Music News For December 29, 2011

Firs off, lets start with the new emerging tour rumbling in the underground.  Iowa's For Today (in partnership with HK Army and Substream Music Press) have announced the "Fight The Silence Tour".

The tour will kick off on March 10th, 2012 and will feature support from A Skylit Drive, Stick To Your Guns, My Children My Bride and Make Me Famous.  Check out the promo video below:



Dates for the tour are:

03/09 Nashville, TN – Rocketown
03/10 Douglasville, GA – The 7 Venue
03/11 Jacksonville, FL – Murray Hill Theatre
03/12 Pensacola, FL – American Legion Hall
03/14 Mission, TX – Never Say Never Festival (select bands only)
03/17 Dallas, TX – South By So What Festival (select bands only)
03/20 Tucson, AZ – The Rock
03/21 Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues
03/23 Simi Valley, CA – 118 West
03/24 San Diego, CA – Soma
03/25 Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades
03/28 Iowa City, IA – Blue Moose
03/29 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
03/31 Joliet, IL – Mojoes
04/01 Louisville, KY – Expo Five
04/03 Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre
04/04 Tulsa, OK – Marquee Theatre
04/05 St. Louis, IL – Pop’s
04/06 Dayton, OH – The Attic
04/08 Buffalo, NY – Xtreme Wheels
04/11 Toronto, ON – Annex
04/12 Montreal, QC – La Tulipe
04/13 New York, NY – Gramercy Theatre
04/14 Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock
04/15 Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
04/17 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater
04/18 Charlotte, NC – Amos
04/19 Richmond, VA – Kingdom
04/20 Poughkeepsie, NY – The Change


Ticket prices to be announced shortly.  Keep checking back!

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As a Christmas bonus (and because a new tour has emerged), Silent Civilian have released their rendition of Slayer's War Ensemble.  Check out what the guys have to offer and comment if you feel this song doesn Slayer justice:



You can also check out Silent Civilian on the "In The Dead of Wintour", across the US in 2012:

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Tim Lambesis and Austrian Death Machine are notorious for kicking out some good tunes around the holiday time, and 2011 was no exception.  Check out below (while its still on YouTube) the Christmas classic... "It's Turbo Time!"


Austrian Death Machine - It's Turbo Time

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Crosses (aka "†††") have released a trailer for their upcoming EP titled "EP ††".  The release date is yet to be unveiled but rumors suggest an early 2012 release.  For some background info, the LA based group consists of Chino Moreno, Shaun Lopez, Chuck Doom.


††† - EP †† (Trailer)

You can pick up a copy of their first EP (EP †) at their Facebook location:

(EP †)

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Straight out of Stavanger, Norway!  Sirenia have released another music video in support of their latest album The Enigma of Life, via Nuclear Blast Records.


Sirenia - The End of It All

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And as always folks, head over to AFGM Facebook for more articles, news, photos, videos, etc.  Cheers!