Social Distortion has tweeted that they have finished tracking their long-awaited new album and are getting ready to head back into the studio to record vocals.

The album is tracked… finishing up writing and getting ready to head back into the studio to record vocals.

Social Distortion recently signed to Epitaph Records, who will release their new album this fall. The still-untitled new album will be the band’s first of all new material since 2004’s Sex, Love and Rock ‘n’ Roll, and the band’s first release of any kind since the 2007 retrospective Greatest Hits. It will also be their first release with a new lineup consisting of Mike Ness (vocals, guitar), Jonny “2 Bags” Wickersham (guitar) and Brent Harding (bass). It is currently unclear whether or not drummer Atom Willard (who left the band last March) or his replacement Scott Reeder has been involved in the recording.

Social Distortion will tour the U.S. this summer with Dan Sartain and The Action Design. The tour kicks off July 27 in Poughkeepsie, NY and makes seven stops in the Northeast before the band heads to Chicago for an August 7 main stage performance at this year’s Lollapalooza. Dates with Dan Sartain and The Action Design resume in Green Bay, Wisconsin on August 8.

To check out a full list of tour dates check out the band’s Dying Scene Shows page.

New York hardcore band Forfeit are calling it a day.  The band announced that they will be playing their final show in Syracuse on June 27 with the likes of Terror, Grave Maker and Foundation.

The band had this to say:

We are in fact calling it quits, if you haven’t heard already…After touring for the past few years and playing countless shows its our time to go.

Thank you to everyone who has ever booked us, traveled to a show, put us up, bought us food and to all of the bands that we have had the pleasure of touring with, thank you!

The band released their debut album, The Lower Depths, in 2009 through Reaper Records.

Bad Religion are about half way done recording their new album and in an interview with RoomThirteen magazine, bass player Jay Bentley gives a little insight as to what we can expect sound-wise from the new release.  Here are some snippets of what I thought was most interesting:

Right now, one of the things that I can tell you is it’s f**king fast. [Laughs] I’m not saying it’s all fast, but the fast songs are some of the fastest we’ve ever done. It’s like: “This is fun.”

In a weird way, I’ve heard Greg and Brett both saying that if our last three records were the ‘Suffer’, ‘No Control’ and ‘Against the Grain’ of the 2000s, then this would be ‘Recipe for Hate’. I said, “You’re leaving ‘Generator’ out” and Brett said, “Yeah but that’s intentional.” Then, listening to the material, it sort of is ‘Generator’ mixed in with ‘Recipe for Hate’. There’s gonna be a lot of stuff that’s gonna surprise people on this record.

Jay talks about a lot of other cool Bad Religion stuff in the interview as well, which you can read here.

Bad Religion, who have not released an album since 2007’s “New Maps of Hell”, entered the studio earlier this month to begin recording their new album with producer Joe Barresi (Tool, Kyuss, The Melvins, Queens of the Stone Age, Weezer). The still-untitled new album will likely include the new song “Resist-Stance”, which was performed live by the band on its spring 2010 tour.

Australian post-hardcore act The Amity Affliction have posted the tracklisting for their upcoming album Youngbloods. Click here to check it out.

As a bonus, You can pick up a free download of the new single I Hate Hartley, here.

Youngbloods is the second full length from the Brisbane lads and will be released on June 18 through Boomtown/Shock Records. [Read more…]

All Time Low are streaming music from their Straight To DVD CD/DVD on their MySpace Page. You can catch the outtakes from the DVD here.

Straight To DVD is scheduled to be released May 25th on Hopeless Records.

Following up on our post from a couple of weeks ago, The Ataris have released a rough routing of the dates & locations they will be playing during their upcoming summer tour. Click here for the full dates.

The Band is still requesting that local promoters interested in booking them contact them at kroebooking@gmail.com

The Ataris last released Welcome The Night in 2007 on Sanctuary Records. [Read more…]

Aussie hardcore/metalcore act The Red Shore have released the first video update from the studio where they’ve been recording The Avarice Of Man, their debut album on Roadrunner Records.

The video focuses mainly on drums and the band talks about how their ‘new’ drummer Tim, who has been on board for a little over a year, brings a different background and style to the band. If you’re into good beats, watch this video now. This drummer is massive! The next update will be guitars so keep checking back here at Dying Scene for the next video.

The Avarice Of Man drops August 27th on Roadrunner/Listenable & Rise Records.

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August Burns Red have premiered the music video for their song White Washed today and you can check it out right here.

The track appears on the band’s latest album, Constellations, which was released last summer on Solid State Records.

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Progressive hardcore act No Bragging Rights are streaming a new song on their MySpace page.  It’s titled Passion Vs. Fashion and it will appear on the 2010 Warped Tour Compilation.

The band recently signed to Blk Heart Group and are currently working on a new album.

Deaf Havana are streaming a brand new demo song on their MySpace page titled My Life Is Average.  Interesting timing considering the band recently announced the departure of their lead singer.  They haven’t posted, tweeted or shared any info about the song yet but we’ll keep you posted on what this may mean for the band in terms of a new release.

Deaf Havana’s last release, 2009’s Meet Me Halfway, At Least, was released on A Wolf At Your Door Records.