California’s Facedown fest will take place on April 3rd and 4th this year at The Glasshouse in Pamona, California. So far the bands that have been confirmed for the show are as follows:
Friday
Sleeping Giant, War Of Ages, For Today, Wrench IN The Works, Take It Back!, The Great Commission, Hands and My Epic
Saturday
Impending Doom, xDEATHSTARx, A Plea For Purging, No Innocent Victim, Call To Preserve, Earth From Above, Thieves And Liars, A Hope From Home, Hope For The Dying and The Reckoning.
You can get your tickets at Ticketmaster for $15 for a single day or $25 for a …read more

Facedown Records has just announced that they will be re-releasing Christian metalcore band xDEATHSTARx’s debut record, The Triumph. The re-release of The Triumph has been remixed, remastered and repacked with new artwork. You can hear the track "Suffocate Faster" on Facedown Records Myspace. To learn more and sample some other songs go to xDEATHSTARx’s Myspace.
Image used with permission from Facedown Records

Christian Metalcore band War OF Ages will premiere their first video from their latest release Arise & Conquer on Mtv2’s Heabanger’s Ball this saturday. With a limited budget, Leroy Hamp explains how they kept the first burning during the shoot. You can read all that good stuff over at Headbangerblog.com if you like. Cool video for a great band and song.

The MINOTOUR is For Today’s triumphant return to the United States after a unique ministry tour opportunity in Mexico.  For Today has been touring relentlessly all across the US, and will have played 275 shows this year alone once they complete the MINOTOUR.  FT has both headlined and supported larger acts like Showbread, Life In Your Way (final tour) and Liferuiner.
The MINOTOUR dates are For Today’s last scheduled tour dates for the rest of 2008 before the band takes some time off to write/record their new record due out in mid 2009.
Check out the MINOTOUR with Call …read more

Call To Preserve have posted a new song called Hope For The Fallen from their upcoming September 30th release ‘From Isolation’. Check out http://www.myspace.com/calltopreserve to listen to the new song. Tour dates below.

Sep 25 – Jacksonville, FL @ Fuel (CD Release Show!)
Sep 26 – Brandon, FL @ The Porch (CD Release Show!)
Sep 27 – Melbourne, FL @ Jaycees (CD Release Show!)
Sep 28 – Ocala, FL @ The Capitol (CD Release Show!)
Sep 29 – North FL, FL @ TBA
Sep 30 – Pensacola, FL @ The Red Door
Oct 1 – East Ridge, TN @ The Warehouse
Oct 2 – Johnson City, TN …read more

Facedown Records:
New Facedown band Wrench In The Works have posted a new song on their myspace today.  You can hear One Foot Out Of Hell here: www.myspace.com/wrenchintheworks
The song is from their upcoming album Lost Art of Heaping Coal which hits shelves Aug. 19th.

Tour Dates After The Fold

Beginning September 2nd after finishing their tour with Oh, Sleeper, War of Ages will begin a two-week series of dates with Hatebreed concentrated largely in the northeast.
War of Ages released their new album Arise and Conquer on July 22nd and will be touring in support of it.
TOUR DATES:
With HATEBREED, Emmure and Soilent Green

Sep 2  – Detroit, MI – I-Rock Nightclub
Sep 3  – Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s Down Under
Sep 4 – Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club
Sep 5 – Richmond, VA – The Canal Club
Sep 7 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
Sep 8 – West Springfield, VA – …read more

I was scanning through CD Warehouse today looking for something new and interesting, neither of which was easily found due to the massive amount of crap this place has. I was looking through the “D’s” to see what Danzig or Dream Theater CDs they had and I came across xDEATHSTARx ‘We Are The Threat’ on Facedown Records. Curiosity got the best of me so I asked to sample it. xDEATHSTARx is nothing new (been around for 6 years) or epic but they have a cool hardcore sound to them as if they got a lot of influence from Hatebreed. …read more