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Watch Laruso’s new video!

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:10:04 +0000

Sheffield rockers Laruso release their awesome new single, End Of Level Boss, a week on Monday (November 29) and to celebrate, we’ve got an exclusive first look at the accompanying video. Check it out below:

Watch the Amity Affliction’s latest video!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:04 +0000

Former Kerrang! Introducing stars The Amity Affliction will hit the UK later this week for their debut UK tour supporting We Are The Ocean. To get you all excited about their visit to these shores, we thought we’d nab their latest video, Fruity Lexia, for your viewing pleasure. Check it out below: The full list of tour dates is as follows: November 18 Plymouth, White Rabbit 19 Newport, Le Pub 20 Milton Keynes, The Pitz 21 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms 23 Birmingham, Academy 2 24 Manchester, Academy 3 25 Glasgow, King Tuts Glasgow 26 Leeds, The Cockpit 29 Colchester, Arts Centre 30 Brighton, Concorde 2 December 01 London, Electric Ballroom Tickets are on sale now from www.aloud.com.

Behind the scenes of Paramore's new video

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:01:41 +0000

Paramore recently completed work on the video for their new single, Brick By Boring Brick. “It's our first video that's not performance based,” bassist Jeremy Davis told MTV. “We're not performing at all. We're in it for, like, two seconds, some of us. It's out first video that's all green screen and has a whole story behind it, and there's a lot of people acting in it, so it's cool." "I just checked out our (almost finished) video!" gushed lead singer Hayley Williams on her Twitter. "Don't be sittin' there all jealous like that. Though, it was pretty awesome!" Brick By Boring Brick will be released in the UK on November 23. The single will be available on CD and digital download and will feature an acoustic version of Brick By Boring Brick as the B-side. Check out some exclusive stills below and click on the pictures for high-res versions.

Paramore’s sold-out British arena tour kicks off on December 10 in Glasgow and finishes at London’s Wembley Arena on December 18.

The Playlist 11-11-09

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:52:37 +0000

This Week's Essential Tracks! MADINA LAKE, WELCOME TO OBLIVION Another big, shiny giant of a tune from the 'Lake and, once again, you won't be able to stop humming it for days afterwards. Twin-tastic! Click here ALICE IN CHAINS, YOUR DECISION One of the less riffy moments on their new album, Black Gives Way To Blue, Your Decision’s brooding atmosphere still makes it a monster. Click here MUSE, UNDISCLOSED DESIRES A disco beat, picked violins and a big, electro-rock chorus. Only Muse could make it all fit together as seamlessly as it does here. Click here HIGH ON FIRE, FROST HAMMER Predictably enough, a song by High On Fire with a name like Frost Hammer isn’t a ballad. It is, in fact, very, very heavy and sounds like Motörhead colliding with Mastodon. Sweet. Click here DEVIN TOWNSEND, BEND IT LIKE BENDER Devin Townsend has been responsible for some pretty out there sounds over the years, but this happy-clappy, danceable number is likely to challenge metal fans more than any of his noisy stuff. Click here DEVILDRIVER, FATE STEPPED IN Dunno what fate stepped in (bah-dum-tish!), all we know is DevilDriver have written a superbly metal song about it. Good show, gents. Click here LARUSO, END OF LEVEL BOSS With Fightstar-shaped choruses and the sort of power you get from Linkin Park at full throttle, End Of Level Boss is a cracker. Click here THROWDOWN, THIS CONTINUUM If Throwdown shout any louder they’ll burst a blood vessel. But since their brutal hardcore already sounds like an exploding petrol station, any louder might damage your stereo. Click here KARNIVOOL, SET FIRE TO THE HIVE Those who saw Karnivool with Skindred recently will already know how twisted their dark, Tool-ish tunes are. Everyone else, check them out now! Click here FRAMING HANLEY, HEAR ME NOW Framing Hanley have already taken America by storm, and it’s only a matter of time before you fall in love with their anthemic emo. Get acquainted with them ASAP! Click here

Flyleaf video EXCLUSIVE!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:58:27 +0000

US rockers Flyleaf released their long awaited new album, Memento Mori, earlier this week. And to celebrate, we've got an exclusive first look at their awesome new video Beautiful Bride. Check it out below:

Watch the new Maidna Lake video

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:36:49 +0000

Madina Lake will release their new single, Welcome To Oblivion, digitally next Monday (November 15). Check out the accompanying video below: t>

Them Crooked Vultures stream new album

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:02:35 +0000

Them Crooked Vultures - the rock supergroup featuring Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones and Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on drums - have posted their entire new album online ahead of it's official release next Monday (November 16). Check out the streams below:

New Muse video

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:55 +0000

Muse will release Undisclosed Desires, the second track the be culled from their Number One album Resistance, on November 16. Check out the accompanying video below:

