KILLING THE DREAM’s upcoming full-length, Fractures, will be released on June 10 by Deathwish, Inc. The album was produced by J. Robbins, and select previews as well as a brief taste of the artwork can be found here.

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Sargent House has signed GOOD OLD WAR, and is pleased to announce that the band, featuring Keith Goodwin and Tim Arnold from DAYS AWAY, will be releasing their debut full length album (not yet titled digitally in late Summer 2008 and physically in October of 2008 (exact date pending.)

The band will begin recording on May 14th in Los Angeles with Rick Parker who produced the last DAYS AWAY EP, Ear Candy For The Headphone Trippers.

While in California, GOOD OLD WAR will play a few live shows as well, the details of which will be announced soon. They will also be shooting their first music videos the new songs via Sargent House’s sister company, Refused TV. In August / September, the band will will be touring with Anthony Green, performing their own set as well as accompanying Anthony on his live sets in support of their upcoming releases. All three members of GOOD OLD WAR perform on multiple tracks on Green’s upcoming album entitled Avalon, due out in August on Photofinish Records.

With a band name like THE JUNIOR VARSITY, it’d be too easy to write something here about the band making a move to the varsity ranks with their latest effort entitled Cinematographic. Ignoring the cheese factor, the analogy works quite well in describing the band’s second full-length for Victory and third overall. On 2005′s Wide [...]

Ah, back to the Roboto Project. For a show that was advertised as 6 SHARP! Sunday night, seeing it not getting started until 6:45, with a roughly 9 p.m. end time was disappointing. After a guestlist mix up with MODERN LIFE IS WAR the last time I went, I figured lightning wouldn’t strike twice in [...]

Orange County, California’s LOVE THYNE feature Keith Barney from EIGHTEEN VISIONS/ADAMANTIUM/THROWDOWN, and play absurdly heavy metal/hardcore with a slight industrial feel. You can check out the band’s 2008 demo on their MySpace page.

Hat tip to Lambgoat.com:

After a lengthy hiatus that left the members of Ensign scattered dealing with line-up changes, deaths, marriages, side-projects, and varied touring crew work (Tim Shaw spent the last two years guitar teching for RANCID while Nathan Gluck tour managed SICK OF IT ALL, UNEARTH and BURY YOUR DEAD), ENSIGN are pleased to announce plans for their upcoming fourth full-length album, Lost Message On A Fading Frequency, the follow up to 2001′s The Price Of Progression.

Dates have been confirmed for September/October of this year and they will once again be entering Trax East in South River, NJ with long-time constituent Eric Rachel. The band is currently working on pre-production for the new album with former drummer Chris Ross (NORA) at his Casa De Ross Studio in Highland Park, NJ.

According to bass player Nathan Gluck, “Building off of the foundation that was laid with Price we are pushing the envelope to encompass some of the heaviest and most thought provoking material in the bands 12+ year existence. The new material is drawing influences from all across the board and I can honestly say I haven’t been this excited in years.”

- ENSIGN MySpace

- No label or release date information is currently available. BUT YEA… I can barely get the words on how excited I am over this. ENSIGN have sorta been forgotten over the past half-decade, which unfortunately obscures the greatness of their “Cast The First Stone,” and “Direction Of Things To Come” full-lengths, both of which were scene-dominating hardcore releases at the times of their respective releases. Tim Shaw did make some noise the past two years with a pair of excellent releases in the project BETWEEN THE WARS, which in my mind, made the prospect of an ENSIGN reunion all more likely. Who knows if the band will tour in support of the release, but if it’s a full-blown comeback (even for a short while), I’d love to see a label like Bridge Nine, Century Media, or Ferret throw its support behind it.

Brockton, Mass’ COLIN OF ARABIA (COA) have a brand new song posted on the 6131 Records MySpace page. The track, titled “Spite and Malice,” is from an upcoming split with PRESSURE.

O Ye Gods Of Atonality, What Have Ye Wrought? With ION DISSONANCE’s second album for Abacus, Minus The Herd, we find the band no closer to writing songs that have any semblance of structure. What we are confronted with is a quagmire of blast beats, bass bombs, chromatic progressions, and just a general sense of [...]