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West Coast Riot 2009 The 2009 edition of West Coast Riot, the annual punk and hardcore festival held at the central Gothenburg docks Frihamnen in Sweden, had a lot to live up to considering last year's edition was pretty much a who's who of punk rock, with NOFX, Bad Religion, Lagwagon, No Fun At All, Millencolin, Flogging Molly, Comeback Kid and more on the bill. Had No Use For A Name and Rancid been on the bill, I wouldn't have minded if a lightning struck me down the moment after NOFX's headline slot finished. So how do you respond to such a sick lineup the year after? You book one of the oldest punk rock bands ... |
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Double song update from Knives Exchanging Hands Written by BL on July 3, 2009 |
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Knives Exchanging Hands have posted 2 new tracks called "Kansas City Shuffle" and "The Death Of Papy Gatmus". Listen to them here. Their new album "The War Of Speech, The Weapon Of Words" will be released July 21st through Tragic Hero Records. |

Chevelle posts new track Written by BL on July 3, 2009 |
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Chevelle have posted a new song called "Jars" here. It will be on their new album "Sci-Fi Crimes" slated for a September 8th through Epic. |

New Born Of Osiris song Written by BL on July 3, 2009 |
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Check out "Live Like I'm Real" by Born Of Osiris on their myspace.Their new album "A Higher Place" will be out July 7th through Sumerian Records. |

Bodom expose their skeletons Written by EW on July 2, 2009 |
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Children of Bodom have released the details of their upcoming covers album, "Skeletons in the Closet", out soon on Spinefarm Records. The European track listing is shown below.
1. Lookin' Out My Back Door (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
2. Hell Is For Children (Pat Benatar)
3. Somebody Put Something In My Drink (Ramones)
4. Mass Hypnosis (Sepultura)
5. Don´t Stop At The Top (Scorpions)
6. Silent Scream (Slayer)
7. She Is Beautiful (Andrew W.K.)
8. Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In) (Kenny Rogers)
9. Bed Of Nails (Alice Cooper)
10. Hellion (W.A.S.P.)
11. Aces High (Iron Maiden)
12. Rebel Yell (Billy Idol)
13. No Commands (Stone)
14. Antisocial (Trust/Anthrax)
15. Talk Dirty To Me (Poison)
16. War Inside My Head (Suicial Tendencies)
17. Ooops!… I Did It Again (Britney Spears) |

Job For A Cowboy stream album Written by BL on July 2, 2009 |
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Go to their myspace to here "Ruination" in its entirety. The album will be out July 7th via Metal Blade. |

Death Cab's Little Bribes Written by DR on July 1, 2009 |
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Here is the video for "Little Bribes" |

New There For Tomorrow video Written by DR on July 1, 2009 |
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Here you can see "A Little Faster". |

The Black Dhalia Murder has plans Written by BL on July 1, 2009 |
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The Black Dhalia Murder have named their upcoming new album "Deflorate" and aim for a September 15th release date through Metal Blade. |

Bigelf tour dates Written by EW on June 30, 2009 |
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I've added to the Tour Dates page the dates for Los Angeles prog rockers Bigelf European tour for this autumn, in support of "Cheat The Gallows" which is due out Septembr 7th via Powerage Records. Included is a Copenhagen date on September 27th. |

Essence Of Progression tour Written by BL on June 30, 2009 |
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Threshold, Serenity and Spheric Universe Experience are planning the "Essence Of Progression" tour across Europe this autumn.
Dates:
Oct. 29 - Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany
Oct. 30 - Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Nov. 01 - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
Nov. 02 - Backstage, Munich, Germany
Nov. 04 - Firlej, Wroclaw, Poland
Nov. 05 - Bergkeller, Reichenbach, Germany
Nov. 06 - Spirit of 66, Verviers, Belgium
Nov. 07 - Boerderij, Zoetermeer, Netherlands |

Thrice post lyrics for two new songs Written by DR on June 30, 2009 |
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Thrice have posted the lyrics for two songs they have been playing live; 'The Weight' and 'All The World Is Mad'. |

Shadows Fall talk new album Written by BL on June 30, 2009 |
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Shadows Fall bassist Paul Romanko discusses their upcoming album "Retribution" with swigged.net:
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