Landmine Marathon Set March Release

The band will be touring the week of release with label mates, The Funeral Pyre, with a stop in Austin, TX for several shows at South By Southwest (dates not provided in the announcement). - more on this story

Stalkers Release New Song As They Begin Work on New album

Stalkers will be releasing their single, 'Lady Sonia' b/w 'When We Get There', this March on Colonel Records.

The band will also be heading to Portland that same month to record their brand new album (due for release late Spring/early Summer) with Ross Skomsvold (Nice Boys).

Stalkers originally generated a whole lot of attention from the UK and released their debut album, 'Yesterday Is No Tomorrow', (available on import only in the US) in 2008 on One little Indian. - more on this story

Dark Tranquillity Announce Album Release and Tour With Killswitch Engage and The Devil Wears Prada

Dark Tranquillity triumphantly return with We Are The Void, a scorching effort that will undoubtedly add an exhilarating new chapter to the genre's storied history.

The disc is set for a March 9th North American release and the band are extremely proud to kick off this massive, worldwide album touring cycle in the U.S. on Feb. 4th with the mighty Killswitch Engage and The Devil Wears Prada.

Killswitch Engage's Mike D'Antonio (bass) states: "I am super excited to have one of my favorite bands, Dark Tranquility, on our next U.S. tour. They are one of the bands that started this current Swedish Metal craze that we love so much, and they are very well respected by KSE. It is now time to up the irons on this rager of a tour come February." - more on this story

Red Sparowes Preview New Album Online

Red Sparowes offers a preview of song snippets from its forthcoming epic, heavy and sprawling third album in a video trailer posted today.

The disc, titled The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer will be released via Sargent House on April 6th, 2010. See The band plans to announce spring headlining tour dates in the coming weeks.

There has never been as pronounced of a leap in style and scope as with Red Sparowes' latest offering. The Fear is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer maintains their layered arrangements and swirling amplified crescendos, Americana noir soundscapes (punctuated by the extended pedal steel on "In Every Mind"), and gloriously triumphant melodies ("Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors"). Earlier records focused on the larger scope of the album, but the new album is song-centered, with the individual tracks harboring stronger independent identities. And where previous endeavors found the band propelled by enormous walls of sound, they now temper their monolithic progressions with distinct passages of separated and soft-spoken instrumentation. Red Sparowes were suspiciously absent from the playing field over the last three years, and now it's apparent that they were busy drafting the grandest statement and finest achievement of their existence. - more on this story

Negura Bunget Set U.S. Album Release and Plans Tour

Prophecy Productions confirms April 6th as the North American release date for Negura Bunget's latest Maiestrit. Both the closing of a chapter and the opening of a new one.

Maiestrit is a re-recording/re-interpretation of Negura Bunget's classic Maiastru Sfetnic album from 2000, and now the final album to feature the band's classic lineup of vocalist/guitarist Hupogrammos, drummer Negru, and guitarist Sol Faur.

To coincide with the North American release of Maiestrit, plans are afoot for a full-scale tour of the USA and Canada. Additionally, NEGURA BUNGET's entire back catalog, otherwise unavailable in North America, will be seeing domestic release during the summer, all with bonuses - more details soon. - more on this story

Seasick Steve Gets Brit Nomination and U.S. Release Date

Seasick Steve received his second ever Brit Award nomination Monday night in London, UK for Best International Male Solo Artist. He finds himself in amazing A-list company with Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Michael Buble being the other four nominees in the category.

The Brit Awards will take place on February 16th at Earls Court in London. Ryko will be releasing Seasick Steve's latest album: Man From Another Time on March 30, 2010 here in the U.S. The tale of Seasick Steve is that of an anomaly in modern recorded music – signed in his 60's, the US-born musician came to see a platinum-selling album in the UK, become the oldest Brit Award nominee in history and the winner of Mojo's Best Breakthrough Act.

Seasick Steve's "sudden" career rise started in 2006 after a UK television appearance on Jools Holland's 'Annual Hootenanny' BBC TV show. His electrifying performance immediately propelled him into the UK public's consciousness. As his star rose, crowds flocked to his live events worldwide, including in a sold-out performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London, and appearances such at festivals such as: UK Reading, Leeds, Glastonbury (UK), Coachella, All Points West (U.S.) and Fuji Rock Festival (Japan). - more on this story

Georgie James' Laura Burhenn Returns With The Mynabird

Drawing upon the gospel, old soul, and rock n roll records that she grew up with, Laura Burhenn will unveil What We Lose In The Fire We Gain In The Flood (April 27, Saddle Creek), her debut album as The Mynabirds.

