The Epitaph Store is having a giant sale! All CD's will be priced at $8.99 or less and there are some great bundles available! Check out some of the bundles available below and start browsing all the CD's right here!
The Blood Brothers Re-Issues
This Bundle Includes:
- Burn, Piano Island, Burn CD/DVD - Crimes 2 CD Set - Young Machetes 2 CD Set - March On Electric Children CD
Bad Religion Remasters 5-CD Bundle
This Bundle Includes:
- How Could Hell Be Any Worse CD - Suffer CD - No Control CD - Against The Grain CD - Generator CD
New Found Glory "Don't Let Her Pull You Down" 7" Bundle
This Bundle Includes:
- "Don't Let Her Pull You Down" 7" on Aqua vinyl - "Don't Let Her Pull You Down" 7" on Orange vinyl - "Don't Let Her Pull You Down" T-Shirt - 24" x 36" full color "Don't Let Her Pull You Down" movie poster
Escape The Fate Bundle
This Bundle Includes:
- This War Is Ours CD - Escape The Fate T-Shirt - Escape The Fate Poster
Make sure to stop by the Epitaph Store to check out all the available CD's and bundles and keep checking back since we're always adding new items!
Four classic Blood Brothers albums have been re-issued, complete with a slew of bonus content! The CD and digital re-issues include rare previously unavailable live tracks and videos, music videos and B-sides for the ultimate collectors’ edition.
1. Set Fire to the Face on Fire 2. We Ride Skeletal Lightning 3. Laser Life 4. Camouflage, Camouflage 5. You're the Dream Unicorn! 6. Vital Beach 7. Spit Shine Your Black Clouds 8. 1, 2, 3, 4 Guitars 9. Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank 10. Nausea Shreds Yr Head 11. Rat Rider 12. Johnny Ripper 13. Huge Gold AK-47 14. Street Wars/Exotic Foxholes 15. Giant Swan
Disc 2
1. Laser Life - Nick Zinner Remix (off the Set Fire To The Face On Fire single) 2. Nausea Shreds Yr Head - Gajamagic remix (off the Set Fire To The Face On Fire single) 3. Street Wars/Exotic Foxholes - Gajamagic remix (off the Laser Life single) 4. We Ride Skeletal Lightning – Live (KXLU 2006) 5. Laser Life – Live (KXLU 2006) 6. Camouflage, Camouflage – Live (KXLU 2006) 7. Lift the Veil, Kiss the Tank – Live (KXLU 2006) 8. Vital Beach – Live (KXLU 2006) 9. You’re the Dream Unicorn! – Live (KXLU 2006) 10. Giant Swan – Live (KXLU 2006) Laser Life – video (enhanced portion) Set Fire To The Face On Fire - video (enhanced portion)
1. Feed Me to the Forest 2. Trash Flavored Trash 3. Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck 4. Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers 5. Teen Heat 6. Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy 7. Crimes 8. My First Kiss at the Public Execution 9. Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret 10. Beautiful Horses 11. Wolf Party 12. Celebrator 13. Devastator
Disc 2
1. Ladies and Gentlemen (off the Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck single) 2. Metronomes (off the Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck single) 3. Crimes (alt. version) (off the Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck ep) 4. Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers (alt. version) (off the Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck ep) 5. Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck (live) (off the Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck ep) 6. Trash Flavored Trash – Live (Reading Festival 2005) 7. Peacock Skeleton With Crooked Feathers – Live (Reading Festival 2005) 8. My First Kiss at the Public Execution – Live (Reading Festival 2005) 9. Live at the Apocalypse Cabaret – Live (Reading Festival 2005) 10. Rats and Rats and Rats for Candy – Live (Reading Festival 2005) 11. Teen Heat – Live (Reading Festival 2005) Love Rhymes With Hideous Car Wreck - video (enhanced portion)
1. Guitarmy 2. Fucking's Greatest Hits 3. Burn, Piano Island, Burn 4. Every Breath is a Bomb 5. Ambulance vs. Ambulance 6. USA Nails 7. Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon 8. Six Nightmares at the Pinball Masquerade 9. The Salesman, Denver Max 10. I Know Where the Canaries and the Crows Go 11. God Bless You, Blood Thirsty Zeppelins 12. The Shame 13. Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon – Live (Reading Festival 2005) 14. Pink Tarantulas (off the Ambulance vs. Ambulance single) Ambulance vs. Ambulance - video (enhanced CD portion)
1. Birth Skin/Death Leather 2. Meet Me at the Water Front After the Social 3. March on Electric Children! 4. New York Slave 5. Kiss of the Octopus 6. Siamese Gun 7. Mr. Electric Ocean 8. Junkyard J. vs. The Skin Army Girlz/High Fives, LA Hives 9. American Vultures
We have partnered with WWW.DiNGLIFE.COM to get YOU on stage to watch STORY OF THE YEAR on tour with The Devil Wears Prada, All That Remains, and Haste The Day! One person from each tour stop will be chosen to watch STORY OF THE YEAR from the stage and meet the band!
