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Exodus album release shows.

Exodus has announced two album release shows with Heathen in Los Angeles and San Francisco, date’s are below. Exodus will release their ninth studio album, Exhibit B: The Human Condition, on May 18th via Nuclear Blast Records.

Friday, June 11th – Los Angeles, – Key Club with Heathen and Bonded By Blood,
Saturday, June 12th – San Francisco, – Slim’s with Heathen, Anvil Chorus, and Passive Aggressive

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Norma Jean new album details.

Norma Jean will release the band’s fifth studio album, Meridional, on July 13th via Razor & Tie records. The band recorded the effort at Glow in the Dark Studios with producer Jeremy Griffith.

The band will be out on tour this spring with Every Time I Die and Cancer Bats, dates are below, also check Norma Jean out on Mayhem Festival 2010.

May 11, 2010 Columbus, OH @ NEWPORT MUSIC HALL
May 12, 2010 Jermyn, PA @ ELEANOR RIGBY’S
May 14, 2010 Lexington, KY @ BUSTER’S
May 15, 2010 Birmingham, AL @ ZYDECO
May 16 2010 Asheville, NC @ THE ORANGE PEEL
May 17 2010 Nashville, TN @ ROCKETOWN
May 18 2010 Columbia, MO @ MOJOS
May 19 2010 Springfield, MO @ w/ REMINGTON’S DOWNTOWN
May 21 2010 Little Rock, AR @ THE VILLAGE
May 22 2010 New Orleans, LA @ HOUSE OF BLUES
May 23 2010 Jacksonville, FL @ FREEBIRD LIVE
May 24 2010 Charleston, SC @ MUSIC FARM
May 25 2010 Wilmington, NC @ THE SOAPBOX

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Parkway Drive finish recording.

Parkway Drive have wrapped up the recording of the band’s third studio album to be released later this year via Epitaph Records. The band recorded in L.A. California with producer Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Tool). Check out the band’s third studio blog, where they talk about finishing up the recording process, on the band’s Myspace page HERE.

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Chris Broderick guitar lessons.

PlayThisRiff.com has posted guitar lessons featuring Chris Broderick of Megadeth. The following lesson topics Chris covers can be found at PlayThisRiff.com.

1. “B Major7 in a sequence of 4ths” Video HERE.

2. “A Major b13 Arpeggio” Video HERE.

3. “The A Dominent (11) Arpeggio” Video HERE

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Eulogy Records sign The War.

Eulogy Recordings have just recently signed Australia’s straight-edge hardcore band The War. Their album “Confront” will be re-released on Eulogy Recordings later this year.

Commented vocalist Mitch: “We are stoked to be signed to Eulogy Recordings.”A lot of the bands signed to Eulogy are bands we have grown up listening to which makes us even more excited to be on the label.We are honored to be on Eulogy and are looking forward to working with them.”

The band is currently touring the the U.S. on “Mission Quest To Metal Fest” tour with Death Threat, Death Before Dishonor and The Mongoloids.

For more information, visit the band’s Myspace page HERE.

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Trivium studio footage.

Trivium has posted the first episode from the recording session of the song, “Shattering the Skies Above”, on the band’s website Trivium.org, look HERE. The song appears on the extended play (EP) soundtrack for the PlayStation3 (PS3) exclusive videogame “God of War III”

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Sevendust’s new album online.

Sevendust’s new album, Cold Day Memory, is available for streaming in its entirety at TuneLab Music, check it out HERE. Cold Day Memory will be released tomorrow,  April 20th on the band’s own 7Bros. Records, through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group.

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Orwell’s new album online.

Wisconsin metal band Orwell’s entire new album, Endeavors, has been posted on the band’s Myspace page and can be found HERE.

Orwell were one of the top finalists in the recent Metalinsider “No Label Needed” contest, where Darkest Hour guitarist Mike Schleibaum praised the band, stating “Orwell’s almost ‘And Justice For All…’-style song writing, is something I personally love.”

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Dirty Little Rabbits new album details.

Dirty Little Rabbits ( featuring Slipknot percussionist M. Shawn “Clown” Crahan) will release its self-titled debut album on July 6th via The End Records. Track listing is below.

01. Simon
02. You Say
03. Put It In The Rock
04. Hello
05. Happy
06. I Love You
07. Professional Hit
08. If
09. Leave Me Alone
10. The Didn’ts
11. Rabbit Holes

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Fear Factory video update.

Fear Factory’s Burton C Bell has posted a video update of the band’s current tour with Metallica and it can be viewed below. In the update Burton talks about the band’s adventure to get from Oslo Norway to Riga Latvia, due to the Iceland Volcanic activity canceling all flights.

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Trapped Under Ice post new music video.

Trapped Under Ice’s new music video for the song, Believe, has been posted online and can be viewed below. The song is off the band’s latest album, Secrets of the World, which came out in 2009 via Reaper Records.

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Goatwhore new tour dates.

Goatwhore will head out on the road with Revocation and Threat Signal in late May, date’s can be seen below.

May 28th Las Vegas, NV – Cheyenne Saloon
May 29th Mesa, AZ – Mesa Underground
May 31st Albuquerque, NM – Launch Pad
June 01st Lubbock, TX – Tequila Jungle
June 02nd Austin, TX – Emo’s (feat. Pestilence, Warbringer, Vital Remains)
June 03rd Fort Worth, TX – Ridglea Theater
June 05th Houston, TX – The Skyline
June 07th Tallahassee, FL – Big Daddy’s
June 08th Tampa, FL – Brass Mug
June 09th Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
June 10th Charlotte, NC – The Milestone (feat. Withered)
June 11th Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar (feat. Misery Index)
June 12th Newport News, VA – Buddha’s Place (feat. Misery Index)
June 13th Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern

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New releases out tomorrow.

AC/DC – Iron Man 2 Soundtrack (Columbia)
Alcest – Ècailles De Lune (Prophecy)
At The Gates – Flames Of The End DVD (Earache)
Cathedral – The Guessing Game (Nuclear Blast)
The Crinn – Dreaming Saturn (Nuclear Blast)
Dr. Acula – The Social Event Of The Century (Uprising)
Erab Altor – The End (Napalm)
Les Discrets – Septembre Et Ses Dernières Pensées (Prophecy)
Levi Werstler Project – Avalanche Of Worms (Magna Carta)
Periphery – Periphery (Sumerian)
Ratt – Infestation (Loud And Proud)
Sevendust – Cold Day Memory (7Bros)
Sick Of It All – Based On A True Story (Century Media)

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