HXC+NEWS (01/23/11)

ACE AUGUSTINE has a new album out called The Absolute.

AUGUST BURNS RED will be heading into the studio with Jason Suecof at Audio Hammer Studios outside of Orlando on February 14th to begin recording their upcoming fourth album. More

SLEEPING GIANT and THE GREAT COMMISSION have signed to a new record label called ANGR (Ain’t No Grave Recordings) Here

THE FAMINE have posted a new song called “The New Hell” from their upcoming release. Here

ONWARD TO OLYMPAS have posted the title track from their new album The War Within Us, which drops March 15th. Here

SOLID STATE RECORDS wants to be your friend on Facebook and they’ll give you music for free.

OVERCOME have a new album out on February 1st called The Great Campaign Of Sabotage.

GIDEON has posted a new song called “Virtue” off of their upcoming release Costs. Here

HXC+NEWS (01/09/11)

 

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE has a new album this year intitled Celestial Completion. The band is also in the process of booking a tour to promote the new release due out in March.

THE FAMINE new album The Architects of Guilt will be out on February 15th.  They have posted a new song “Ad Mortem” here.

SLEEPING GIANT is in the process of recording a new album.  Expect an early summer release.  Frontman Tommy Green has also released a book called Religo-cide which you can get on Amazon.

IMPENDING DOOM is writing new tunes.

GIDEON has just signed to Facedown Records.  Their new album Costs will be out March 1st.

ACE AUGUSTINE is set to release their new album, The Absolute on January 18th.

Old school hardcore heavy weights OVERCOME are back together and releasing a new album called The Great Campaign of Sabotage on February 1st.

HASTE THE DAY has announced the dates for their farewell tour.

TIMES OF GRACE have announced a tour in support of their album, Hymns of a Broken Man out on January 18th.

GNASHING OF TEETH have a new record out on Sancrosanct Records called Walking the Appian Way.

Also coming in 2011 from Facedown:  New albums from Onward To Olympas, As Hell Retreats, Hope For The Dying, Hands, A Hope For Home, My Epic, Take It Back! and more!

BACK IN BLACK…

Sorry it has been so long.  A lot has happened in my life in the last year and I’m just getting back to a place where I can focus on my love of all things metal.  There have been many awesome things (and not so awesome things) happening the scene in this year.  Here are some of the highlights…

LIVING SACRIFICE, DEMON HUNTER, THE SHOWDOWN, FOR TODAY, AS THEY SLEEP, UNDEROATH, ASCEND THE HILL, YOUR MEMORIAL, THE CHARIOT, HASTE THE DAY, AUGUST BURNS RED,  A PLEA FOR PURGING, IMPENDING DOOM, CORPUS CHRISTI, NORMA JEAN, MYCHILDREN MYBRIDE, I AM ALPHA & OMEGA, EMBRACING GOODBYE, TO SPEAK OF WOLVES, SENT BY RAVENS, AS I LAY DYING, WAR OF AGES and WRENCH IN THE WORKS…all released albums this year.  Some good, some bad, some so so.

HASTE THE DAY and WRENCH IN THE WORKS broke up…

Aaron left UNDEROATH…

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE, SPOKEN and SLEEPING GIANT are writing new material…

Old school hardcore heavyweights OVERCOME is back together and releasing new material on Facedown Records…

TIMES OF GRACE are set to release their first album in Jan…

DEMON HUNTER released a Christmas song…

TOMMY GREEN of SLEEPING GIANT wrote a book and it will be available soon…

And I got to see LIVING SACRIFICE, ADVENT and SLEEPING GIANT destroy all!!!

More to come…