Official info: Steel Nation is without question one of the most unique, polished, and destructive hardcore bands to emerge from the great state of Pennsylvania in recent memory. Steel Nation has managed to forge their own sound in an age of carbon copies by expertly bridging the gap between the street level sensibilities of classic New York Hardcore bands and the technical punishing fury that was perfected in Cleveland by such acts as Integrity and Ringworm. This is the first time the band hits the european stage - Forever Wounded in Scandinavia Tour 2011.1/10 - WHERE IT BEGINS Fest - Skylten/Linköping, SWE w/ Naysayer, Downpresser, Guilty, Rotting Out, World Eater, Providence and more.
2/10 - TBA
3/10 - Kungen/Sandviken, SWE w/ Ink Stained Promises
4/10 - TBA/Stockholm, SWE
6/10 - Lutakko/Jyväskylä, FIN w/ St Hood, Escape To Death
7/10 - Lucky Monkeys/Lappeenranta, FIN w/ St Hood, Worth The Pain
8/10 - Lepakkomies/Helsinki, FIN w/ St Hood, Foreseen
The tour is being set up by: Sunpower Booking, Nerd Bird Booking, World vs Cometh, Green Menace Records, Monument Records
Retaliate to release new shit
Retaliate has posted two new songs on their bandcamp profile. The new tracks are called Can't Relate and Defined By Silence and are tight as fuck. The new album will be called "Thors Without A Rose" and is slated for a release in August.
X Tyrant X posted new song from the upcoming EP!
Detroit hardcore band xTyrantx has posted a new song called worthless featuring Jay from Suicide Machines/Hellmouth from their new EP titled Extinction due out on Eulogy Recordings, you can check it out here: facebook and stereokiller. Pre-orders have been posted and should have a late august release, Filled with Hate records (Germany) will be releasing it on 7" multi-colored vinyl w different artwork no word yet on the release date.
Epidemic Records will release "Sold Souls" 7" from Raindance
Two unreleased songs from the band and an amazing cover of Helmet (yeah, I said Helmet!) will be on this new piece of vinyl, which will be pressed in colored wax! This awesome US hardcore band has been around for a while and already visited Europe (who had the chance to see them during their tour with Wait In Vain in 2009 can confirm the band's potential on stage!) and guess what - Raindance will be touring Europe again in winter 2011! Visit Epidemic Records website for more info.
The first demo from Rude Awakening available at Arrest Records
From Arrest Records webiste: We are proud to announce Rude Awakening to the AR family! RA is a brand new hardcore band from the Boston/MV Massachusetts/New Hampshire area that play heavy straight to the point no frills hardcore. Their 4 song demo was recorded by Ryan Stack from Andrew Lanes Recording Company in Haverhill,MA. Rude Awakening’s demo is now streaming at RudeAwakening.bandcamp.com and is available for download at Bandcamp. CD and cassette demos can be found in the Arrest Records E Store.
Reign Supreme signs with Mediaskare
Philadelphia, PA based REIGN SUPREME has signed with Mediaskare Records and will release their upcoming EP Sky Burial later this year through the label. “All the bands I know on Mediaskare love being on the label. That was pretty much enough for me,” commented vocalist Jay Pepito on why the band chose Mediaskare. Adding, “We just want to work with a label that will bend over backwards to help us achieve our goals as a band, we feel like Mediaskare is that label.”The band will soon enter the studio with their long-time producer Will Putney to begin recording their new 7-song EP Sky Burial.
“Sky Burial comes from the Tibetan tradition of bringing the dead to a mountain, or other place where vultures gather. The vultures and other animals consume the corpse, and hence, it becomes a vessel to feed and care for these creatures,” explained Pepito on the title for the EP “It’s a cool idea, wherein your empty shell of a person becomes of some utility to some other thing, and I just found the idea of that fascinating; it makes more sense to me than embalming the dead in an attempt to preserve some self-imposed idea of what they were like in life, and then tossing that homemade mannequin into a pine box, and letting it rot. It seems to me to be more pragmatic, to let yourself be the thing that sustains your ecosystem. It reminds us that we are just animals, that we are not special because of our smart cars and Facebook, and that we, in a sense, are simply carrion.”
Speaking to what they want their fans to get out of Sky Burial, the band stated, “We just want them to enjoy it. We hope that it brings emotions out in them, and that our music becomes the soundtrack to some of the best years of their lives. There is no socio-political agenda with us, we are just angry, and want to rage.”
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Bayonet Pre-Order Up Today at Mightier Than Sword Records
Pre-order for the first EP from NJ-based hardcore band Bayonet is available today from the Mightier Than Sword webstore. Bayonet features members of hardcore music favorites Senses Fail, The Banner, Suburban Scum and Fit For An Autopsy. On their debut self-titled 12", the band recalls the glory days of the past decade's early hardcore scene, with a sound many have compared to American Nightmare, Tragedy, Kid Dynamite, and Hope Conspiracy. The first pressing is limited to 500 records, with 100 on black 180-gram, 200 on clear yellow brown swirl, and 200 on marble swirl clear grey.
