Journey's Live In Manila Two DVD Set Coming This Friday

The Dear Hunter Map Out More Tour Plans

ABC reports: Just as their headlining tour commences, The Dear Hunter has added more shows to their already busy schedule promoting their critically acclaimed Act III: Life And Death.

Once the headlining trek concludes October 3, they'll head out with Thursday through October 24. When that round of dates is done, they'll head back out for another week's worth of headlining shows with Annuals. From there, The Dear Hunter will launch a brief jaunt with Thrice and Polar Bear Club from November 15 – December 4.

In video news, Casey Crescenzo has been putting the finishing touches on the animated video he's directing and producing for "What It Means To Be Alone," which will be ready for TV and Internet consumption by mid-October. - more on this story

The Troops Rock New Albums

PR reports: Dedicated to producing and promoting great American music from the nation's most talented military personnel, To The Fallen Records has announced the long-awaited follow-ups to their stunning debut genre compilations that launched the label.

Three new full-length compilations of [military]-songwriters - To The Fallen Records Presents: Rock Volume 2, Hip-Hop Volume 2 and Country Volume 2 - will be released this October, and together represent the latest and greatest from active and veteran U.S. Armed Forces musicians.

The music heard on To The Fallen Records releases is created by artists stationed overseas, who set up studios in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as by artists stationed in Europe, Asia and the United States. Lyrics come straight from the artists' mouths and describe their most private and intense moments, telling the stories and experiences of being a Marine, soldier, airman or sailor in today's military. The songs on the compilation offer moving portrayals of the varied experiences of both active soldiers and veterans of combat, while embracing everything from plaintive country ballads to gritty, guitar-driven rock jams and lyrically hard-hitting rap tracks. The label is also dedicated to giving back to its artists and their communities, as a percentage of all To The Fallen Records profits are donated to organizations assisting those who have fallen in the line of duty or have become disabled while serving their country. - more on this story

HORSE the band Shapeshift Online

PR reports: HORSE the band debut their mind-melding new video for "Shapeshift" today on MySpace. "Shapeshift" was directed by Daniel Chesnut and is the first single from the bands upcoming full-length, Desperate Living (10/06, Vagrant).

The song features Jaime Stewart of Xiu Xiu lending his sound design and production skills as well as backing vocals.

"Jamie is one of the only people out there experimenting with sound and actually getting non-traditional sounds to convey profound emotion. He is a true artist and as a huge admirer of his, I wanted to see what he would do with our music," said Erik Engstrom, HTB's keyboardist. - more on this story

Winds Of Plague Hitting The Road

PR reports: Winds Of Plague has changed the landscape of heavy music upon release of their highly acclaimed, vicious new album, The Great Stone War, which made an impressive debut in its first week landing at #73 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. The new offering is going to quickly propel the band to the forefront of the American metal scene and serve as a much needed wake up call to the genre.

Winds Of Plague continues their massive worldwide touring campaign for The Great Stone War throughout North America this fall with a lengthy headlining run. The trek, dubbed "The California Love" tour, kicks off on Nov. 20th and also features Stick To Your Guns, Sleeping Giant, Oceano and Circle of Contempt in the support slots.

Johnny (vocals) further comments: "We are extremely pleased to be able to finally bring the complete WINDS OF PLAGUE live package to the fans. This stage setup is going to feature a massive light show, large than life backdrop, scrims and risers. We want to entertain the crowd and bring them a true show so they leave feeling like they got more than their money's worth. The package is solid from top to bottom and we can't wait to annihilate everywhere with some new, never before played material. This is going to be the definitive WINDS OF PLAGUE show, so don't miss out. We hope to see you all soon." - more on this story

Joshua Radin Continues World Tour

PR reports: Singer-songwriter Joshua Radin is about to kick off a run of dates in Europe where he completed a sold-out tour earlier this year. Following that tour, he'll be returning home for a string of U.S. dates this fall.

Radin is touring in support of his new album, Simple Times, which hit No. 1 on both iTunes' Top Album and Alternative charts within 48 hours of its release. Led by lead single "I'd Rather Be With You," sales of individual album tracks have surpassed the 400k mark. The video for the song – shot with old Super 8 and Polaroid cameras – was directed by Zach Braff ("Scrubs," "Garden State"), a college friend of Radin's. It features Katrina Bowden from "30 Rock" and hit the Top 10 on the VH1 Countdown.

