NEW WEBISODE AVAILABLE NOW



Washington, DC-based DARKEST HOUR are proud to announce their inclusion on the next installment of the best-selling Guitar Hero series, Guitar Hero 5. Their track, �€œDemon(s),�€� from the band�€™s 2007 album Deliver Us, will be available as part of the on-disc set list which also includes tracks from such artists as David Bowie, Santana, and Coldplay. The game is available September 1 on Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and Wii.



DARKEST HOUR documented their recent trip to Activision�€™s studios in a brand-new webisode available at this link.



Guitarist Mike Schleibaum comments: �€œWe are both honored and extremely excited to be a part of Guitar Hero 5 alongside some of our favorite artists of all time! The dudes at Activision rule, and this is by far the best version of the game they have ever put out! We look forward to challenging fans all over the world to Guitar Hero-offs! Make sure to check out the video clip of us at Activision, and by all means get the game and party hard!�€�



DARKEST HOUR is currently on the Summer Slaughter tour supporting their latest album, The Eternal Return, which debuted at #104 on the Billboard 200. The album marked their highest debut ever on Billboard. Full Summer Slaughter tour dates are listed below.

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PHYSICAL CD RELEASE TO FOLLOW SHORTLY



Hard rockers BLACK WATER RISING are proud to announce the worldwide digital release of their self-titled debut album. The album will be available on I-TUNES Rhapsody.com, Napster.com, and Amazon.com



The self-titled debut from BLACK WATER RISING, is a collection of soul baring, angst ridden, riff heavy material that is proudly anchored in the foundations of traditional hard rock song writing. Its giant guitar driven monster riffs are served up on a bed of crushing grooves with soaring melodic vocals and big hooks. Basically, NO FRILLS RIFF ROCK!



Lyrically, the message is socially and politically driven by the dark times we live in. With darkness seemingly growing by the day, BLACK WATER RISING is a name that fits this band like a glove.



Black Water Rising�€™s first single �€œBrother Go On�€� has been receiving heavy rotation on Sirius's Satellite Radio's Octane channel. Drummer Mike Meselsohn says of the new record, �€œThere seems to be a real demand for this album and we no longer want to keep our fans waiting. It�€™s been a long time coming and we are psyched to finally be getting it out there.�€�



With over 50,000 friends on MySpace, mostly from word-of-mouth alone (a lot generated from Sirius Octane), the fan response from around the world has been overwhelmingly positive.



Let�€™s not forget that BLACK WATER RISING is a High Times Doobie Award Winner for Best Rock/Alternative Artist, beating out The Mars Volta, The Eagles of Death Metal, Staind, Danko Jones, and Warrior Soul.



The philosophy of BWR is simple: they are not looking to reinvent the wheel; they just want to give it a much needed alignment in these musically stale times. Enough bullshit! Crank it up and let the music tell the rest of the story...





www.myspace.com/blackwaterrising

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�€œA HIGHER PLACE�€� OUT NOW ON SUMERIAN RECORDS

FEATURED IN REVOLVER NEW ISSUE

DATES WITH CHIMAIRA



�€œA Higher Place�€� the sophomore full-length by Born Of Osiris has just debuted at #73 on the Billboard Top 200! The album which was released last week scanned over 6,000 copies nationwide. Combining the band�€™s love of metal combustion with progressive songwriting, the album is at once immediately identifiable as BOO while reaching a new plateau musically. The band appear in the new issue of Revolver profiled in the 25 Bands Under 25 you should know about feature. Also look for coverage in upcoming issues of Decibel, Outburn and more. Born Of Osiris are currently on the Summer Slaughter Tour also featuring such artists as Necrophagist, Suffocation, Darkest Hour and Winds Of Plague. Following that is a run of dates with Chimaira from July 22nd until July 29th(dates on myspace page).

The band�€™s first album �€œThe New Reign�€� has scanned over 20,000 copies to date.

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Hopeless Records is very excited to announce that All Time Low�€™s new record, Nothing Personal, has debuted at #4 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, selling a career high 62,992 records in its first week. This is the band�€™s highest chart position to date, showing tremendous growth over their 2007 debut full length So Wrong, It's Right, which debuted at #62 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. With the release of Nothing Personal, independent label Hopeless Records is also celebrating its highest ever chart debut in the company's 15-year history.

Upcoming for All Time Low is the band's debut of their recently taped MTV Unplugged set coming up later this summer.

All Time Low will perform a string of dates on the Main Stage of this summer�€™s Vans Warped Tour. Having just recently finished a tour with Fall Out Boy, the Maryland foursome will be jumping on Warped Tour in Oceanport, NJ, and staying on it until the end in Los Angeles, CA. Prior to these dates, they will do a short headlining tour with We The Kings and Cartel, hitting several cities on the East Coast.

Lead singer Alex Gaskarth is currently featured on the cover of the Vans Warped Tour issue of Alternative Press magazine along with eight other frontmen from this summer�€™s lineup.

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Haliz!!!
I know that there has been alot of stuff to update all of you on. In any case, I have listed the ever so famous Dimmu Borgir bikini that I have worn in many promo pictures & to the beach as well on ebay. They no longer make those bikinis so it is one of the last ones out there!! I had fun wearing it, so g ahead & check out the auction!!
xoxox
Jasmin

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Everyone has returned to their "respective" lives after NAMM. Alot of wonderful stuff happened.. even in my personal life.
Cover Guitarra Magazine in Brazil is the biggest Guitar magazine there. My 1st interview I did made the cover . t was with Yngwie. Im really in shock. I never thought that in a million years I would end up doing cover stories..holy shit!! I know its not a big deal for most people but it is for me. It has been a horrid 2008, but 09 started out right. I had some very special people guiding me along the way and that have always believed in me.
Ok, so I have to get more deadlines met. Ill have more NAMM stories later
Beijos
Jasmin

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Hey everyone,

As all of you know at this time last year I was homeless thanks to an ungrateful, selfish ex husband (Cretino is the word we use in Portuguese )..who swindled me for my money. But....I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY that it happened. I wanted to thank ALL of you who gave me courage to live and see that I would be better off. I never saw it then, but I sure as hell see it now. It was a rough ride to get back on my feet.
Last Thanksgiving was the worse, but then we fast forward a year & here I am a year later living in Sao Paulo like a total princess with my fiance, at a bbq in a mansion in Rio, doing really well , getting the Rock City Music Award for best metal tv show (The Metal Scene Tv Show), having the privilege of living in the USA as well and working here, working on Sao Paulo's premiere metal tv show, more magazines, a S American Playboy layout (yes, I took my clothes off one last time...I think many of you will be happy) , my own calendar, and sooooooooo much more.. who would have ever figured this would have happened ?!?
I know it sounds cheesy, but a lot of everyone's words meant more to me than anything else at that time. Thanks again ...all of you were right!!!
By the way, the book is done...and I am beyond thankful for all of the years I have had wonderful people who stood by me and of course those of you who made fond memories with me and happy times that will be with me forever.
I hope that all of you have a wonderful New Year and thanks again for the wonderful thoughts and words.
Beijos
Jasmin
xoxox

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