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Hot Water Music have revealed the second taste of their Rise Records debut release, "Exister" with the release of the track "State Of Grace". Pre-orders have been launched and the album is due out May 15, and will be their first in eight years following up 2004's "The New What Next".

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The seemingly cursed Murder By Death Australian tour will no longer be happening. Meant to kick off next month, the band will no longer be coming to Australia anytime soon. The initial tour first announced was set for Feburary and was then rescheduled to May and booked in some more realistic sized venues.

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Agnostic Front have announced a trio of commemorative shows to celebrate 30 years of NYHC. The hardcore punk pioneers will perform the classic 1989 released "Live At CBGB" set in its entirety to pay homage to the passionate New York hardcore subculture that has stood the test of time – a movement Agnostic Front has led since the early 1980s.

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Black Breath have debuted their music video for Home of the Grave. The tune comes from the band's recently released Sentenced To Life LP. Black Breath is set to join Martyrdöd, Burning Love and Enabler on the 2012 Southern Lord tour.

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Check out another interview with "BAD BRAINS - Band In DC" doco director Mandy Stein. This one reveals more footage and glimpses into some of the content from the doco. The story behind HR's vocals for "Sacred Love" off the I Against I album still blow me away everytime I hear it.

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Interesting episode of talk show COMPLETE CONTROL that features Toby Morse and Rusty Pistachio from H20 and Michael Kurtz who came up with the concept of Record Store Day explains its origins. Don't forget Record Store Day is on this Saturday.

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Terror is so much more than 5 individuals making music. It is an energy, a force, a refuge and a voice for all the lost and unheard.  This July the band returns to Australia, joining them will be Melbourne's Iron Mind. Tickets on sale April 27.

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Presenting original essays, capturing nearly 400 photos from the dawn of hardcore punk in Southern California, and reprinting every issue of the influential We Got Power zine from 1981 through 1983, is the WE GOT POWER! book, slated for August 2012 release. BLACK FLAG veterans Henry Rollins, Chuck Dukowski, Keith Morris, and Dez Cadena have each contributed essays to the massive upcoming book.

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Late last year, Down By Law signed to DC Jam Records , home to JFA and Fishbone and started preparing for their new album that is now titled “Champions at Heart” due out real soon. The band has not released a studio album since their 2003 “windwardtidesandwaywardsails”.

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Renowned Swedish punk outfit, Millencolin, celebrate twenty years with the release of The Melancholy Connection on June 1. This assemblage of b-sides, a follow up to 1999's The Melancholy Collection, features two brand new songs and twelve rarities spanning from their break-out album, Pennybridge Pioneers, through today.  

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