Motion City Soundtrack premiered their video of Disappear on MySpace today. You can watch the video with one simple click here.

The song Disappear is from their upcoming release, My Dinosaur Life, due out January 19, 2010 on Columbia Records. [Read more…]

Check out some behind the scenes footage of AFI‘s latest video, Medicate, here. In this video, Davey Havoc sheds some light on what the song and music video are about.

Medicate is off of Crash Love, AFI’s eighth studio album and which was released last September on Interscope Records. [Read more…]

NOFX is streaming their entire upcoming EP, Cokie The Clown, right now on their MySpace page.  The EP is being released next week (11/24) on Fat Wreck Chords.

NOFX is playing a couple shows in California before heading down for a quick tour in Central America.  Check the Dying Scene Shows page for details.

Buddy Nielson from Senses Fail was recently interviewed by TopspotUSA. In the interview they discuss issues with the music industry, what social networking sites the band uses and how they came up with the name for their tour One More Brick. Check out the video here.

Senses Fail just wrapped the first leg of their Fall tour. Make sure you check back to their Dying Scene Shows page for future dates.

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California natives, A Skylit Drive, were recently featured in the latest issue in Kerrang Magazine. The band has been gaining a lot of momentum since the release of their sophomore album Adelphia, on Fearless Records earlier this year.

A Skylit drive just wrapped up their tour with Senses Fail but has a few more independent shows this year in California. Check out their Dying Scene Shows page for more details

Rise Records announced today that they have signed metal band, Legend.  This Michigan band comes to Rise with a ton of loyal fans who can’t wait to see what’s in store for the future. The band will be ready to hit the studio soon and should be releasing their full length album in the Spring of next year.

Legend is currently on tour. You can check out their MySpace page for more details.

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We Came As Romans defines the word bone-crushing and reinvents the idea of blending harmony with discord.  Their freshmen LP, To Plant A Seed, contains tight, heavily distorted drop-tuned chords, pounding over double bass drums, with vocals mixed between melodic singing and brutal screaming. On top of all this, simplistic guitar riffs sprinkle over keyboards, culminating in a well thought out metalcore medley.

Recorded by Joey Sturgis (The Devil Wears Prada, Burden Of A Day, At The Throne Of Judgement), you can hear the comfortable trends of standard metalcore; the somewhat computer proceeded vocals, reverberated leads, bass pushed a little more forward than usual. While this may seem a little ‘cookie cutter’, We Came As Romans put their own spin on things, pushing them in front of the cluttered crowd of stereotypical metalcore.

The opening title track To Plant A Seed, starts of with a jam sort of feel, where drums start, guitars follow, repeating the same riff, then catapults into a full on heavy example of modern metalcore mayhem. Before it becomes monotonous, things just stop, slowing down to keyboards, drums, and angelic singing. This emotional moment passes quick, and again you are launched into violent ferociousness. This sort of back and forth continues on throughout the whole album. While it creates a nice break in the songs, I personally would have liked to see the transitions happen more between the songs themselves as opposed to between all the verses.

Overall, the album To Plant A Seed is a really solid release, with plenty of good breakdowns, intricate riffs and a tad more individuality than most metalcore bands out there right now.  We Came As Romans have certainly mastered their craft, and if you’re a metalcore junkie this album will no doubt provide you with a good fix.

While still on the Glamour Kills tour, The Friday Night Boys have just announced that they will be headlining their own tour starting in January. The band will be joined by Anarbor, The Bigger Lights, and The Ready Set. Tickets go on sale this weekend, and you can find out when they’re playing near you here.

The Friday Night Boys still have some dates on their remaining tour. Check out dates and locations on the band’s Dying Scene Shows page.

According to Punknews.org, Boston ska outfit Westbound Train has just announced that they will soon be taking a break. The band has tour dates scheduled in Spain and the East Coast and plans on fulfilling those shows, however, states they have no plans for any tour in the foreseeable future. Westbound Train has adamantly said they are not breaking up, just taking a break to get some things settled. We hope the band the best during this time off, and hope to see some new activity from them in the not-so-distant future.

Virginia punks The Riot Before recently announced they will be heading to the studio to begin recording a new LP. The album, with Rebellion as the tentative title is to be produced by J Robbins and is set to be released in March 2010 on Paper + Plastick Records.

The band’s last full-length, Fists Buried In Pockets, was released last year on Say-10 Records.