Maine's coveted NYHC-styled hardcore notables Cruel Hand are currently wrapping up their alongside Bane, Trapped Under Ice, and Alpha & Omega, for which the following dates remain:

09/08 Charlotte, NC @ Casbah @ Tremont
09/09 2010 Richmond, VA @ Professional Company
09/10 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar
09/11 Long Island, NY @ Ethical Humanist
09/12 Worcester, MA @ Palladium (upstairs)

Cruel Hand and Backtrack NY will then embark on the following U.S. tour, for which the dates are below:

10/22 Alexandria, VA @ The Lab
10/23 Virginia Beach, VA @ Skate High
10/24 Greensboro, NC @ Legitimate Business
10/25 Lexington, SC @ Oak Grove Civic Club
10/26 Tampa, FL @ Transitions

Face All Fears, who feature Ligeia frontman Keith Holuk in their ranks, have made their new track “Two Years To Live” available online via their Myspace. The song features guest vocals from Emmure frontman Frankie Palmeri.



Also available for streaming at the aforementioned Myspace page is the band's new track “Outcast“, which features guest vocals from Vincent Bennett of The Acacia Strain. Both songs are currently available for purchase through iTunes as part of the “Two Years To Live” EP, which was released through Holuk’s Carnivore Records.

When Tigers Fight are a jointly-based NY and DC straight-edge hardcore band which features both current and ex-members of Damnation A.D., Battery, Unholy, Another Victim, Santa Sangre, and more. The band has just seen its ranks grow to include Reign Supreme bassist Klint Kanopka and Unholy drummer Andy Miller, both who can be seen performing with their primary groups in Hardtimes.ca's video clips below.

The band has provided the following recording updates, which are scheduled to culminate with a vinyl-only release via Closed Casket activities later this year.

New York City hardcore legends Madball have posted a brand new track, ‘R.A.H.C.’, on their MySpace. The track is cut from Madball’s upcoming Good Fight Music release, Empire, which hits stores on October 12th, 2010.



Madball will also soon release a limited edition 7” supporting Empire, with only 2,000 copies being made. The exclusive 7” is being released by Reaper Records, and will be available September 28th, 2010.

Brooklyn, NY crossover legends Merauder are preparing for their first Canadian headlining tour since their run with Agents Of Man, Ringworm, and Death Threat five years ago. The hotly-anticipated dates will include local support from Final Word (ex-A Death For Every Sin), Plus Minus (featuring Lifers Zine editor Hugo), and Enforcers. The flyer for the three shows can be seen below:

Savannah-based Kylesa have unveiled "Tired Climb," a new track from their forthcoming Season of Mist debut, Spiral Shadow, which is set for an Oct. 26 release. Visit the band's MySpace page to hear the track: http://www.myspace.com/kylesa.

The band, who recently wrapped up a European tour with Converge, recorded the new album at the Jam Room in Columbia, SC earlier this summer with band member and renowned producer Phillip Cope (Baroness, Withered) once again at the helm.



Spiral Shadow track list:

1. Tired Climb
2. Cheating Synergy
3. Drop Out
4. Crowded Road

Another Victim will be playing 2 reunion shows in Japan at the Bloodaxe Festival, August 28th and 29th, alongside Heaven Shall Burn, Thick As Blood, and more. Another Victim recently launched a Tumblr site to help promote the two shows, as well as document some of the bands history. The page features an in-studio video of the band practicing with Justin Brannan of Most Precious Blood and Indecision fame, and with whom the band will be performing in Japan.

Boston crossover hardcore act Vanna has posted a track from their upcoming EP "The Honest Hearts" and Artery Recordings debut, which can be heard at the band's Myspace page: www.myspace.com/vanna

Influential Swedish hardcore/metal frontman Tomas Hallborn of cult crossover pioneers Breach has posted the following message on the Myspace profile of his latest project, The Old Wind, referring to three new demo tracks posted by Hallborn.

"Hi there!

got a couple of new songs up.
enjoy!

/TOW."

The Old Wind bio:

"THE ESSENCE.

TOW is not a band, constellation or 4,6,12 persons on stage.

Its a feeling, thoughts,..action. its a state of mind.

Its a statement, a mood, angst, regret,..despair,..love, hate. It is what it is to us, but totally analytical free for the masses.
What is important? not who or whom that create the music, the mood, the analytical paths.