You can purchase the limited edition run of 500 on clear vinyl exclusively at The Omega Order (includes FREE shipping).  Each purchase of the vinyl will receive a FREE digital download for the album as well.  The release is also available digitally on iTunes and Amazon MP3.   All digital downloads features a bonus track not on the vinyl.

Metalsucks.net is streaming this split in it’s entirety right now, so make sure to check it out.

VOYAGER/MONOLITH SPLIT LP
1) The Blinding Light (Monolith, 8:40)
2) Shipwreck (Monolith, 12:58)
3) Backbreaker (Voyager, 9:11)
4) Cold (Voyager, 4:55)
5) There Is No Hope (Voyager, 5:29)
6) Stasis (Voyager, 3:58) *Bonus Digital Track*

TheRaveLive.com will presents a free live webcast from Fear Factory on Saturday, May 29. The broadcast will begin at 8:30pm ET / 7:30pm CT / 5:30pm PT / 12:30am GMT, and is scheduled to also include sets from Prong, Silent Civilian and Thy Will Be Done as part of the Fear Campaign Tour.

Fear Factory is currently touring in support of their latest full-length, Mechanize, which was released via Candlelight Records February 9 to rave reviews from both fans and media alike. The live webcast will feature up to seven camera angles and near-CD-quality sound via: http://www.TheRaveLive.com.

TheRaveLive.com is a service of TheRave.com, the official website of The Rave/Eagles Club in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Rave/Eagles Club is a 180,000 square foot entertainment complex with six concert halls in one building, four of which are wired for simultanteous live broadcasts with anywhere from three to eight camera angles. Over 2000 bands performed at The Rave/Eagles Club in 2009.

To access the free live concert stream,
1) Point your web browswer (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc) to: http://webcast.therave.com.
2) If you’re not already a member, you can sign up for free in the upper right corner. Choose the “Fan” option.
3) Sign in on May 29th and click on the FEAR FACTORY Live Webcast icon, and you’re all set!

Live Videos by Ustream

Following their studio time, the back is heading BACK out on tour in Europe with Converge this summer.

http://www.myspace.com/kylesa

As always, the massive event, held in Atlanta, Georgia, will include a plethora of both stateside and European acts, including headlining acts Kamelot, Accept and Hammerfall, along with Turisas, Nocturnal Rites and more. This year’s festival will also mark the first American appearances from Paradox, Leprous, Delain, Tarot (featuring Marcto Hietala of Nightwish), Seventh Wonder and many more international acts.

In addition to the main two days of the event, there will be two days of pre-fest shows and activities based around ProgPower, including a Mid-Week Mayhem show on Wednesday, September 8th, and a Fest Kick-Off Show on Thursday, September 9th.

There are actually only approximately 300 tickets still available for the fest, so don’t wait! View the full lineup below, and check out the official website for ProgPower USA for full details, ticket info, the history of the fest and more:

http://www.progpowerusa.com

PROGPOWER USA XI ITINERARY:

9/08/2010 ProgPower USA XI Mid-Week Mayhem

Ross the Boss (New York) – “A Night of Manowar Classics” with Scott Columbus
Vangough (Oklahoma)
Seven Kingdoms (Florida)

9/09/2010 ProgPower USA XI Kick-Off

Accept (Germany) 10:45 – close
Leprous (Norway)* 9:15 – 10:15
Borealis (Canada) 8:00 – 8:45
Six Minute Century (Texas, USA) 6:45 – 7:30
9/10/2010 ProgPower USA Day 1

Kamelot (US/Norway)
Nocturnal Rites (Sweden)
Turisas (Finland)
Tyr (Faroe Islands)
Seventh Wonder (Sweden) *
Leaves’ Eyes (Norway/Germany)
Illusion Suite (Norway) *

9/11/2010 ProgPower USA Day 2

Hammerfall (Sweden)
Tarot (Finland) *
Delain (The Netherlands) *
DGM (Italy) *
Oceans of Sadness (Belgium) *
Stormwarrior (Germany) *
Paradox (Germany) *

* = first ever performance on American soil

http://www.progpowerusa.com

Both bands will lull you with their complex and dark instrumentation and then hammer you when you are weak and vulnerable.  Epic, expansive sludge metal with post-rock dynamics, reminiscent of bands like Neurosis, Isis, Mouth of the Architect and Mogwai.

You can pre-order the limited edition run of 500 on clear vinyl exclusively at The Omega Order (includes FREE shipping).  Each purchase of the vinyl will receive a FREE digital download for the album as well.  The release will also be available on June 8th via iTunes, eMusic, Amazon MP3, and all your other favorite download stores.  All digital downloads features a bonus track not on the vinyl.

