Currently in the studio recording new album ‘Empire‘, Madball has announced that the album will be hitting the stores through Good Fight Music on October 12th.

Erik Rutan (Misery Index, Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore) is the man in charge of production duties for the record, and Freddy Cricien had the following to say about working with Rutan on the record:

Erik has been great to work with. He’s definitely a perfectionist, which I have no problem with. It’s going to benefit us in the end! He’s got his own techniques like everyone does, so he’s going to bring a different dynamic into the sound/mix. I’m excited for people to hear the finish product. I predict it will be very HARD!

Drummer Jay Weinberg (son of Max Weinberg) recently joined the band’s line-up and it’s his drumming that will be heard on the record, and he who will tour with the band when they tour Canada with Comeback Kid in September.

Official video for the B.o.B track ‘Airplanes‘, featuring Hayley Williams of Paramore providing the ‘I could really use a wish right now‘ vocal.

Having already played Download and T In The Park, Hertfordshire’s Heights will be hitting several further festivals before the end of the summer as they play Sonisphere on July 30th, Underage Festival on August 1st, and then Hevy Festival on August 6th. In addition to the festival dates that the band has planned, Heights also has a number of tour dates planned between now and October, before a busy November hitting the road with Flood of Red and House Vs. Hurricane.

The following is a full list of the tour dates and festival plans that the band currently has organised, taking them right through to mid-November:

Festival Dates
30th July – Sonisphere
1st August – Underage Festival
6th August – Hevy Festival

Tour Dates
22nd July – Central, Nottingham
24th July – Trillians, Newcastle
2nd August – The Marquee, Norwich (w/The Casino Brawl)
4th August – iBar, Bournemouth (w/The Casino Brawl)
5th August – The Croft, Bristol (w/The Casino Brawl)
2nd September – The Crown, Middlesborough
6th September – O2 Acadamy, Newcastle
7th September – O2 Academy, Birmingham
8th September – O2 Academy, London
17th September – The Underground, Stoke
23rd September – The Croft, Bristol
5th October – The Cockpit, Leeds
22nd October – The Underworld, London (w/Memphis May Fire)

Tour w/ Flood Of Red & House Vs. Hurricane
4th November – The Marquee, Norwich
5th November – The Face Bar, Reading
6th November – HMV Institute, Birmingham
7th November – The Underworld, London
8th November – Joiners, Southampton
9th November – Sumo, Leicester
10th November – The GRV, Edinburgh
11th November – Warehouse, Aberdeen
12th November – Cathouse, Glasgow
13th November – The Underground, Stoke
14th November – The Old Bell, Derby
15th November – The Cavern, Exeter
16th November – The Croft, Bristol
17th November – Nags Head, High Wycombe

Official video for the KidAdrift track ‘Oxytocin‘. This is the first video directed by the hugely popular Drum & Bass DJ and producer High Contrast.

Swedish electronic group The Sound of Arrows will be hitting the UK in July and you’ll be able to catch the duo on the following four dates:

JULY
1 – Ruby Lounge, Manchester
2 – Cockpit, Leeds
3 – King Tuts, Glasgow
5 – Hoxton Hall, London