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Me Vs. Hero release new song ‘Marks of a Slave’ for free download

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Me Vs Hero

It has been four years now since the release of Me Vs. Hero’s ‘Days That Shape Our Lives‘ début album, the band will this year release their long awaited follow-up though as they look to repeat the success that surrounded their first.

‘Marks Of A Slave‘ is the first track to be taken from Me Vs. Hero’s forthcoming second album ‘I’m Completely Fine‘, and the new song from the band has now been made available for free download.

The band had the following to say about the new song/album:

It’s taken a long long time and pushed us more than people know, but we finally have an album that we couldn’t be more proud of. We want to thank everyone who’s stuck by us for all their patience and as a gift, we are giving away a track from from our second album ‘I’m Completely Fine’ which is due out later in the year. ‘Marks of a Slave’ is one of our favourites from the LP, we hope people feel the same. Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

Cheers,

Me Vs Hero

You can listen to/download Me Vs. Hero’s ‘Marks Of A Slave‘ below:

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes Jamais-Vu and MGS1 Déjà-Vu missions go multi-platform

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Metal Gear Solid V Ground Zeroes

Having previously only been available within the Xbox One and Xbox 360 editions of the game, the Jamais-Vu mission for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will now be going multi-platform as it becomes available via a free update from May 1st for both PS3 and PS4. The MGS1 Déjà-Vu mission meanwhile, previously a Playstation exclusive, will become available on Xbox 360/Xbox One the same day.

The MGS1 Déjà-Vu mission reproduces the reduced polygon graphical style of the original game for the PS One, the Jamais-Vu mission meanwhile sees you take control of the cyborg ninja, Raiden.

With the game having been released just over a month ago, a new mission becoming available for the title on all platforms now means that fresh life is to be breathed into the game for all those that own it which should surely put a smile on the face of many.

The Story So Far to release new ‘Songs Of’ acoustic EP

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The Story So Far - Songs Of

The Story So Far will release an acoustic EP titled ‘Songs Of’ on June 16th, with the new EP to be released via Pure Noise Records.

In the last six months the band have completed a national headlining tour in the U.S., two tours in Europe, and also played dates in New Zealand and Australia. It’s been a hectic time for The Story So Far just lately, and with a hectic tour schedule coming up as they play all of this summer’s Vans Warped Tour on the main stage, it certainly doesn’t seem as though the band will be slowing things down too much any time soon.

Guitarist Will Levy had the following to say about the new ‘Songs Of’ EP:

This was something we wanted to do to keep things fresh and hop in the studio for fun. We had a good time trying out new things that were different for us.

The following is the full tracklisting for The Story So Far’s ‘Songs Of’ EP:

  1. The Glass
  2. Navy Blue
  3. All Wrong
  4. Bad Luck
  5. Waiting in Vain (Bob Marley cover)

Hands Like Houses currently touring the UK/Ireland

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Hands Like Houses

Australia’s Hands Like Houses are currently here in the UK, and having kicked off two nights ago in London and followed this up with a show in Southampton, the band can tonight be found continuing the tour in Cardiff.

The band recently contributed a cover of Natalie Imbruglia’s ‘Torn‘ for Punks Goes 90’s which is out now via Fearless Records, an album that also features covers from the likes of Falling In Reverse, Asking Alexandria, and Punk Goes series regulars Mayday Parade.

The following is a full list of the remaining shows on Hands Like Houses’ current tour of the UK/Ireland:

Thurs 24th April Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
Fri 25th April Birmingham Asylum 2
Sat 26th April Sheffield Corporation
Mon 28th April Glasgow Cathouse
Tues 29th April Manchester Sound Control
Wed 30th April Leeds Cockpit 3
Fri 2nd May Dublin Academy 2
Sat 3rd May Belfast Oh Yeah Centre

Black Lips – Funny Video

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Official video for the Black Lips track ‘Funny‘, taken from the band’s new album ‘Underneath The Rainbow‘, out now via VICE Records. The video has been directed by David Markey.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels now available on PS3 and Xbox 360

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels is now available to download on PS3 and Xbox 360, an all-new video game adaptation of the multi-million-selling Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game.

With the ability to duel with the latest cards from the trading card game, there are more than 6,000 cards available in Millennium Duels as you compete against 80 popular characters across all four animated series, including classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s, and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.

Online play for the title includes the Rank Match mode which will pit you against Yu-Gi-Oh! fans of the same rank and ability from around the world, Quick Match which allows you to jump straight in to the action and compete against anyone, and Custom Matches against friends can also be arranged where the rules of play can be adapted to suit.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium Duels is available now from both the PlayStation Store and the Xbox Live Marketplace at a price of £9.99.

blink-182 tribute album ‘I Guess This Is Growing Up (Volume 1)’ now available for free download

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I Guess This Is Growing Up (Volume 1)

Enjoyment Records has put together part one of a three part tribute series to be released via the label. Volume 1 is available to download now from Bandcamp, and once all three parts have been released the tribute album is then to be pressed to vinyl in its full glory.

Invalids provide an interesting math-rock take on the ‘Dude Ranch‘ classic ‘Lemmings‘, We’ll Die Smiling meanwhile bring a fair smattering of hardcore to ‘Dammit‘, and all in all there are six very impressive covers here that are definitely well worth listening to.

If you’re a big blink-182 fan then the ‘I Guess This Is Growing Up‘ tribute album is definitely not one to be missed, and given that you can name your own price there’s really no reason not to download Volume 1 right now.

You can give Tir Asleen’s ‘Wendy Clear‘ cover a listen/download ‘I Guess This Is Growing Up (Volume 1)‘ below:

Boy George joins Black Lips to cover T.Rex’s ‘Bang A Gong (Get it On)’

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Black Lips

Black Lips were joined by none other than Boy George on Friday to perform a cover of T.Rex’s ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)‘, with both artists performing their own individual sessions at WXPN’s Free At Noon concert.

The Black Lips/Boy George collaboration can be viewed in all its glory below:

Bentley Park’s ‘Innocence’ EP now available for streaming

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Bentley Park

Having recently toured with the Brighton based transatlantic pop-punk band As It Is, Bentley Park are now ready to release their début EP ‘Innocence‘ on Monday 21st April.

The new EP from the band consists of seven tracks in total and even features a guest appearance from With One Last Breath’s Sam Graves.

Ahead of the its release the ‘Innocence‘ EP has now been made available for streaming and can be listened to in its entirety below: