Lacuna Coil will support Paradise Lost on the UK leg of their 25th Anniversary tour this fall. Those dates include:

10/30 Wolverhampton, UK – Wulfrun Hall
10/31 Glasgow, UK – ABC
11/01 Manchester, UK – The Ritz
11/03 London, UK – Roundhouse

A “production glitch” has seen one format of today’s (May 21st) planned 5.1 deluxe edition release of Primus‘ “Sailing The Seas of Cheese” delayed to June. While the CD/DVD set and vinyl versions will still arrive in stores today; the Blu-ray/CD combo has been pushed back to a June 18th release date.

Along with the expanded mixing jobs, three previously-unreleased bonus tracks appear on the effort; they include two live recordings captured during the bands 2012 ‘3D Tour‘; plus a remix of “Here Come The Bastards” done by Bassnectar.

Ex-White Zombie/Last Crack drummer Phil Buerstatte was found dead this past weekend in Madison, WI. No further details have been made available on his death. Buerstatte‘s ex-Last Crack bandmate Paul Schluter commented on his passing:

“We are sorry to have to announce that Last Crack drummer and our musical brother Phil Buerstatte has passed away today. He will be greatly missed by his many friends, family and fellow band members. Pull out your Last Crack albums, crank them up loud and remember what a great drummer he was!

It is the end of an era for us and sad to say the original lineup will never be able to play together again. Our last show with Phil from 2009 is posted on YouTube in its entirety. The remaining members of the band are discussing doing a tribute show in Phil‘s honor in the coming months. We’ll post details here soon.”

Though he wasn’t featured on their albums, Buerstatte notably toured with White Zombie from 1992-1994.

Stick To Your Guns have released the below stream of their cover of Inside Out‘s “Burning Fight“. It will appear on the groups coming split with The Story So Far, out June 18th.
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Brutal Truth have a split with Bastard Noise coming out on Relapse with exact details pending. According to a press release, Brutal Truth have turned in a remix of a track from their latest album “End Time” for the outing which will feature “numerous high-profile guests.”

Current plans have the band heading overseas this summer with new guitarist Dan O’Hare (Total Fucking Destruction) in tow. Dates for that run include:

07/24 Tolmin, SLV – Metal Days Festival
07/25 Bratislava, SLO- FUGA
07/26 Chemnitz, GER – Rock Im Betonwerk Festival
07/27 Steenwijk, NET – Stonehenge Festival
07/28 Maxéville, FRA – T.O.T.E.M
07/29 Paris, FRA – Glazart
07/30 Brussels, BEL – Magasin 4 (feat. Eyehategod)
07/31 Berlin, GER – Spartacus Potsdam
08/01 Prague, CZE – Rep Modra Vopice
08/02 Spital am Semmering, AUT – Metal Invasion Open Air Festival
08/03 Krakau, POL – Off Festival
09/19 Groningen, NET – Vera
09/20 Tilburg, NET – Incubate Festival
09/21 Wermelskirchen, GER – NRW Festival
09/22 London, UK – Electrowerkz

Liferuiner are streaming their cover of Being As An Ocean‘s “Nothing, Save The Power They’re Given” below. Liferuiner have a new studio album titled “Future Revisionists” in line for a June 04th release date on InVogue Records. The group will also be touring Canada shortly with the aforementioned Being As An Ocean, dates for that are available here.
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An officially sanctioned live video for The Black Dahlia Murder‘s track “Moonlight Equilibrium” has surfaced below. The footage for the clip was captured during a November 09th, 2012 set the band played in Columbus, OH. Two more videos from the same show are due to surface in the coming weeks.

The group have a new studio album titled “Everblack” on course for a June 11th release date through Metal Blade.
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Capture The Crown have released the below lyric video for their new track “Rebearth“. It features guest vocals from The Word Alive frontman Tyler “Telle” Smith and will be released digitally tomorrow, May 21st, on Sumerian Records. Capture The Crown have a new EP due out this summer and will be appearing on the 2013 ‘All Stars Tour‘.
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We Came As Romans have given a title to their new full-length album which Equal Vision will have in stores on July 23rd. The group have christened the John Feldman (The Used, Black Veil Brides) produced album “Tracing Back Roots“. According to an official press release:

“It was a true joy to be included in Tracing Back Roots,” notes Feldmann. “We Came As Romans push the boundaries of what modern alternative music should be, while staying authentic to their roots. One of the few new bands to keep true to their vision while developing as artists.”

Lyricist/guitarist Joshua Moore adds, “It was honestly a dream come true for the band to be working with John Feldmann, with him being so well-respected and having produced some of our favorite CDs growing up. He brought this amazing new perspective to our group and really pushed me to step outside the box as a writer. I truly believe that this next record is all of the best elements of what we have done so far in music, combined with where we want to go and the music we want to play going forward.”