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Today at Babelgum, Rancid premiered their brand new video for "Up To No Good." This is a very special premiere! Every view on the video donates 1 cent to the Tony Hawk Foundation which builds skate parks for kids in low-income neighborhoods. Watch the video below and make sure to spread the word to rack up the views and donate to the Tony Hawk Foundation!
New Found Glory and Dashboard Confessional have announced acoustic dates!
A limited number of tickets have been held and will be available through a special presale that begins Tuesday November 10, 2009 @ 5 pm local time! By buying tickets through the presale, you'll be able to get your tickets before anyone else AND save some money on service charges.
November 30, 2009 @ Troubadour West Hollywood, CA December 1, 2009 @ Glass House Pomona, CA December 4, 2009 @ In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT December 6, 2009 @ Slowdown Omaha, NE December 7, 2009 @ Subterranean Chicago, IL December 8, 2009 @ St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI December 10, 2009 @ Middle East Cambridge, MA December 11, 2009 @ Highline Ballroom New York, NY December 12, 2009 @ The Trocadero Philadelphia, PA December 13, 2009 @ Ottobar Baltimore, MD December 15, 2009 @ The Social Orlando, FL
Converge guitarist Kurt Bellou and bassist Nate Newton are interviewed by Metal Injection guest correspondent Leo Miller (former vocalist of Animosity). Eventually, frontman Jacob Bannon cuts into the interview to grill Leo. Watch the video below, then see an entire Converge set at Metal Injection!
Converge's Axe to Fall Receives Acclaimed Reviews from Press
After months of anticipation, groundbreaking metal/hardcore band Converge has released their highly anticipated new album, Axe To Fall.
Three years after their celebrated album No Heroes, critics agree that metal and hardcore's most aggressive band, Converge, have delivered one of the best albums of their career and one of the best metal/hardcore albums of the year. Not only has Axe To Fall been praised by metal and hardcore fans and critics, but it's also captured the undivided attention of indie and rock audiences, exposing one of underground metal/hardcore's most uncompromising bands to mainstream audiences around the world.
Converge are currently blowing minds and filling pits across the US on tour with Mastodon, High on Fire and Dethklok. Don't miss an exhilarating performance from the world's most aggressive band.
