This is sorta old news but it wasn’t brought to my attention until today.  According to their official blog, The Dwarves have been working on a new album titled The Dwarves Are Born Again, which they plan to release sometime this summer.

You can catch the band at the Rebellion Fest this summer in the UK or at these US dates:

Thurs April 8- Huntington Beach, CA @ Blu Café
Fri April 9- Hemet, CA @ The Palms
Sat April 10- Las Vegas, NV @ Boomer’s
Sun April 11 San Diego, CA @ Brick by Brick

The Dwarves last proper full-length was 2004’s The Dwarves Must Die.

You can stream Mayday Parade‘s contribution to the Punk Goes Classic Rock compilation right here.  They’re doing We Are The Champions by Queen and if this story sounds familiar its because on Saturday they were only streaming 30 seconds – now its the whole version.  We’re thorough.

Punk Goes Classic Rock is the next installment in the Fearless Records “Punk Goes…” series and it hits stores April 27th.

East Bay pop-punk act The Story So Far have signed to Pure Noise Entertainment.  The label announced today that they will be releasing the band’s newest EP titled While You Were Sleeping on May 11tth.  Give them a listen on their MySpace page.

The Story So Far are currently touring in California and you can check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

Christian hardcore band Showbread has signed with Come&Live records, self described as a “non-profit community dedicated to proclaiming the good news of Jesus.” Showbread has announced that from now on, all of their releases will be offered for free.

Showbread had this to say about the signing:

“By offering our music as a gift with no charge and embracing Christ’s call to give generously we will open our ministry to anyone and everyone who will take any note of it, not just those willing to pay for it. It is our hope to make Showbread more like the work of missionaries than the work of a professional rock and roll band.”

Alright, well the nasty thing about rumors is that a lot of the time they turn out to be untrue.  Unfortunately the recent rumor swirling around that legendary Swedish hardcore act Refused were getting back together falls into this category.  The band is, however, re-issuing their 1998 classic album The Shape Of Punk To Come June 8th on Epitaph Records.

In an article from Exclaim, former Refused singer Dennis Lyxzen stated: “No, we are not reforming. Me and David are going on tour next week with our new Hardcore band Ac4 – sleeping on kids floors and playing doordeals, that seems to be more in line with what we deserve… haha.”

Austrian hardcore-punks Rentokill are currently in the studio recording their 3rd full-length album and to prove it they’ve uploaded this video from the studio.  No word yet on a release date or label.

The band released their last full-length, Anitchorus, in 2007.

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Michigan metal act Legend are releasing their new album titled Valediction May 25th on Rise Records.  The cover are is here and you can stream two new songs from the album (Harlot and Insight) on the band’s MySpace page.

Valediction was recorded at Planet Z Studios in Hadley, MA with Zeuss (Hatebreed, The Acacia Strain) behind the board.

Legend is currently on tour.  Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for dates and locations.

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Heads Held High are streaming a brand new song on their MySpace page.  It’s titled This Too Shall Pass and it will appear upcoming album, Dogs And Cats, Living Together, which was technically released at the band’s Cleavland show a couple days ago and should be available soon on Fail Safe Records.

Heads Held High’s last album, So Say We All, came out in December 2008 on Crossface Records.

Fat Wreck Chords have officially signed Cobra Skulls.

“Their dynamic sound takes influences from all sorts of bands: classic punk like Misfits and Clash mixed with newer stuff akin to Against Me! and Bad Religion…These guys are busy in 2010 as they will be on tour from March through June and already have upcoming shows with Dead To Me, Strike Anywhere, Flatliners, and some dates on Warped Tour. We welcome these sexy serpents to the Fat family and hope to bring you a new record from them soon.”

Keep checking back here to their Dying Scene shows page for dates.

Our friends over at thepunksite have teamed up with Flatfoot 56 and have streamed their entire album Black Thorn before it is released.

I must say, this album rocks! Click here to check it out.

Here at Dying Scene, Taron Cochrane recently reviewed the album so after you’ve finished listening, check his review out and see if you agree.

The album is due out tomorrow and will be the first album on their new label Old Shoe Records.