http://www.scienceofsilence.net/

ISIS has reached an end. It’s hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly. This end isn’t something that occurred over night and it hasn’t been brought about by a single cataclysmic fracture in the band. Simply put, ISIS has done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say. In the interest of preserving the love we have of this band, for each other, for the music made and for all the people who have continually supported us, it is time to bring it to a close. We’ve seen too many bands push past the point of a dignified death and we all promised one another early on in the life of the band that we would do our best to ensure ISIS would never fall victim to that syndrome. We’ve had a much longer run than we ever expected we would and accomplished a great deal more than we ever imagined possible. We never set any specific goals when the band was founded other than to make the music we wanted to hear and to play (and to stay true to that ideal), so everything else that has come along the long and winding path has been an absolute gift. As with any momentous life-changing decision (which this certainly is for the 5 of us), we feel a very dynamic range of emotions about this and cannot express all of it within the space of a few sentences, and perhaps it’s best to do what we’ve always done and let our music speak for us. It is and has been the truest expression of who we are as a collective and in some ways who we are as individuals for the 13 years in which we’ve been together. The last and perhaps most important thing we might say in relation to all this is how grateful we are for the people that have supported us over the years. It is a lengthy list that would include those who put out our records, those that played on them and put them to tape, the many bands with whom we shared the stage, all of our family, friends and companions who supported us in our individual lives and thus made it possible for us to continue on in the band, and most importantly those who truly listened to our music whether in recorded form or by coming to out to our shows (or both). It is quite true that we would never have done what we have without those people, that is many of you who are reading this. Our words can never fully express what we feel, but we hope that our music and the efforts made to bring it into being can serve as a more proper expression of gratitude for this life and for everyone in it. Thank you.

In more immediate and practical terms the tour we are about to embark upon is indeed our last. We are hoping that these final live rituals can help us bring a close to the life of this band in a celebratory and reverent way, and also provide us with a chance to say goodbye to many of those that have supported us over the years. While there is a measure of sadness that comes with the passing of this band, we hope that the final days can be joyous ones during which any and all that wish to come and join us will do so. It seems fitting that the last show of the tour and of our active existence will take place in Montreal, the site of the very first ISIS show in 1997 (though that was an unintentional move when booking the show initially). After the tour we also plan to follow through with other projects set in motion some time ago – pursuing the completion of a final EP, compiling live audio and visual material for future releases, and generally doing whatever we can to make our music available for as long as there are people who wish to hear it.

Thanks again to any and all,

ISIS, May 18 2010

Now, Apocalyptica are coming back to play a number of shows in America to prepare for their new album!

May 21            Nashville, TN               WBUZ Hootenanny
May 22            Louisville, KY              Headliners Music Hall (Headline show)
May 23/24       Columbus, OH             Rock On The Range Festival
May 29            Indianapolis IN             X103 May Day
July 15            Cadott WI                    Rock Fest
July 16            Pontiac, MI                  Eagle Theatre (Headline Show)
July 17            Buffalo, NY                  Town Ballroom (Headline Show)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOMUfL9Htj4

To be released on April 27th, the four tracks on this behemoth mini-release encompass over 32 minutes of patented MOTA intensity. The band bring a slightly more metallic approach to some of the material, yet still bridge their cavernous buildups with beautiful, spiritual passages. The Violence Beneath is a multi-faced yet cohesive release, showcasing the band forging new paths artistically, and packs enough punch to tide us over until the next full-length.

Hear the opening/title track “The Violence Beneath” at: http://www.myspace.com/mouthofthearchitect and check out the new artwork at: http://www.earsplitcompound.com/site/?p=469

The Violence Beneath Track Listing:
1. The Violence Beneath
2. Buried Hopes
3. Restore
4. In Your Eyes

Mouth of the Architect have toured alongside Mastodon, The Sword, These Arms Are Snakes, Unsane, Today Is The Day, Intronaut and countless more over the years, and touring will fill much of their schedule this year in support of the release. The band will begin a month-long European tour this week, which includes stops at Poland’s Asymmetry Fest as well as the almighty Roadburn Fest in Holland. More tour updates are to be announced in the near future.

MOUTH OF THE ARCHITECT European Tour:
4/15/2010 The 013 – Tilburg, Netherlands
4/16/2010 Trinitaires – Metz, France
4/17/2010 Glazart – Paris, France
4/18/2010 Le St. Ex – Bordeaux, France
4/19/2010 Rocksound – Barcelona, Spain
4/20/2010 Ritmos & Compas – Madrid, Spain
4/21/2010 The Musicbox – Lissabon, Portugal
4/22/2010 Porto-Rio – Porto, Portugal
4/23/2010 *TBA
4/24/2010 Secret Place – Montpellier, France
4/25/2010 Tunnel – Milano, Italy
4/26/2010 Farm – Bologna, Italy
4/27/2010 Channel Zero – Ljubljana, Ljubljana
4/28/2010 Feierwerk – Munchen, Germany
4/29/2010 Durer Kert – Budapest, Hungary
4/30/2010 007 – Prague, Czech Republic
5/01/2010 Tabacka Kulturfabric – Kosice, Slovenia
5/02/2010 Firlej / ODA Firlej – Wroclaw, Poland
5/03/2010 AJZ – Chemnitz, Germany
5/04/2010 Schlachthof – Wiesbaden, Germany
5/05/2010 Stumpf – Hanover, Germany
6/06/2010 Alter Stattbahnhof – Schweinfurt, Germany
5/07/2010 Cafe Nova – Essen, Germany
5/08/2010 Les 4 Ecluses – Dunkerque, France
5/09/2010 Corporation – Sheffield, England
5/10/2010 The Well – Leeds, England
5/11/2010 The Croft – Bristol, England
5/12/2010 Underworld – London, England
5/13/2010 *TBA – Marbehan, Belgium
5/27/2010 WZRD Radio – Chicago, IL
5/29/2010 Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN
5/30/2010 The Cactus Club – Milwaukee, WI