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IT DIES TODAY
DEBUT NEW SONG DOWNLOAD AT THE GAUNTLET.COM
BAND SET TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM “LIVIDITY”
ON TRUSTKILL SEPTEMBER 15TH
HEADLINE TOUR WITH VANNA AND
ARSONISTS GET ALL THE GIRLS STARTS SEPT. 10TH
The wait is over and Trustkill band IT DIES TODAY are set to release their long awaited album LIVIDITY, out September 15. Look for the band to kick off a tour with Vanna and Arsonists get all the girls on September 10 in support.

Free download of a brand new track now at The Gauntlet.com.

Hailing from Buffalo, NY IT DIES TODAY formed in 2001. The group creates a blend of brutal riffs and punishing breakdowns that are coupled with huge anthemic and driving melodies. This dichotomy within their sound has gained them fans across the metal, hardcore and rock scenes. At their formation, most band members were only 16 years old and although now only in their early 20s this is a band who has already accomplished more than bands twice their age and they have only just begun.
Look for the true strength, ability and resolve of this band to explode with “Lividity” on September 15.

Live with Vanna and Arsonists Get All The Girls
September 10 – Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
September 11 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Underground
September 12 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Loft
September 13 – South Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock
September 14 – Springfield, VA @ Jaxx
September 16 – Jacksonville, NC @ Hooligan’s
September 17 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
September 18 – Spartanburg, SC @ Ground Zero
September 19 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
September 23 – Houston, TX @ The Java Jazz
September 24 – San Antonio, TX @ Scout Bar
September 25 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
September 27 – Denver, CO @ The Marquis Theatre
September 28 – Farmington, NM @ Gator’s
September 30 -=2 0Tempe, AZ @ The Sets
October 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky A Go Go
October 6 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
October 10 – Detroit, MI @ Harpo’s
October 14 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
October 15 – Syracuse, NY @ Lost Horizon
October 16 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
October 17 – Toronto, CA @ Wreck Room

www.myspace.com/itdiestoday
www.trustkill.com/artist/It+Dies+Today
www.trustkill.com

The Agonist – Lullabies For The Dormant Mind

(c) 2009 Century Media Records
Rating: ½☆☆☆☆

the_agonist Imagine, if you will, that Korn went to Alice in Wonderland-land and attempted to pick a fight with the Cheshire Cat. After the fracas begins, Evanescence pops up along with Paul Gilbert and Barney from Napalm Death and everyone starts smacking each other around with guitars and vocal processors and junk. In the end everyone tires themselves out from ridiculous amount of fronting and lame-ass boredom. Nobody wins. If this CD was a joke it wouldn’t be nearly as funny as the fact that it’s not. Suffer! Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (this is what it would sound like if you tried to sing along)

Jerry Actually

Memphis May Fire Tour

MEMPHIS MAY FIRE ON TOUR NOW

TRUSTKILL RECORDS FULL LENGTH DEBUT
‘SLEEPWALKING’ – AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE – JULY 21

DOWNLOAD THE SINGLE NORTH ATLANTIC VS NORTH CAROLINA AT TRUSTKILL.COM

http://www.trustkill.com/memphismayfire/NorthAtlanticVsNorthCarolina/

Hailing from Dallas, TX — Matt Mullins, Kellen McGregor, Jeremy Grisham, Ryan Bentley and Cory Elder are Memphis May Fire. Their debut full length CD “Sleepwalking” produced by Casey Bates (Chiod os, A Skylit Drive) will hit the street July 21. Look for nonstop touring into 2010 in support of new CD, for up-to-date tour news check out www.killertours.com.

Get a free download of the track “North ATLANTIC VS North CAROLINA” from SLEEPWALKING now at:
http://www.trustkill.com/memphismayfire/NorthAtlanticVsNorthCarolina/

“heads straight for the adrenal gland before unleashing an unexpectedly melodic chorus…what follows pretty much ploughs the same furrow, they really do know how to wield a killer riff and supercharge their melodies, making them impossible to ignore”
–Kerrang!

Already known for their emotionally volatile live show the band puts their heart and soul into delivering a set that leaves attendees stunned and begging for more night after night. The wait is over, and they mean it when they say they’re her e to stay

See them live: (Go to KillerTours.com for all show details)
With Before Fear, Oceana and Of Machines:
7/15 The Crossing Palmdale, CA
7/17 Clubhouse Tempe, AZ
7/19 Bricktown Live Oklahoma City, OK
7/20 Art Ambush Waco, TX
7/21 Rock Bottom San Antonio, TX
7/22 Java Jazz Houston, TX
7/24 Music Box Mobile, AL
7/25 7 avenue Douglasville, GA
7/27 Lucky’s Pub Wilmington, NC
7/29 Eleanor Rigby’s Jermyn, PA
7/30 602 Lounge Patchogue, NY
7/31 Rocko’s Manchester, NH
8/1 Hanger 84 Vineland, NJ
8/2 Chicken Coop Buffalo, NY
8/3 Peabody’s Cleveland, OH
8/4 Static Age ;Romeo, MI
8/6 Mojoes Rock House Orland Park, IL
8/7 Long Memorial Hall Farmington, MI

Look for more dates to be announced soon.

http://www.myspace.com/memphismayfire
www.trustkill.com

Blink-182 Limited Edition Shirts

blink-182 has teamed with photographers Jered Martin http://jeredscott.com and Lisa Johnson http://www.myspace.com/lisajohnsonphoto to create special limited edition t-shirts for each stop on the tour. The shirts will be limited to 182 pieces per night. Once they are gone they are gone. The screens and film will be destroyed and never printed again.