The Playlist 04-11-09

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:57:02 +0000

This Week's Essential Tracks! THE DEAD WEATHER, I CUT LIKE A BUFFALO Jack White could be playing death metal and it’d still have a saucy groove the size of the Grand Canyon. Here he is doing a big, bluesy one and, yep, it’s groovy. Click here FRANK TURNER, POETRY OF THE DEED Another brilliant tune from everyone’s favourite punk-busker-nomad fella, Frank Turner. He’s on tour this week, go catch him and have a good old sing-song. Click here PARAMORE, BRICK BY BORING BRICK Paramore's Brand New Eyes album is an absolutely gleaming gem of a record, and this breezy pop nugget - complete with 'bah-dah-dah' sing along - is one of the shiniest highlights. We love it! Click here PUSCIFER, POLAR BEAR Are Puscifer, the disco-tastic side-project of Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan, a joke? Possibly, but if they are, they’re a joke that’s good to have a boogie to. Click here UNEARTH, GRAVE OF OPPORTUNITY When you want a pizza, you go to Pizza Hut. When you want aggressive, chunky metal, you go to Unearth and get a nice, big, thick slice of goodness. Click here FOO FIGHTERS, WHEELS One of their more lighters-in-the-air moments, this new Foos track is a lovely bit of radio friendly rock that’ll doubtless sound awesome when it’s being belted out by a festival crowd. Click here THEM CROOKED VULTURES, NEW FANG Dave Grohl pops up in Playlist twice this week, this time with QOTSA man Josh Homme and ex-Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones. They’re playing seriously cool rock n’ roll. Because they’re seriously cool. Click here THE ACADEMY IS…, I’M YOURS TONIGHT Big, bouncy and brilliant, this new cut from The Adademy Is… is superb stuff. Get a whole, download only EP of it at their website. Click here NILE, UTTERANCES OF THE CRAWLING DEAD As Egypt-obsessed as ever, Nile here serve up an overwhelmingly heavy bit of death metal brutality with an Eastern twist. A bit like having a pyramid shoved into your ears. Click here ASH, JOY KICKS DARKNESS Their idea to do an alphabetical tour of the UK is <>, and although their A-Z singles series sadly isn’t in alphabetical order, this (single B), is another reason to love the Downpatrick boys. Click here

Exclusive! 30 Seconds To Mars album reveal

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:50:27 +0000

30 Seconds To Mars release their long awaited new album, This Is War, on December 7. Can’t wait that long? Us neither. That’s where www.thisiswarrevealed.com comes in; 30 Seconds To Mars will be posting 13 video clips around the interweb over the coming weeks. As well as giving you an insight into their awesome new album, once you collect all 13 parts, you’ll be able to unlock the jigsaw puzzle at www.thisiswarrevealed.com and you’ll get an exclusive MP3 of a track from the album! To get you started, we’ve got the first two clips HERE and HERE. Aren’t we good to you?

FREE! Laruso MP3!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:17:09 +0000

Hotly tipped Northern Rockers Laruso release their awesome new single, End Of Level Boss, on November 28. The track is taken from their second album, A Classic Case Of Cause And Effect which is out now. We've teamed up with the band to give you an exclusive free download of the track Plain Paper Napkins. Click here to download it as an MP3 for free!

Kids In Glass Houses and DevilDriver Hallowe'en podcasts

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:03:07 +0000

Kids In Glass Houses' Aled and Phillip reveal which classic horror flicks they'll be watching this Hallowe'en. DevilDriver reveal their favourite horror movies, including Lethal Weapon 4 and Jaws.

Watch Fightstar's new video

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:23:29 +0000

Fightstar will release their kick-ass new single, A City On Fire, on December 7 thorugh their own Search And Destroy label. Check out the acompanying video below:

The Playlist 28-10-09

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:43:27 +0000

This Week's Essential Tracks! BURY TOMORROW, YOU AND I Bury Tomorrow are right heavy, and they don’t piss about when it comes to delivering the goods. Check out this cut from their new album, Portraits. Click here ARCHITECTS, FOLLOW THE WATER You’ll want to go bonkers to this cut of furious metal from the Brighton boys. Watch the video at Kerrang.com and watch people doing just that! Click here HORSE THE BAND, A PARTRIDGE As Christmas approaches, bands just can’t help getting all festive. HORSE The Band’s contribution to Chrimbo won’t make it onto carol lists any time soon, but it’s still fun. In October. Click here SKELETONWITCH, REPULSIVE SALVATION If you like your metal balls out, heavy and covered in spikes, this new cut from Skeletonwitch is just the job. Get your metal on! Click here THE BRONX, INVEIGH Punk Bronx, rather than Mariachi El Bronx, this sew single is a groovy, swaggering stormer with a big mouth and plenty of attitude. Wahey! Click here PLACEBO, BREATHE UNDERWATER Placebo’s Battle For The Sun album is right good, and Breathe Underwater is a shining example why. Get a free live version from Kerrang.com Click here GREEN DAY, 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN You don’t need telling how good Green Day are. Even your grandmother knows they’re ace, so we’ll just tell you that if you haven’t heard this yet, GET TO IT! Click here THURSDAY, CIRCUITS OF FEVER A slow-burning, dreamy offering from the New Jersey post-hardcore crew. You can’t really mosh to it, but you’ll love it nonetheless. Click here AFI, ZIGGY STARDUST AFI are one of the few bands who could tackle this David Bowie classic and not make a pig’s ear of it. Davey Havok’s even got Bowie’s warble down to perfection. Click here 30 SECONDS TO MARS, KINGS AND QUEENS Jared’s back, and he’s done an album of brutal, Satan-loving death metal… just kidding. Anything other than choruses the size of China from 30STM would be a swizz. Good job Kings And Queens has one, then. Click here

