ONWARD TO OLYMPAS…On Tour

Facedown Records is launching the second Young and Wreckless tour this spring featuring Onward to Olympas, Your Memorial, and As Hell Retreats. They will be joining up with the newest addition to Facedown Records, Gideon.

Tour Dates:

April 8 – Facedown Fest
April 9 – Facedown Fest
April 11 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Sanctuary
April 12 – Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
April 13 – Provo, UT @ TBA
April 14 – Arvada, CO @ The Shelter
April 15 – Sioux City, IA @ Morningside Lutheran
April 16 – Willmar, MN @ First Street Warehouse

w/GIDEON (no YM)
April 17 – Springfield, IL @ Blacksheep Cafe
April 18 – Tulsa, OK @ The Marquee
April 19 – Terre Haute, IN @ THMV The Venue
April 20 – Nashville, TN @ Rocketown
April 21 – Little Rock, AR @ Downtown Music Hall
April 22 – Waco, TX @ TBA
April 23 – Plano, TX @ Eisenbergs Skatepark
April 24 – San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit
April 26 – Defuniak Springs, FL @ Woodlawn Community Center
April 27 – Fayetteville, GA @ 11th Hour Venue
April 28 – Macon, GA @ The 567
May 4 – Crofton, MD @ Macc w/Becoming The Archetype
May 5 – Lemoyne, PA @ Championship

HXC+NEWS (02/20/11)

BECOMING THE ARCHETYPE have a new blog up at HERE and they have released a new track called “The Magnetic Sky” on the Facebook page.  LISTEN

THE FAMINE have released The Architects Of Guilt.  Go buy it… NOW

IN THE MIDST OF LIONS and YOUR MEMORIAL are heading out on tour.  DATES

ISSACHAR have recorded some new tunes for you all to jam.  LISTEN

BLOODLINE SEVERED have released a new song from their upcoming album.  LISTEN

EMBRACING GOODBYE are entering the studio next week to record their sophomore album.

EMERY has announced that they are signing with Solid State Records.

BRIAN “HEAD” WELCH will be co-headling the Over My Head Tour with Decyfer Down. The tour will include special guests The Letter Black and The Wedding with tour sponsorship from The Mocha Club and HM Magazine.

IN THE MIDST OF LIONS…On Tour

IN THE MIDST OF LIONS are heading out on a headlining tour with THIS OR THE APOCALYPSE, YOUR MEMORIAL, NO BRAGGING RIGHTS this March.  ITMOL will be supporting their 2010 release, The Heart of Man.

Tour Dates:
3/7 – Fargo, ND
3/8 – Grand Rapids, MN
3/9 – Sioux Falls, SD
3/10 – Wichita, KS
3/11 – Waco, TX
3/13 – Montgomery, AL
3/15 – Linthicum, MD
3/16 – Richmond, VA
3/17 – Lynchburg, VA
3/18 – Virginia Beach, VA
3/19 – Lemoyne, PA
3/20 – Toledo, OH
3/21 – Lansing, MI
3/22 – Portage, IN
3/23 – Springfield, IL

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…