If you were looking for something abnormal, a little off kilter and maybe slightly unnerving, than you’ve come to the right place. Crimes, the follow-up to their shrieking, screeching, nails-on-chalkboard breakthrough Burn Piano Island, Burn, has taken THE BLOOD BROTHERS in an even more abstract direction. While still retaining their unrivaled sass and spazzcore tendencies, [...]

BOUNCING SOULS – Live 2xCD (Chunksaah)

- I did one of those rare “”jumping jacks and squealing”" things yesterday when I got home from work and found this in the mailbag. It’s the BOUNCING SOULS in their best environment, and the sound quality is incredible (but NOT polished up to lose its live feel). Everything you ever wanted to know about this release can be found here, including mp3s and an EPK.

Wrecking Crew, a wondeful book I reviewed a couple of weeks ago, has been picked up by Paramount. Below is an article about what’s to come. I can’t say enough great things about this book, and trust me, aftering reading it, you’ll know why it begged for a film adaptation.

Paramount Pictures has bought John Albert’s memoir “”Wrecking Crew: The Really Bad News Griffith Park Pirates.”" Anonymous Content will produce. Scott Kosar will adapt the story, which chronicles the life of Albert — a former punk band drummer, failed screenwriter and ex-junkie — during his days playing for the Griffith Park Pirates, an amateur baseball team.

Kosar’s credits include “”The Machinist,”" last year’s “”The Amityville Horror”" and “”The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”" He is repped by CAA and Anonymous Content.

MOTLEY CRUE + LINKIN PARK’s Chester Bennington + “Home Sweet Home” = $$ For Hurricane Relief. I liked the concept, but the execution leaves much to be desired…

The ever-resourceful Barebones Hardcore Blog chatted with former IN MY EYES vocalist “Sweet Pete,” about how he earned his nickname. There’s some interesting “hardcore history” discussed in the piece (well not really), but it’s interesting nonetheless.

From the inbox:

Century Media Records have set November 15th as the release date for SHADOWS FALL’s The Art of Touring DVD, their first ever DVD release. The Art of Touring features over two hours of on-the-road antics and live performances filmed from 2002 through 2004 on The Art of Balance album touring cycle while on the road in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Also featured here are all six of the band’s promotional videos to date from “”Thoughts Without Words”" to “”Idiot Box”" to “”Inspiration On Demand.”" Several guest appearances, rare cover songs and a special tribute to Darrell “”Dimebag”" Abbott (filmed during Shadows Fall’s tour with Damageplan in the Fall of 2004) round out the DVD.

Posted here is a high-quality of stream of Merciless, MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD’s brand new full-length. The band will be supporting HATEBREED on its “Ten Years of Brutality Tour,” and will then headline its own trek in December, taking along WITH HONOR and MODERN LIFE IS WAR. Should be good times…

Oh to restate the changes in Victory Records between the good old days and those of now in which it seems as if every band with some “market potential” makes the roster. Those days when the same label was an anchor in the entire scene with the flat-footing required to keep the music alive. If [...]