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT AXE TO FALL:
"...a record that rivals "Jane Doe" and anything else that's come out this year" - Decibel (10/10)
"...your entire genre just saw its bar raised another 50 feet." - Revolver (4.5/5)
"Converge are this generation's Black Flag" - Pitchfork (8.5/10)
"The band still sounds like Converge, but like a Converge that's been around for 19 years and continues adding distinctively new details to their attack." - Stereogum.com
"...they've earned a reputation so formidable it'd give a lesser band performance anxiety." - Chicago Reader
"Converge merges the speed of hardcore, the virtuosity of metal and the guttural agonies of thrash, and its seventh album, "Axe to Fall," hurtles through a new batch of imprecations and apocalypses." - New York Times
"The kings of underground hardcore metal deliver so consistently that it becomes an exercise in finding new ways to say, "They still shred." - Inked
"The 13 songs encapsulate so much bitterness, rage, and fury in their brief, flickering existence, we might as well be talking about a Dali painting or an allegorical poem" - Outburn (10/10)
"perhaps the Massachusetts foursome's most accomplished record to date." - BBC
""Axe to Fall" is a big step forward for them" - Allmusic.com (4.5/5)
"Boston, MA, metal heads Converge have captured the destructive force of a wrecking ball in the song ("Axe To Fall")... and it rocks!" - SPIN.com
"If the world's really going to hell in a handbasket, this could well herald in the horsemen" - Kerrang! (4/5)
"...a corrosive symphony of punishing hardcore, unexpected touches of space rock and back-breaking metal, all held together by Bannon's psychoanalytical lyrics." - Boston Herald
""Axe to Fall" is a blistering metallic masterpiece" - Riverfront Times
""Axe", in all its variety, is far and away the most accessible - and dare I say the most fun - music Converge have made." - The Boston Phoenix
""Axe to Fall" encapsulates the creative arc of a long career, and proves that intelligence and imagination rule, no matter how thuggish the initial impulse." - The Big Takeover
"... Converge are showing neither the barest hint of slippage or fatigue whilst penning some of the most frantic, ferocious and God damn unrelenting music of their lives" - Rock Sound (UK) (9/10)
"...their furious extreme-metal jams churn with a tightly honed precision the band abjured on 2006's raw No Heroes and 2004's sludgy "You Fail Me."" - LA Weekly
""Axe to Fall" is a dazzling array of white-hot metal riffing in amongst colossal grooves and thick-textured soundscapes. To even be causing the debate of whether or not it's a better album than ‘Jane Doe' is a remarkable achievement and is testament to the quality of the band's latest and perhaps greatest." - Metal Hammer (UK)
""Axe" is a rampage of intricate drumming and six-string heroics." - Cleveland Scene
""Axe to Fall" is like mainlining adrenaline" - Westword
""Axe to Fall," shreds pretty damn hard" - Miami New Times
"There's plenty of other goodies to sink your teeth into on "Axe to Fall"" - Shockhound.com
"Is there any other group more qualified than Converge to hold the 'Most Influential Hardcore Band of the Last Decade' title?" - Lambgoat.com (8/10)
""Axe to Fall" is 110% CONVERGE and has easily succeeded in meeting (and quite possibly surpassing) everyone's expectations." - Apeshit.org
"Even though they cemented their place in the metal hall of fame years ago, Converge continues to challenge themselves and release music that blows every other band out of the water." - Absolutepunk.net (90%)
"possibly the best album of Converge's career." - Metalinjection.net (4.5/5)
""Axe to Fall" features some of the band's tightest, most interesting songwriting, as well as providing one of the most satisfying repeat listens of any Converge album." - Metalsucks.net (4.5/5)
"Truly, with "Axe To Fall" the band have proudly delivered another cornerstone album in their already impressive discography. A ravenous sonic envelopment that defines all their best traits, while trailblazing for future avenues yet to be fully explored." - ThePrp.com (5/5)
"Metalcore album of the year" - TheMetalUnderground.com (4.5/5)
"one of the best heavy metal albums of 2009, if not the best." - Ultimate-Guitar.com (9.3/10)
"Converge has elected growth over rote, choosing to create an album of challenging depth and horrifying beauty that still respects and builds on the balls-to-the-wall ferocity of the band's previous work." - Blogcritics.org
"Converge has yet again proven why they are one of the most revered underground bands ever to lay music to tape. "Axe to Fall" isn't just another album - it represents the anger, the sadness and the unrest faced by us all in this time of socioeconomic instability and fear. It is the sound of discontent and the cry of the masses. Let us stand together and sing its praises. - Decoymusic.com (5/5)
Converge Tour Dates:
11/04: Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/05: Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/06: Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/07: Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/08: Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphit w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/11: Dallas, TX @ House Of Blues w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/12: Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/13: Austin, TX @ Austin City Music Hall w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/14: Tulsa, OK @ Brady Theater w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/16: Las Cruces, NM @ Pan American Center w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/17: Mesa, AZ @ Marquee Theatre w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/18: Las Vegas, House of Blues w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/19: Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/20: Los Angeles, CA @ Palladium w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
11/21: San Jose, CA @ Event Center w/ Mastodon, Dethklok, High On Fire
05/28: Baltimore, MD @ Maryland Deathfest w/ Entombed, Obituary, 16, and more
John's new EP City Route 85 is available online right now and starting today you can pre-order the EP on 7" vinyl! Check out all the bundles below, then head over to the Official Epitaph Store to pre-order your vinyl today!