Despite her small size and the clean sound found in her work with Georgie James, Burhenn shells out an enormously rich and husky voice on her new album. Her vocals color the vivid imagery of her lyrics, many of which were inspired by a Zen look at ideas of loss and recovery. Whether upbeat or introspective, Burhenn remains soulful and honest at her core. She simultaneously harnesses the charm of contemporaries Cat Power and Feist, as well as the fervor and magnitude of iconic influences Nina Simone and Grace Slick.

Following the breakup of DC duo Georgie James, Burhenn turned inward and truly found her voice. In the spring of 2009, she crafted a new batch of songs and enlisted singer-songwriter/producer Richard Swift to help the material come to life in the studio. The Mynabirds, inspired by the name of a forgotten Motown Records band that included Rick James and Neil Young, is the project that emerged from these sessions. - more on this story

Aereogramme Spawns The Unwinding Hours

The Unwinding Hours self-titled debut will be released on March 16, 2010. The Unwinding Hours is the new musical project from Craig B and Iain Cook, former members of Glasgow's critically acclaimed and much-loved Aereogramme.

Their debut self-titled album is an intensely rewarding experience with the literate flair of the song-writing effortlessly matched by Craig and Iain's musical ambition & creative scope. Avid cineastes, The Unwinding Hours acknowledge the influence of film on their work by taking their name from a reference buried deep within Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining".

The Unwinding Hours started out as a means for Craig to record some of his songs with the help of Iain after the demise of Aereogramme, but with no plans for a commercial release or to play them live. As Iain grew more excited about the material, The Unwinding Hours became a collaborative project, with a very different character to the material they recorded as part of Aereogramme. The album was written and recorded throughout 2008 and 2009, in Iain's own Alucard Studios on the south side of Glasgow (only the drums were recorded elsewhere, by Paul Savage in Chemikal Underground's Chem19). - more on this story

Expatriate Set Release

Australian 4 piece Expatriate finally release their debut album 'In the Midst of This' on 1st March 2010 as well as the first single 'Blackbird' off the record on the same day. Recorded in Seattle USA with producer John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, Wu-Tang Clan), 'In The Midst Of This', is awash with big, powerful songs, sonorous melodies, lashing grooves and soaring, aggressive soundscapes.

As lead singer Ben puts it, "We wanted to marry our raw performance as a live band with our ability to amass layers of sound through our tinkering with technology and general studio knowledge; John (Goodmanson) was a great facilitator for bringing out the guitars, drums and volume".

No strangers to moving around, having chosen their band name due to two of the four band members spending their childhoods as expatriates – growing up in a foreign culture, and countries far away from home. Following their recent signing to [PIAS] International, the band relocated to Berlin in Germany to begin their European assault. Starting as they intend to carry on, with appearances at German mega-festivals Rock Am Ring/Rock Im Parc as well as performances at Nova Rock in Austria, Rockwave in Greece, Arras in France, Werchter and Pukkelpop in Belgium, Moon & Stars in Switzerland and Sziget in Hungary. Expatriate's year of change will be spectacularly rounded off as support on Placebo's European Winter arena tour before embarking on their first UK dates in the new year. - more on this story

Korn and Rob Zombie Head Up Mayhem Festival Tour

The Mayhem Festival featuring Korn and Rob Zombie will kick off Saturday, July 10 in San Bernardino, CA and will roll through 24 cities in the U.S. and Canada between early July and late August (a full itinerary will be announced in the coming weeks). Mayhem presale tickets go on sale April 2 and tickets go on sale to the general public on April 16th at LiveNation.com. Check www.mayhemfest.com for more info.

The Mayhem Festival has become the summer's hottest ticket by giving fans the opportunity to experience a thrilling mix of hard music's most influential artists and exciting young voices. This summer's lineup turns up the heat with a main stage lineup that sees Korn and Rob Zombie joined by Lamb Of God and Five Finger Death Punch.

The Jagermeister stage will feature Hatebreed, Chimaira, Shadows Fall, Winds Of Plague and the Jagermeister Battle of The Bands Winner. The second stage will spotlight Atreyu, Norma Jean, In This Moment and 3 Inches Of Blood. - more on this story

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