With a new label behind them (DRT/Wasa), Swedish rockers BLINDSIDE will be releasing their latest album, The Great Depression on August 2nd. You can check out the track, “Fell In Love With the Game” from the effort, which is on the group’s myspace page. If you have some kind of fatal aversion to myspace, you can also stream the song from the band’s website blindsideonline.com. BLINDSIDE is currently on tour with THE SHOWDOWN and SHOWBREAD.

Here’s the latest batch of the bands to be named to Hellfest. More updates will be available every Tuesday. There’s also a myspace page set up for the tour as well.

REUNION SHOWS:

Public Enemy

Killing Time

HELLFEST 2K5 BAND LINE UP ROUND THREE:

3 Inches Of Blood

Alove For Enemies

All That Remains

Armsrace

Backstabbers Inc.

Casey Jones

Cannae

Chimaira

Dead Hearts

Hit The Lights

Ion Dissonance

Kane Hodder

Kids Like Us

Nobody Left Behind

One Dead Three Wounded

Ready Set Fail

Six Feet Under

Suffocate Faster

This Is Hell

Walk The Line

It’s sort of an odd example of social commentary when Trustkill has to slap “THIS IS REAL HARDCORE!” sticker on the front cover of TERROR’s “One With the Underdogs,” but at the same time, I absolutely understand the point that is being is made. TERROR, as a musical entity, is not out playing music to [...]

As previously announced, now that Daryl Palumbo is (relatively) healthy, HEAD AUTOMATICA has a string of tour dates set for almost the duration of the summer (some with THE START, others with FINCH). As the group is still supporting the year old Decadence album, a new video has been shot for “”Please Please Please (Young Hollywood),”" which can be watched here.

Tour dates:

6/28/05 North Star Philadelphia, PA The Fury, The Nightmare Of You

7/8/05 The Station, ME Portland, ME The Start

7/9/05 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY The Start

7/10/05 Empress Ballroom Danbury, CT The Start

7/12/05 Chameleon Lancaster, PA The Start

7/13/05 Nation Washington, D.C. The Start

7/15/05 Headliners Music Hall Louisville, KY The Start

7/17/05 The Reverb Cedar Falls, IA The Start

7/19/05 Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO The Start

7/20/05 Aggie Theatre Fort Collins, CO The Start

7/21/05 Club Sound Salt Lake City, UT The Start

7/23/05 El Corazon Seattle, WA The Start

7/26/05 The Boardwalk Orangevale, CA The Start

7/27/05 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA The Start

(7/28-8/11 w/ Finch)

7/28/05 Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, CA w/ Finch

7/30/05 Venue of Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ w/ Finch

8/1/05 Galaxy Club Dallas, TX w/ Finch

8/2/05 Emo’s Austin Austin, TX w/ Finch

8/3/05 Engine Room Houston, TX w/ Finch

8/5/05 Roxy Theatre Atlanta, GA w/ Finch

8/6/05 House of Blue Orlando Orlando, FL w/ Finch

8/7/05 House of Blues N. Myrtle Bch N Myrtle Bch, SC w/ Finch

8/9/05 Rocketown Nashville, TN w/ Finch

8/10/05 Tremont Music Hall Charlotte, NC w/ Finch

8/11/05 The Norva Norfolk, VA w/ Finch

For fans of the sadly defunct HEADS VS BREAKERS (who might just be the best band you have never heard of), the group posted two tracks that were recorded live from a special show the band played at CBGBs a short time ago. The quality is pretty great, and there’s a cover of DAG NASTY’s “Circles.” Check it out here.

From the inbox:

Metal titans ARCH ENEMY Рwhose dynamic mixture of melody and aggression has earned them massive critical acclaim, a rabid worldwide fanbase and a slot on this summer’s Ozzfest Рtriumphantly return with Doomsday Machine, their most stunning and all-encompassing release yet. The album’s blistering lead off single, “Nemesis,” has just been posted online at the location below. It features the classic, renowned ARCH ENEMY sound and gives a strong indication as to just how aggressive this new effort truly is. A video for the track will be shot this week with director George Bravo, who previously worked with the band on their “We Will Rise” video.

Mike Amott (lead guitars) further describes his thoughts on the group‚Äôs highly anticipated new album: ‚ÄúI think all great metal needs that killer mix of classic riffs and ripping solos, something that has been a bit of a dying art recently. We are doing our best to recreate that mix on this new album, and one thing I can guarantee is that there will be tons of guitar for fans to headbang to.‚Äù Look for ARCH ENEMY on Ozzfest all summer alongside a slew of high profile off-dates with such acclaimed acts as Black Dahlia Murder, In Flames, The Haunted and Trivum, among others (check the band’s official website for further details).

wma: Nemesis

- Isn’t having a lead single named “”Nemesis”" a little redundant from a band called ARCH ENEMY? Cool stuff nonetheless.

Out today is the second volume of Takeover Records three-band split series. The players on volume two are NEAR MISS, THE MATCHES, and REEVE OLIVER. All nine songs on the release are previously unreleased. The label has posted the disc in its entirety here. Also in stores today from Takeover Records is the re-release of YELLOWCARD’s Where We Stand.

DARKEST HOUR – Undoing Ruin

- If not for the fact that my copy of this is stashed somewhere in my apartment where I can’t quite locate at the moment (due to an emergency music evacuation situation over the weekend concerning an apartment flood), I’d be reviewing this today. If you’re still searching for a quality review of this great disc, both punknews.org and lambgoat.com have given it top-billing. And if you’re heading over to Best Buy to pick it up today, be sure to look for the brand new album by DREDG, which is “”priced to move”" at only $6.99.