Over the course of the past several months, tracks from Simple Times were heard on TV shows such as "Scrubs," "Bones," "House," "Grey's Anatomy," "One Tree Hill," "90210, "Brothers & Sisters" and "American Idol," among others. His music has also been featured in the films Post Grad and I Love You Beth Cooper and two of his songs are featured in the upcoming Fox Searchlight movie Adam (one of the tracks, "When You Find Me," was written specifically for the film and features vocals from Maria Taylor). - more on this story

Valient Thorr Fall Tour

PR reports: Continuing their single-minded mission to spread their message of peace with a catalyst of hard & fast Rock n' Roll, the mighty band from the planet Venus, Valient Thorr, will be barnstorming both the U.S. and Europe this fall. Sharing the stage with Valient Thorr on the U.S. leg of their cross-continental tour will be Early Man and then Red Fang.

This will be Valient Thorr's second trip to Europe this year, touring the UK earlier this summer with Mastodon as well as headlining their own tour throughout the rest of Europe, where they more than delivered on their own mantra that "we don't play shows, we play fking parties".

Valient Thorr'S most recent release, Immortalizer, on Volcom Entertainment, is the band's fourth album in five years, and has garnered lots of critical praise. Kerrang! called Immortalizer a "party soundtrack dripping with attitude" and Metal Hammer named it one of their Top 50 albums of 2008, writing, "you'll want to lose your minds and manes to the power of The Riff!". - dates

Jack Johnson: En Concert Premiere Set

PR reports: New Noise Santa Barbara proudly presents the world film premiere of Jack Johnson: En Concert, a sonically saturated documentary of the surfing, mellow-music-making pop star's 2008 tour through Europe, on Saturday, October, 10, at 7 p.m. in the historic Arlington Theatre.

Featuring onstage performances of Jack and his band in both massive venues and intimate spaces, the Emmett Malloy-directed film reveals a musician riding the peak of his stardom while giving deeper insight into how this global icon manages to keep his cool amidst the fame. In backstage interviews and candid conversations with his bandmates as well as friends like Ben Harper, Mason Jennings, G Love, Neil Halstead, and Matt Costa, the artistically shot En Concert — which will be officially released two weeks later with an accompanying live album sourced from the same tour as well as a 60-page booklet — is a behind-the-scenes look at a one-of-a-kind life on the road, peppered with scenes of river surfing in Germany, bike riding in France, and rainy days in England. It's destined to be a classic, and this is the world's first chance to check it out. - more on this story

The Black Dahlia Murder Deflorate Billboard's Top 200

Metal Blade reports: Metal Blade Records is very proud to announce that death metal act The Black Dahlia Murder have cracked the top 50 in Billboard's Top 200 chart coming in at #43 with the release of Deflorate. The album dropped on September 15th in North American and sold over 12,000 units in just its first week of release making it the band's strongest first week to date.

In addition to hitting the #43 position in Billboard's Top 200 charts, The Black Dahlia MURDER came in at #5 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums chart, #4 on Billboard's Top Hard Music Albums chart, and #50 on HITS Top 50 Albums chart. The carnage doesn't stop here though as The Black Dahlia Murder's Deflorate also landed on Canada's Billboard Charts coming in at #52 in the Top 200 chart, #3 in the Top Independent Albums chart, and #6 in the Top Hard Music Albums chart.

"I'd like to say we are stoked that so many actually bought our new CD in a day and age when thievery is law. Thanks a lot everyone!!! We'll be on the road in North America for the next 7 weeks." comments Brian Eschbach, guitarist and founding member of The Black Dahlia Murder.

Here's what vocalist and founding member Trevor Strnad had to say; "We want to thank everyone for coming together and supporting us. We put a lot of elbow grease into making this whole package the best we possibly could; it's meant as a gift to our fans. It's an exciting time for us in the band and we're going to bust our asses to see all of you on the road and deliver the goods. Stay metal and keep supporting the scene. THANKS!" - dates

Goatwhore Keeping Busy on the Road

Metal Blade reports: Goatwhore will continue to tour relentlessly as they always do following the full US tour with Obituary, Krisiun, The Berzerker and Warbringer.

Following the tour will be three dates in October with metal legends Eyehategod and the mighty Pig Destroyer. The October 24th show will be the Temptress Boat Cruise in association with the CMJ Music Marathon.

Goatwhore will then be joining up with Municipal Waste for part of their "Waste The World Tour". - more on this story

. Pearl Jam Month: Live In Chicago Night 2

Pearl Jam at their best is an arena rock band who creates anthems to be sung and screamed with tens of thousands of other fans. Through the towering crowd and visceral reactions, we discover unheralded gems, hear favorites in an entirely distinctive light. - Read the full Pearl Jam Month: Live In Chicago Night 2 review

.... Divine Heresy - Bringer of Plagues

Right from "Facebreaker" to the epic closer "The End Begins," Dino Cazares and his crew, now including replacement singer/screamer Travis Neal, unleash 11 incinerating tunes on Bringer of Plagues whose sheer energy is unbelievable. - Read the full Divine Heresy - Bringer of Plagues review

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