La Vieja Guardia

(c) 2008 I Scream Records
Rating: ★★★★☆

la_vieja_guardiaHere’s another victim of my office clutter and the third in the hardcore bracket. La Vieja Guardia (The Old Guard) is a five track EP of Miami hardcore en Espanol from a band of the same name. From this small sampling, La Vieja Guardia is an able hardcore band with quite the pedigree. Produced by Randy Bradbury of Pennywise and featuring former members of bands such as Guajiro, Ignite, Slapshot and The Vandals, La Vieja Guardia represents a new emergence of the Miami hardcore scene and sound. I look forward to rocking more of this in the future. Good stuff. Get it!

–Jerry Actually

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Earth Crisis – Breed The Killers (re-release)

(c) 2008 I Scream Records
Rating: ★★★☆☆

earth_crisis_breed_the_killersHere’s another one from the office floor. This is the re-issue of the 1998 Earth Crisis “classic” Breed the Killers. The original 12 tracks are remastered and 2 bonus live tracks, including the previously unreleased “Standing Corpses”. Did ya like this back in ’98? If you did, then I’ll bet you’ll like it now. If you haven’t heard it, but you’re way into aggro concern-o-core then this is the shit. It roils with vitriolic anger about stuff. Get it. Crank it. Show your concern.

–Jerry Actually

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Terror – Forever Crossing the Line

(c) 2009 Trustkill Records
Rating: ★★★½☆

terrorSo ya think hardcore can’t come from the left coast? Well you’re wrong. L.A. Based Terror flippin’ rips it up old school. Forever Crossing The Line (5 Years In The Making) comes correct in all ways. Driving rhythms, pounding drums, crushing guitar, vox with just enough menace but not too much growl. You get 17 tracks, some live, of what is ostensibly East Coast Hardcore albeit from the West Coast. Just because you have palm trees and white sand beaches doesn’t mean you ever get to see ’em. Any way, I know that this review is hella late and Terror even has a new one out (The Damned The Shamed). I was cleaning my office and found it at the bottom of the stack. I feel that this disc is worthy of attention for its true to form hardcore.

–Jerry Actually

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Youth Brigade & Off With Their Heads

Youth Brigade will be supporting the upcoming release of the BYO Records 25th Anniversary Boxed set with shows on the East Coast. Touring with them will be Minneapolis’ own, Off With Their Heads. The two bands share key interests that include a penchant for punk rock with more hooks than a fisherman’s tackle box and a love for each other’s bands! A third band will be joining them starting the September 17 date and will be announced in the coming weeks.

The full-length documentary Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records will screen in select cities in conjunction with these tour dates. More details on the release and movie screenings to come. This is only one leg in Youth Brigade’s planned touring which will extend into winter of ’09.

In the meantime, check out the recently launched website www.letthemknowthemovie.com for more on what’s coming up.

For more info on Youth Brigade: www.byorecords.com
For more info on Off With Their Heads: www.myspace.com/offwiththeirheads

9/14/09 Detroit, MI @ Small’s Bar
9/15/09 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
9/16/09 Pittsburgh, PA @ Belvedere’s
9/17/09 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
9/18/09 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
9/19/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Europa
9/20/09 Boston, MA @ Middle East
9/21/09 Pittsfield, MA @ Hall

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VW Trainwreck – Dramaturgy

(c) 2009 VW Trainwreck
Rating: ★★★☆☆

vw_trainwreckWe are The D. We are The D. We are The D. We are The D. … er wait they’re VW Trainwreck. They are also a three piece punk-n-roll band from Tempe, AZ. Don’t get me wrong by the D reference. I enjoy the D and VW Trainwreck offers some of that same appeal (albeit without the dead on comedy approach except maybe on #5 VW ThemeWreck ) Dramaturgy kicks out 16 heavy tracks. Some of these tracks are over 4 minutes. Unless you are making a Rock Opera, this is unacceptable. All tracks over four minutes will only be listened to for 2:15 (I get to pick which parts) … ah yes, that is much better. If you wanna know what the band is all about, here is a bit from the one sheet, “The album revolves heavily around”. Sure that is way out of context, but I think it sums up Dramaturgy nicely. It is mostly heavy. It revolves around. On a more real note this disc is decent but runs a little too far into the rock vein for my personal preference. I would like to check out a live show though as it does appear that they know how to rock.

–Jerry Actually

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Dead On A Friday – Hope It Was Worth It

(c) 2007 Stabsco Records
Rating: ★★★½☆

dead_on_a_friday I know that I’m pretty lax on getting reviews up promptly a lot of the time, but from the copyright date to my door took two years, so I guess I’m not so bad… but on to the review. Queens New York natives, Dead On A Friday certainly have tenacity. Founded in 2002 they went through three drummers, several hazardous apartments, a nervous breakdown and countless hours of therapy (according to their bio) Finally after five long years, the band finally put it to wax so to speak. Hope It Was Worth It is 13 tracks of melodic punk. They have a very Bad Religion feel to me, but with the kind of cold gray edge you’d expect from East Coast winters. The music is tight, good quick pace, no epic length (over 3 minute) BS tracks. For sake of brevity, go find these guys and like them. Like them as much as your little heart can muster. Hope It Was Worth It does in fact seem every bit worth it.

–Jerry Actually