Just when you thought you had everything in the Deftones world figured out, you see something a little left of center. Norma Jean, christian metalcore princes, were recently joined by Chino of the Deftones in the studio to help work on their latest album. Normally things like this just kind of fade away and people pass it off as rumors or something, but here’s video evidence of Chino in the studio helping Norma Jean with their latest studio effort. Looks like someone’s got a soft spot for christian metalcore.

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Walls of Jericho, the most prolific and endearing female fronted hardcore band, is getting ready for a new record to come out soon, and to celebrate Trustkill Records has unleashed an E-Card for you to preview new tracks. Walls of Jericho’s, The American Dream, is set to be released July 29th 2008, and Trustkill is praying that it does well, or else Bleeding Through is going to have a field day with the label. Check out the official “American Dream” e-card now.

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Trivium has finished recording their next full-length album. The effort was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Danzig, Shadows Fall) and is currently being mixed. Roadrunner Records is looking to unleash this one on September 30th, but there is no name to the record yet. Hopefully it won’t sound like Metallica “light” as the last album sounded like. Trivium will hit some shows in Japan later this Summer, and most likely will have a full U.S. Tour to support the album.

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FINALLY! A good response to the downloading music craze that has a lot of bands mad these days. I’ve been saying this for a long time, and maybe now that it is featured on Mtv2’s Headbangers Ball Blog, someone out there will trust when I say what I say about buying hard versions of music. Read what Terror’s front man has to say about this:

Sure, I would like a huge royalty check and top chart positions, but I’m a realist, and playing what we play…that just won’t happen whether downloading existed or not. I’m upset because getting a downloaded …

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Norma Jean’s new album cover artwork is here, it prominently features the title Anti-Mother, and looks really gorey. Not half-bad for the guys that have made a living with stop, go, stop, go metalcore with a christian message. (I’m a fan) If you’re not familiar with Norma Jean’s body of work, you might want to educate yourself to the metalcore stylings of one of the biggest bands in the independent circuit right now. They will be playing the warped tour main stage all summer, so you can check them out there. Here are the full list of Norma Jean tourdates, …

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Life In Your Way will hit the road one last time later this month with Once Nothing, bringing their brand of metalcore goodness to a select group of cities.

6/20 Queensbury, NY @ West Glens Falls Firehouse
6/21 Dover, OH @ Rock Bottom
6/22 Charleroi, PA @ Club Octane
6/23 Howell, MI @ Howell Opera House
6/24 Nashville, TN @ The Anchor w/ As Cities Burn
6/25 Terre Haute, IN @ Eternal Ink
6/26 TBA
6/27 Chaska, MN @ Redemption Fest
6/28 Morrhead, MN @ All Star Bowl
6/29 Jefferson, SD @ Jefferson Community Center
6/30 Marshalltown, IA @ First Methodist Church
7/1 Bushnell, IL @ Cornerstone Fest (Tooth & Nail Day)
7/2 …

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