Atlanta’s reggae-infused punk band The Bastard Suns have made another announcement about A Band for All Seasons. The band is hitting the studio very soon to begin work on the first installment of this collection, which will be out this fall. Basically the guys are releasing a 5 song EP, 4 new tracks and 1 cover, for each of the 4 seasons. What’s even better is that there will be a CD release show for each of these records, so keep your eyes peeled. You can see the band’s full statement here. After you read that hit up their MySpace and get pumped for what’s to come.

The band’s last release was 2009’s Here Comes the Suns.

St. Cloud, Minnesota’s For All Those Sleeping is giving us another new song of their upcoming record Cross Your Fingers. The song is called Outbreak of Heartache and you have to get on over to the band’s PureVolume page to check it out.

The new album drops July 20th on Fearless Records. There are also a few more tracks from Cross Your Fingers on the band’s MySpace, so go give them a listen.

GBH were recently on Fuel TV’s The Daily Habit to promote their latest album Perform & Piss and to perform a couple of songs. You can watch the band perform Kids Get Down and Unique by clicking here.

The band is in the middle of a summer North American tour. Check their Dying Scene shows page to find out when you can catch them in your town.

What’s missing from this lineup? Metallica! The second leg of this summer’s American Carnage tour will feature 3 of the big 4 playing together again, with Anthrax joining co-headliners Slayer and Megadeth.

The tour starts 9/24 in Texas and ends 10/21 in Hollywood, CA. Click here to check out the full tour dates.

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The Menzingers have announced that they’ll be playing a short run of Eastern Canadian dates in July leading up to a week long tour with Swingin’ Utters in late-August.

The first date of the Eastern Canada shows will feature the band playing with The Gaslight Anthem. You can check the full dates here.

The band released Chamberlain Waits in April of 2010 on Red Scare Records.

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Swedish folk-punk act Tommy Gustafsson And The Idiots finished recording their latest album for Warbird Entertainment titled Eastern State Penitentiary in June and have set a September 21st release date. Check the album art <=there=

The band decided to do something entirely different on this album but according to Gustafsson “it’s gonna rock!”

You can check out a few of the band’s tracks on their MySpace page.

Yesterday we announced that Taking Back Sunday were releasing an acoustic live album/DVD titled Live From Orensanz but today, the band released the full tracklisting and the CD/DVD looks to include some fan favorites. Click here to see which tracks made it!

The band has recently finished recoding a new studio album but no word yet on an official release date.

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Converge has announced that they will be self-releasing a brand new 7″ EP titled On My Shield, which will be available directly from the band while on tour or from their webstore post-tour.

The EP was recorded at Godcity studios in-between the band’s 2010 “Axe To Fall” U.S. & Euro tours and features the new song “On My Shield” on the A-side, and a laser etching on the B-Side.

The band released their last album, Axe To Fall, October 20, 2009 on Epitaph.

You can check out the music video for Gaia Bleeds (Make Way For Man) by Set Your Goals right here.  The song appears on the band’s latest release, This Will Be The Death Of Us released on Epitaph Records in 2009.

The band is currently on the Warped Tour.  Check out dates here.

On August 17th Taking Back Sunday will be releasing an acoustic live CD/DVD taken from the two acoustic shows they filmed and recorded in December ’09 at Angel Orensanz in New York City.  The audio CD will be released digitally and in stores while the CD/DVD bonus edition will be available exclusively at www.takingbacksunday.com.

The band has recently finished recoding a new studio album but no word yet on an official release date.