piece At A Time”.  The line goes like this: “Uh Yow, Red Ryder, this is the Cotton Mouth in the Psycho-Billy Cadillac come on huh, this is The Cotton Mouth..”  From that point on, the band was widely recognized as one of the innovators of a new punk genre.

Know an interesting story or bit of punk rock trivia? Share it with us here and if we publish it, we just might send you a reward.

Polar Bear Club, This Is Hell, Emarosa, Bring Me The Horizon, and August Burns Red will be co-headlining this Fall’s AP Tour.

Tour dates haven’t been announced yet but we’ll keep you posted.

Recently, Avenged Sevenfold sat down at Walmart’s Soundcheck to discuss the emotions present in their upcoming release Nightmare. Interesting points are brought up in this video, as well as snippets of new songs you may or may not have heard. Go ahead and check it out here.

Avenged Sevenfold will be releasing Nightmare July 27th on Warner Bros. Records.

Massachusetts’ metal group Within The Ruins have recently posted a new song called Invade on their MySpace and encourage their fans to listen to it. They have also posted the lyrics to this song so their fans can sing along. You can read the lyrics right here.

Within The Ruins will be releasing their full-length Invade August 31st on Victory Records.

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Detroit, Michigan’s Hellmouth are streaming a new song entitled Tragedy of a City. The track comes from the bands new split 7″ with Explode and Make Up released last week in vinyl and digital on Underground Communique Records. This split is a follow up to the band’s debut full length on Ferret Destroy Everything. Worship Nothing.

Check out the song at the Hellmouth’s MySpace page.

Hellmouth will also be playing live July 31 Detroit at St Andrews Hall with Tesco Vee’s Hate Police & Negative Approach.