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The reformed HITLIST will be heading to Sydney in November to headline Takedown 2012. Also on the bill are Thick Skin from Brisbane, Anchors and Thorns from Melbourne, Mark My Words from the Central Coast and local bands Relentless, Final Frontier and Hell On Earth who will be playing their first show.

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Melbourne 80s hardcore punk originators Depression are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year with a string of shows around the country. On Friday October 26th they will be playing in Brisbane for the first time ever at the Prince Of Wales Hotel.

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Newcastle’s favourite adopted Melburnian JAMIE HAY has been dedicated to music for a vast portion of his life. Now the Conation/A Death In The Family/Fear Like Us vocalist opens a new chapter, with debut solo album KING OF THE SUN (out November 2) and a tour to accompany it.

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Arrest Records Australia is about to release its 21st release, Shackles "Dissolve to Nothing". Pre orders are up now along with the just recently available 4 way split 7" 'Drawn and Quartered' which also features two new tracks from the Byron Bay band.

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Vice Mag recently caught up with Harley Flanagan after his recent case adjournment at Manhattan Criminal Court stemming from the knifing incident that occurred at a Cro Mags show. What is just as interesting as Harley's version of events is his replies to comments made about the article.

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Following their self-released split 7” with Skin Like Iron that blazed the masses in January, California-based NAILS will drop a new 7” via Southern Lord, who picked up the band’s highly praised 2010 LP Unsilent Death.

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React Records have released 3 new tracks from Mindset for their upcoming album "Leave No Doubt" as a free download via their bandcamp page.

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6131 Records have released a stream of the first track "Torn Apart," from the new Strife full length Witness A Rebirth. The new album is Strife's first new material in 11 years. Strife has enlisted names like Iggor Cavalera and members of Terror to help out with the new LP, only their fourth in a 21 year history. 

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Queensland's Dead Kelly have a brand new song "IN THE SHAME OF GOD" available on October 1st through their webstore. Frontman, Pine Cone Throat recently held a press conference to explain lyrically, what the new song is about.

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The Road Most Traveled is more than just a collection of anecdotes, it's as much a handbook of how to act on tour as it is a cautionary tale of what not to do if you want to sustain this lifestyle for years to come. Put together by Hot Water Music's Chuck Ragan, he's collected tales from members of the Gaslight Anthem, Rise Against, Bouncing Souls, At The Drive-In, Flogging Molly and more.

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