NYC electro/punk band MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE has been invited to headline Kerrang! magazine's 2009 Relentless Energy Drink Tour alongside Bring Me The Horizon, Black Tide, and In Case Of Fire! Kerrang! Magazine's 2009 Relentless Energy Drink Tour. Featuring MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE, Bring Me The Horizon, Black Tide, In Case Of Fire

01/13/09 Tue @ Belfast Mandela Hall - Belfast, Ireland
01/14/09 Wed @ Dublin Academy - Dublin, Ireland
01/16/09 Fri @ Bristol Academy - Bristol, England
01/17/09 Sat @ Cardiff Great Hall - Cardiff, England
01/18/09 Sun @ Southhampton Guildhall - Southhampton, England
01/20/09 Tue @ Oxford Academy - Oxford, England
01/21/09 Wed @ University of East Anglia - Norwich, England
01/22/09 Thu @ Rock City - Nottingham, England
01/23/09 Fri @ Manchester Academy - Manchester, England
01/24/09 Sat @ Leeds Academy - Leeds, England

Fresh from a tour with Devil Sold His Soul, FEI COMODO are delighted to announce they have been offered the support slot on the Upcoming Fightstar tour - which they’ve gladly accepted. "We can't wait!” says bassplayer Jay Styler. “We're all big fans of Fightstar so it was great being asked to join them on this tour. The audience can definitely expect to see us breaking our backs on stage as we're extremely hungry to win over these new crowds."
The November dates are as follows:
Mon 03rd - Jailhouse - Hereford
Sun 09th - Central Station - Wrexham
Mon 10th - 53 Degrees - Preston
Tue 11th - Cockpit - Leeds
Thu 13th - Waterfront - Norwich

Following the release of their critically acclaimed eponymous third album last year, Hell Is For Heroes announce a farewell UK tour through November and December 2008. Hell is for Heroes have announced an indefinite hiatus on the band as they pursue other artistic avenues. These will be the last dates the band will play for the foreseeable future. Hell Is For Heroes have established themselves as a powerful live act. They have toured across the world with bands as diverse as Biffy Clyro, Reuben, Aerogramme, 'A', The Lucky Nine, Hundred Reasons, Sparta, thisGIRL, Feeder and Papa Roach. The band remains a powerful live draw – as recently as April 2007 selling out a 7 date UK tour. The band latest album ‘Hell is for Heroes’, released June 2007, was a an album of brooding and powerful rock. From the hypnotic wall of guitars of “To Die For” to anthemic, pulsing distortion of first single “You’ve Got Hopes”, from the sweeping vocals of “Once And For All” to the ballsy groove of next single “My Protector”, “Hell Is For Heroes” is an album showcasing a band at their very best and most intense, full of driving rhythm sections and intricate guitar lines overlaid with powerful melodies. The album was mixed and produced by Hell Is For Heroes.

Guilford’s WITHOUT THOUGHT have been hand picked to open THE WONDER STUFF’s upcoming “London Eight Legged Groove Machine” show at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire on Halloween! Bassplayer John Luck explains how the situation came about: "My older brother first played me The Wonder Stuff when I was nine years old on holiday in Wales. I listened to the "Best Of" CD in the car with him about a million times between the ages of nine and twelve. I was amazed when our manager told me that he'd shown Miles the CD and he'd liked it, was even more surprised when he told me that miles had asked us to open up their sold out anniversary show at Shepherd's Bush Empire. I'm really looking forward to the Wonder Stuff's set, been wanting to see them for the last 10 years, and it's by far the biggest show we've ever played so I'm gonna enjoy myself, even if we do go down like a fucking lead balloon!”. A lot of people may think the Guilford screamo mob is an odd choice of support, but The Wonder Stuff are quick to defend their choice. "We've known about Without Thought for a while now and wanted to give them the opportunity to play at our London Eight Legged Groove Machine show” explains the band. “A lot of fans still wear the original Metallica, Tool & Type O Negative shirts to our shows so they should go down well"

LACUNA COIL have posted the video “Our Truth (live at Wacken 2007)” to give fans a first look at the band’s upcoming first official DVD release “Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)” at the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQuz26J3y2w. The DVD is a retrospective celebration of all things from LACUNA COIL’s “Karmacode” album and subsequent touring cycle including spectacularly remixed pro-shot festival appearances (e.g. Wacken 2007, Loud Park 2007), behind-the-scenes travel documentaries, promotional videos, home videos and various fan-friendly surprises including a link and key to an exclusive web site dedicated to the band’s new studio album! Visual Karma (Body, Mind and Soul)” will be available as Ltd. 2DVD + Audio DVD (5.1 mix of “Karmacode” on DVD incl. rare songs) + CD (Wacken Open Air audio live) with a total running time of approximately 350 min. and incl. a special packaging as well as standard 2DVD (total running time: ~215 minutes)! It will be released in the UK on Monday 3rd November. In November LACUNA COIL will be supporting Bullet For My Valentine on their European tour, followed by several headlining shows as well as an Australian tour in February / March 2009, see below for the exact dates:

SWALLOW THE SUN have been confirmed as sole support for the Apocalyptica UK dates, set to run from December 2nd - December 12th.
The Apocalyptica dates run as follows:-
 
2nd December @ Carling Academy (Oxford, UK)
3rd December @ Carling Academy (Liverpool, UK)
4th December @ Rock City (Nottingham, UK)
5th December @ Wulfrun Hall (Wolverhampton, UK)
6th December @ ABC (Glasgow, UK)
7th December @ Carling Academy (Newcastle, UK)
8th December @ Carling Academy (Bristol, UK)
10th December @ The Pyramid (Portsmouth, UK)
11th December @ Plug (Sheffield, UK)
12th December @ Astoria (London, UK)