City Route 85 2x 7" EP & T-Shirt
This bundle includes:
- City Route 85 EP on limited edition white vinyl - City Route 85 EP on black vinyl - Limited edition City Route 85 t-shirt
City Route 85 7" EP & T-Shirt
This bundles includes:
- City Route 85 EP on limited edition white vinyl - Limited edition City Route 85 t-shirt
City Route 85 2x 7" EP
This bundles includes:
- City Route 85 EP on limited edition white vinyl - City Route 85 EP on black vinyl
Crimson Management is pleased to announce their First Annual This Is New England Tour kicking off Nov 28th! The lineup will feature VANNA, Therefore I Am, and A Loss For Words in Hartford, CT. 17 dates to mosh it up, tour ends in Providence, RI on December 19th. They’re keeping it strickly north east, those lucky bastards.
Nov 28 – Webster Underground – Hartford, CT Nov 29 – The Loft @ The Chance – PoughKeepsie, NY Nov 30 – Eleanor Rigby’s – Jermyn, PA Dec 01 – The Eldolyn Terrace – Altoona, PA Dec 03 – Mac’s Bar – Lansing, MI Dec 04 – Frankies – Toledo, OH Dec 05 – Mojoes Coffee House – Chicago, IL Dec 06 – Fubar – St. Louis, MO Dec 07 – Club Neon – Springfield, MO Dec 08 – 4H Building – Popular Bluff, MO Dec 09 – The Coup – Clarksville, TN Dec 11 – The Brewery – Raleigh, NC Dec 12 – Alley Katz – Richmond, VA Dec 13 – Harmony Grange – Wilmington, DE Dec 14 – Otto Bar – Baltimore, MD Dec 15 – The Aquifer – Clinton, NJ Dec 16 – Masquerade Club @ The Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA Dec 17 – The Vibe Lounge – Rockville, NY Dec 18 – The Kave – Bangor, ME Dec 19 – Lupo’s – Providence, RI
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STORY OF THE YEAR COME OUT SWINGING WITH NEW MUSIC AND TOUR
St. Louis rockers Story of the Year have unleashed a hard-hitting new song, "To the Burial," today in anticipation of their upcoming US tour with The Devil Wears Prada and All That Remains.
From the opening echoes of singer Dan Marsala to the huge metal riffs and a soaring solo from dual guitarists Ryan Philips and Phil Sneed and snarling bass of Adam Russell backed by the punk rock pummeling of Josh Wills, "To The Burial" comes out of the gates with the only one agenda....to kick ass. The new song will be available for purchase on iTunes on Dec 1.
Having spent the last year doing light tours in the US, Brazil and Japan before locking themselves in the studio for the remainder of the time, Story of the Year have emerged rejuvenated and ready to rock. Fans are encouraged to follow the band's Twitter page (@storyoftheyear) for news, updates, contests, free tickets and more!!
Story of the Year Tour Dates (w/ The Devil Wears Prada, All That Remains & Haste The Day):
11/20 - Victory Sports Complex - Loves Park, IL 11/21 - The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI 11/22 - Headliner's - Louisville, KY 11/23 - Water Street Music Hall - Rochester, NY 11/24 - The Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY 11/25 - Bogart's - Cincinnati, OH 11/27 - Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH 11/28 - Egyptian Room @ The Murat Centre - Indianpolis, IN 11/29 - Val Air Ballroom - Des Moines, IA 11/30 - Sokol Auditorium - Omaha, NE 12/2 - Boulder Theater - Boulder, CO 12/4 - The New Oasis - Sparks, NV 12/5 - Empire Events Center - Sacramento, CA 12/6 - The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA 12/7 - The Dome - Bakersfield, CA 12/9 - The Grove - Anaheim, CA 12/10 - Majestic Ventura Theater - Ventura, CA 12/11 - Soma - San Diego, CA 12/12 - Rialto Theatre - Tucson, AZ 12/13 - Club 101 - El Paso, TX 12/14 - White Rabbit - San Antonio, TX 12/16 - The Pavilion at Concrete Street - Corpus Christi, TX 12/18 - Rocketown - Nashville, TN 12/19 - Lincoln Theater - Raleigh, NC 12/20 - The NorVA - Norfolk, VA 12/21 - Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
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