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Radiohead End Free Download

12/06/2007
. (Filter) In the wonderful world of Radiohead land, all free things must come to an end.

According to the band's blog, Dead Air Space, the "pay-what-you-want" download option for In Rainbows will be put to rest on December 10.

The band also announced that the In Rainbows discboxes have stopped production and will only be available online through the band's w.a.s.t.e store. -

Pantera Frontman Spawns Punk Band

12/06/2007
. (PR) Arson Anthem will be the first release via Housecore Records; a label created by Philip H. Anselmo and is the definitive collection of side projects, and projects he believes in. The band features Philip H. Anselmo (Pantera, Down, Superjoint Ritual), Mike IX Williams (EyeHateGod, Outlaw Order), III (Assjack, Superjoint Ritual), and Collin Yeo. Their debut EP will be out 2/19/08. Here is a little about the band:

With the current roster of supposed "extreme" or "underground" bands repetitively dishing out modern metal regurgitation, something had to give; enter Arson Anthem. Basking in the telepathic glow of filthy, vicious 80's-era punk and hardcore, and yearning for a spark, this improper outfit has finally ignited said spark. Fueled by stale vodka and non-filters, they've finally wrecked into a bare-bones, distorted, bastard vacuum.

After losing everything in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Mike Williams moved into Philip’s spare apartment. The two spent countless hours listening to Philip’s collection of early hardcore bands; the timing was perfect to remedy this cabin fever. They began jamming with III and Collin Yeo, and this proved to be the crowning accession to complete this exploit. United by the perpetual drive to create "the sound" of a time in the past, these longtime friends strike the chords that have echoed forever in their rattled minds. The fury of Arson Anthem will serve as a real threat to a genre flailing in the hollow of an underground scene in need of resuscitation.