Our Last Night have just posted the first tour episode from The Shred Till Your Dead Tour with Attack Attack! It’s a pretty typical tour video…you get to see some of the show, follow the guys around, and get a sense of what life on tour is like. Apparently, you can subscribe to their YouTube Channel for more video updates and they have a recording session with Andrew Wade coming up. Watch the video and keep checking back for more info throughout the tour.

Their last album Ghosts Among Us was released last March on Epitaph. [Read more…]

Fans of Bowling For Soup – sit down, I have important news for you. Even if you’re not a fan of Bowling For Soup, you might be after you watch and listen to this debauchery. This Texan pop-punk band has just posted new interviews and video blogs from their current tour in the United Kingdom. During this casual interview, British rock magazine/radio station Kerrang! talks with Jaret (guitar/vocals) and Erik (bass/vocals) about life on the road during the past 15 years and how they’re surviving their travels in England. Check out the interview .

Kerrang! also uploaded a video podcast of the duo just hanging out, discussing essential playlist music among other important topics. Watch it .

As if this interview isn’t enough to blow your socks off, Bowling For Soup has so graciously uploaded a video tour blog with guest appearances from members of British ska/punk band Farse. Amazing, I know. Go back stage here.

Bowling For Soup has one more show in England and then is back stateside. Check their Dying Scene Shows page to find out when they’re playing near you.

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Who would’ve thought in this day and age that a metal band could win an award for best music video. Well, folks, As I Lay Dying did just that with a video of their song The Sound of Truth, and if you watch it, you’ll easily understand why. The song appears on the band’s most recent studio album, An Ocean Between Us, released on Metal Blade Records.

Earlier this week Hollywood played host to the 13th Annual Film Festival’s “Hollywood Awards”, where a plethora of awards were given to independent directors and artists. As I Lay Dying, with collaboration from director Brian Thompson, took home the award of Best Music Video. To read more about the “Hollywood Awards” and who won what, click here.

Watch the award-winning video here.

As I Lay Dying is currently on tour, but unless you live in Sri Lanka, it might be hard to catch them. Keep checking their Dying Scene Shows page for more info on tour dates.

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So lets be honest, a lot of post-hardcore these days is nothing more than a few detuned guitars, fast double bass pedal, and a ‘vocalist’ who either screams too high to be a dude, or too low to be a human. The Fall Of Troy‘s latest release, In The Unlikely Event, however, brings more to the post-hardcore table than any album ever has, or ever will.  With complicated riffs, un-countable rhythms, and bass lines that run, not walk, In The Unlikely Event makes it clear that The Fall Of Troy has not lost touch with what they do best.

Thomas Erak (guitarist, primary song writer, lead vocalist) uses his guitar as a sword, and lays waste to all other bands that try and show off their chops. He still uses plenty of guitar effects and different picking techniques to prove his point.
The one thing that listeners may or may not find dis-heartening is that In the Unlikely Event does not stray too far from other The Fall Of Troy albums. There is maturity in their playing technique and vocal use, but it does sound like most of these songs could be found on either past albums Doppelganger or Manipulator.

With that being said, there is a bit more variety in the type of songs with this latest effort. Webs is a steady ballad, anchored by Erak’s melodic voice, which shows the bands softer side, and Single, a post break-up guitar based track, contains a catchy chorus and acceptable break-down. Ferociousness can still be found on this album on a few tracks like Straight-Jacket Keelhauled and opening song Panic Attack!

When all is said and done, In The Unlikely Event is a standard The Fall Of Troy album, which is quite a compliment to the post-hardcore genre.  If that suits your style, In The Unlikely Event is a truly epic listening experience.

Arizona natives Blessthefall gave us a little look at the making of their new music video for the song What’s Left of Me. In this clip the band discusses the meaning behind this song as well as the jitters that come along with making a music video. The song is the second track on their most recent studio album, Witness, which was released October 6 on Fearless Records.

Check out the video here.

Blessthefall is on tour in the US, Mexico, and Europe until the end of the year. Find more info on dates and locations on their Dying Scene Shows page.

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Metal legends Slayer have just posted two new video clips discussing songs from their new album, World Painted Blood, set to hit stores November 3rd. Slayer has succeeded in creating a great interest in this new release by posting new videos over the past couple weeks. In these newest videos (courtesy of Decibel Magazine and Metal Underground) the band talks about songs Americon and Psycopathy Red.

To view the Americon video, click here.

To view the Psycopathy Red video, click here.

World Painted Blood is Slayer’s 10th studio album (sixth on American Recordings) and is currently on the road promoting its’ release. Check out tour dates at their Dying Scene Shows page.

Fans of The Almost will be pleased to hear that all 12 tracks from the band’s new album are now available on their myspace page. Monster Monster, set to hit stores next Tuesday, is The Almost’s second full-length album to be released on Tooth & Nail Records, following their 2007 release Southern Weather.

Click here to stream songs from the album.

The Almost is currently on a US tour. Check out when they’re playing near you at their Dying Scene Shows page.

Japanese pop-punkers, Mugwumps, have released a track from their upcoming EP Spill The Brill for your listening pleasure.  The song is called Sad On Sundays and you can check it out on the band’s MySpace page.  Spill The Brill is set for release November 4th

Mugwumps last album At Pop Speed was released on Asian Man Records in June.

Thorp Records has signed Boston metal/hardcore act Hell Within.  The band will be heading into the studio under the direction of Pete Rutcho (Bury Your Dead, Seamless and Unearth) in January to record a brand new album, tentatively scheduled for a May release.

Here’s a statement from the band regarding the signing:

Hell Within is proud to announce that we have signed a multi album worldwide deal with Thorp Records!!! After finishing up the touring cycle on our last album “Shadows Of Vanity” on Thanksgiving of 2008, we started shopping to new record labels. We talked to many people and when we looked at all the factors Hell Within decided that Thorp Records was the best new home for the band.

Hell Within was previously signed to Lifeforce Records, putting out their last album Shadows Of Vanity in 2007.

Guttermouth is hitting the road… err… tarmac? dock?… whatever.  They are going to Australia and Hawaii to play a handful of shows.  Check their Dying Scene Shows page for dates.

The band released their last album, Shave The Planet in 2006 on Volcom Entertainment.