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Around the end of last year, Perth band REFRAIN decided to call it a day. Being plagued with bassplayer problems, the decision was made to quit while they were ahead. They've now announced their final shows over the June long weekend.

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The year is 1999, Caustic Soda and Mid Youth Crisis have called it a day, and with the partial merging of the two, Blueline Medic was born. The same year, the "A Working Title in Green" EP is released by Sony Music, and then subsequently dropped from the label (idiots).

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Soul Control, are back with a five-song EP  that will once again push the boundaries of the term “hardcore”. Guitarist Jim Connolly commented, "I wouldn't say there's one direct musical influence on the sound of this EP but the fact that we're nothing more than a punk band comprised of people raised in the 90's is becoming more and more evident."

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Deathwish has released the teaser to a new DVD for Converge to be titled "Thousands Of Miles Between Us". Their previous DVD, "The Long Road Home" was also released by Deathwish back in 2003.

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Last night Bodyjar announced that Sydney band Irelevant will be reforming to play their Brisbane, Sydney and Newcastle run of "No Touch Red" shows, where Bodyjar will be playing their landmark album in full. Irrelevant last played in 2008 in support of then new album "New Guilt".

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Newly reformed hardcore band VERSE Verse have premiered their new song, “The Selfless of the Earth,” off their highly-anticipated forthcoming album Bitter Clarity, Uncommon Grace, which is coming out on July 17th via Bridge Nine Records.

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Last Thursday night, two teenagers bashed “Blackie” of the Hard-Ons whilst he was working as a cab driver. Blackie has been in hospital since Thursday night with a skull fracture, 16 stitches and swelling on the brain. Police apprehended the two assailants, a 14yr old girl and 16yr old boy shortly after.

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With the band's latest album "All Or Nothing" being released at the beginning of the month, Pennywise have announced that they will be returning to Australia in August for a run of shows. The new album is the band's first album to be released on the band's long time label Epitaph Records since their 2005 album "The Fuse", and marks the first recorded material to feature new vocalist, Zoli Teglas of Ignite.

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One of melodic hardcore's leading forces, Ignite is pleased to announce the release of their first ever live DVD, Our Darkest Days Live. The DVD will be released on June 19 via Century Media. Check out the newly released teaser.

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True road warriors, the members of WARBRINGER have lived their lives in a van together for months on end, playing an average of 300 shows a year since the release of their debut album, War Without End, in 2008. In the process they have  shared the stage with such metal stalwarts as Exodus, Megadeth, Napalm Death, Hatebreed, Testament, Obituary, Kreator & more. Now they are coming to Australia.

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