Mylene Shealth is now taking pre-orders for the debut full-length by Boston, MA’s HERRA TERRA! I’ve been my CD copy of this loudly and busting some quality dance moves in the home office. As usual, the MS camp has done an absolutely knockout job with the packaging and overall quality of the release. Here’s the details:

“With 10 songs clocking in at just under 39 minutes, the band brings to mind great electronic rock bands like Depeche Mode, Head Automatica, Le Tigre, and Duran Duran while copping a modern twist of atmosphere and ambiance that allows them to fit right in on the Mylene Sheath roster, at the same time creating their own very unique voice among the bands. The vinyl version comes on translucent “grape soda” with pink splatter (limited to 100 copies) and translucent “grape soda” (limited to 300). The jackets will be printed on super thick 350gsm stock and coated in a heavy UV gloss finish and include a two sided insert with lyrics and liner notes. The CD version of the album and comes in a full color 5″ cardboard gatefold jacket printed on the reverse board – giving it a tough, grainy feel – with black inner flood throughout. So where the vinyl jackets for this release are printed with a UV gloss covering the jackets, this is pretty much the exact opposite. The left panel of the gatefold holds an 8 page booklet with lyrics and liner notes, while the right side of the jacket houses the CD itself. The artwork design and layout were handled by Junius guitarist Michael Repasch-Nieves for Radar Visual (The Cancer Copnspiracy, Junius, Constants). You need to be bumpin’ this, so get to checkin out “Ejection Seats”, the first track on the album here.

DEAD REPRISE are a metallic hardcore band out of Orebro, Sweden. The group has been around for nine years and has just released their third full-length, The Unveiling, on Get This Right / Monument Records. The fast n’ furious group draws heavy influence from bands like INTEGRITY, RINGWORM and SWORN ENEMY. Several new songs are up on the band’s MySpace page, including “The Famine”, which features guest vox by RINGWORM’s Human Furnace.

From the inbox:

New York City hardcore legends MADBALL have posted a brand new track, “R.A.H.C.”, on their MySpace page. The track is cut from MADBALL’s upcoming Good Fight Music release, Empire, which hits stores on October 12th, 2010. MADBALL have also begun offering a pre-order for the new album, as well as a separate pre-order for a limited edition 7” supporting Empire (only 2,000 copies being made). The exclusive 7” is being released by Reaper Records, and will be available for purchase on September 28th, 2010.

- Ever since Lala closed up, “Song of the Day” posts have gone by the wayside, but it turns out that YouTube basically has every song ever recorded by man on its site, so thanks to the beauty of easy embeds, I am going to try to do this more often. I’m taking requests too. I never liked the way the vocals were recorded on “Ice Burn”, whatever effects that were put on them really shove them down in the mix, but the guitars rule, especially during the breakdown towards the end. I haven’t seen STRUNG OUT live in a long, long time – is this still part of their set?

There’s no shortage of material when it comes to discussing the band TERRIBLE THINGS. First, there’s the matter of the line-up, which features Fred Mascherino on vocals and guitars (TAKING BACK SUNDAY, THE COLOR FRED, BREAKING PANGEA), Andy Jackson on guitars and vocals (HOT ROD CIRCUIT, DEATH IN THE PARK), and Josh Eppard on drums [...]

Long Island label State of Mind has put together a new 16 song free sampler for streaming and download on their Bandcamp page. The catalog-ranging effort includes material from ANCHOR, THIS IS HELL, KRAKDOWN, REVIVER, DEAD HEARTS, DECADES, BROADWAY CALLS, DAGGERMOUTH, BLOOD RED and more. The label’s upcoming release schedule is below:

• ANCHOR “The Singles Collected” LP (w/ digital download)
• DEAD HEARTS “A Death in the Family” CD/7” (w/ digital download)
• V/A Kill Your Idols Tribute Comp Vol 1 7” (w/ digital download)
• REVIVER “Potential Wasteland” 7” (w/ digital download)
• KRAKDOWN “tba” LP + 7” (w/ digital download and other extras)

IN TIME are a newish straight-edge hardcore from Johnson City, Tennessee. The band blends a mix of NYHC with some strong youth crew stylings, not unlike FLOORPUNCH or MINDSET. Several demo recordings are up on the band’s MySpace page.

Black Numbers has released The Golden Age, the debut full-length from Florida hardcore punks GO RYDELL. The KID DYNAMITE influenced affair rips through 10 songs in barely 15 minute, delivering an aggressive but melodic shot of adrenaline to all who go near. The Golden Age is available in limited edition CD and LP form and [...]