Watch Green Day’s new video

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:19:13 +0000

Green Day have completed work on the video for the title track of their latest album, 21st Century Breakdown, which you can watch below. 21st Century Breakdown will hit stores and digital retailers in the UK on December 21. See what they did there?

Watch the Foo Fighters' new video!

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:04:13 +0000

Click here to check out the video for the Foo Fighters new single, Wheels, which came out this past Monday. Wheels is one of the new tracks the band recorded for their Greatest Hits collection which is released on November 2.

The Playlist 21-10-09

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:48:04 +0000

This Week's Essential Tracks! BRING ME THE HORIZON, THE SADNESS WILL NEVER END Big, riffy, and featuring guest vocals from Architects man Sam Carter, this cut from last year’s Suicide Season album sees BMTH in full, metallic flight. Jolly good show, gents. Click here ATREYU, STORM TO PASS The California crew return with a darker slant on this big tune. Proof that there’s more to them than muscles and sunshine. Bones and moonlight, perhaps? Click here ALEXISONFIRE, BORN AND RAISED Ever seen Chinese dragons dancing to post hardcore? If you watch the video for Alexisonfire’s stonking new single you will. Lovely stuff. Click here GOD FORBID, STOCKHOLM SYNDROME That’s super heavy metal mob God Forbid covering Muse. How does it sound? Absolutely bloody marvellous, of course. Click here LOSTPROPHETS, AC RICOCHET As revealed in K!, the making of the new Lostprophets record wasn’t easy (or cheap!). But, as shown on this superb rocker, the results speak very loudly for themselves. Click here WEEZER, SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO? Having written enough classics of his own, Rivers Cuomo doesn’t need to cover anyone else’s. But here, he and Weezer give a superb version of this Clash number. Naturally, it’s great. Click here RANCID, UP TO NO GOOD Rancid are the sort of band you can imagine being constantly up to no good. Fortunately, the punk ruffians’ music is always good as gold. Ragged, sloppy and indelicate, but good as gold all the same. Click here CANTERBURY, ELEVEN, TWELVE These young Brit pups – not from Canterbury, incidentally – know their way around a tune, like this off-beat toe-tapper. Catch them on tour with Billy Talent. Click here FALL OUT BOY, ALPHA DOG A new track from their forthcoming Believers Never Die Best Of collection, this is all the bounce and fun you love about Fall Out Boy. Wahey! Click here THE BLACKOUT, THIS IS WHY WE CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS Like a perpetual stream of ace tunes, the new single from The Blackout is another brilliant bouncer from the Welsh wonders. It’s got Josh from You Me At Six on it, too. Click here

Watch Canterbury's new video

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:14:43 +0000

Brit newcomers Canterbury this week's Kerrang! Introducing stars. If you can't wait to read about them in tomorrow's Kerrang! magazine, then check out the video for their new single, Eleven, Twelve below. Eleven, Twelve will be released as a single on October 26. The album, Thank You, will follow on November 23.

FREE! Placebo tour download bundle

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:30:28 +0000

Placebo will kick off their European arena tour tomorrow (October 21) in Dijon, France. The trek will hit the UK on December 8 at Birmingham's LG Arena before rolling into Ireland's Dublin's Olympia Theatre on December 16 and carrying on through to Italy and beyond. To celebrate the band have compiled a FREE download bundle (complete with a printable PDF booklet) featuring exclusive tracks from all of the bands on the tour. The track listing is as follows: 01 Placebo - Breathe Underwater (Live At Pukkelpop Festival 2009) 02 Expatriate - Get Out, Give In 03 Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch (Recorded Live For KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic) 04 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea 05 United - For What I Feel (Live At Debaser ) Click here to download it.

Watch Architects new video!

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:19:45 +0000

Architects have just posted their new video, Follow The Water, online. Check it out below: After rampaging through Australia (which you can read about in this week's Kerrang! magazine) the band will return to the UK to headline the Never Say Die tour with Despised Icon, Horse The Band, As Blood Runs Black, Oceano, IWrestledABearOnce and The Ghost Inside in tow. Dates are as follows: October 30 Brighton, Concorde 2 31 Birmingham, Academy 2 November 01 Sheffield, Corporation 02 Glasgow, The Arches 03 Manchester, Academy 2 04 London, The Electric Ballroom Tickets are on sale now from www.aloud.com.