The new album most notably showcases vocalist Dave Stephens in a new light, with the incorporation of his clean singing for the first time ever. In addition to his signature powerful, yet articulate, screams, Stephens now also displays rich melodic tones and gritty textures, that perfectly balances the soaring, smooth croons of co-vocalist Kyle Pavone. Musically the album expands on the anthemic, inspiring quality of the band’s recently released single “Hope“, offering sweeping guitars interlaced with delicate synth interludes and explosive percussive elements. The resulting album is their catchiest and most universally relatable music to date.

Moore further elaborates on the band’s musical evolution stating, “Though we’ve grown as individuals, musicians, and as a band over the years, we have never changed the meaning behind what our band is, and if anything, on this record we found greater meaning and purpose in the message we are trying to send to listeners. I think our fans will really understand and see that once they hear the album.”

Both the track listing and cover art for the album are available below. We Came As Romans will spend their summer on the Main Stage of this years ‘Vans Warped Tour‘.

01 – “Tracing Back Roots”
02 – “Fade Away”
03 – “I Survive” (feat – “Aaron Gillespie)
04 – “Ghosts”
05 – “Present, Future, And Past”
06 – “Never Let Me Go”
07 – “Hope”
08 – “Tell Me Now”
09 – “A Moment”
10 – “I Am Free”
11 – “Through The Darkest Dark And Brightest Bright”
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System Of A Down have released the following collective statement in regards to the comments made by bassist Shavo Odadjian earlier today, May 20th. Those comments—which can be seen here—saw Odadjian express his frustration with band frontman Serj Tankian‘s apparent unwillingness to record a new album with the group.

It also saw him ask fans if they should move on without Serj. The new statement posted on the bands own Facebook reads:

“Earlier today, Shavo posted a few statements on his personal Facebook page that do not reflect the sentiments of System Of A Down as a collective band. These were misleading statements that were made during a temporary state of bad judgment on his part alone. To be clear, the full band lineup of Serj, Daron, Shavo and John will be performing all scheduled tour dates.

With respect to new SOAD music, although we have not agreed on a timetable for a new album, we all believe that having the four of us do it together is the way to be true to the band and our fans.”

Darkane have posted the below lyric video for the title track to their new album “The Sinister Supremacy“. That effort finds vocalist Lawrence Mackrory returning to the fold and is due in stores on July 02nd through Prosthetic Records.
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Architects have debuted a preview of their new song “Black Blood” below in celebration of officially reaching the £30000 GBP (around $46660 USD) crowfunding goal of their Indiegogo campaign. The campaign was launched to help fund the release of their forthcoming touring documentary, “One Hundred Days: The Story Of Architects Almost World Tour“. Furthermore, a deluxe version of the groups latest album “Daybreaker” is also in the works.
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Judge, Modern Life Is War, Gwar, Bane and many more have been confirmed to appear at this years ‘This Is Hardcore‘ festival. The event will be held at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia, PA from August 08th-11th and feature the below daily lineups:

August 08th:

Kid Dynamite
Kill Your Idols
Black Train Jack
Boysetsfire
Cold World
Striking Distance
Suburban Scum
Stick Together
Praise
Truth

August 09th:

Modern Life Is War
Blacklisted
Panic
Tragedy
Bane
Rotting Out
Xibalba
Incendiary
Enabler
Rock Bottom

August 10th:

Judge
7 Seconds
H20
Ceremony
All Out War
Ringworm
Killing Time
Nails
Rival Mob
Defeater
Wisdom In Chains
Mindset
Maximum Penalty
Absolution
Turnstile
World War 4
Beware
Things We Say
Caught In A Crowd

August 11th:

Gwar
Sick Of It All
Trapped Under Ice
Paint It Black
Suicide File
Negative Approach
100 Demons
Slapshot
No Redeeming Social Value
Code Orange Kids
Strength For A Reason
Colin Of Arabia
Clenched Fist
Pride Kills
Relentless

Further details are available at Thisishardcorefest.com.

Karnivool have debuted a new track of theirs by the name of “The Refusal” online below. The band unveiled the track on Triple J Radio in their native Australia this past weekend. Below you can find a stream of the track while a downloadable mp3 is being hosted at this location. The group have a summer release in mind for their new studio album which they recently finished mixing.
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While Refused‘s reunion came to an end late last year, band vocalist Dennis Lyxzén isn’t ready to fully close the door on the outfit. When asked by Rollingstone.com earlier this month if there was still a future for the outfit, he replied:

“That I don’t know. We said in the summer when we played our last show, that was the last show. The other guys are busy. I’m doing this INVSN project and AC4. Everyone is just busy with life. That being said, never say never. We had a great year. When we broke up in 1998, I wrote anger manifestos and we didn’t talk to each other for years, but [now] we stay in touch. We talk every week. We’ll see what the future brings. Right now, there are no plans in the pipeline.”

An announcement was made earlier today that Lyxzén‘s INVSN have signed with Razor & Tie.