The Higher have posted the latest video from their Epitaph debut, On Fire.

You can check it out on their imeem page.

A recent Scatterbox benefit for the Coeur d'Alene Food Bank turned into a bit of a a fracas. Apparently, Scatterbox got through about four songs of their set on November 9th at The Rock Joint, a new bar in Coeur d'Alene, when the owner shut the power off, cutting their set short, becuase the crowd was "moshing and breaking shit", according to the venue owner, who had cut the power himself.

When Scatterbox was cut short, an argument ensued between Tom White, vocalist for Scatterbox, members of the crowd, and the owner of the club, which in the end, set off a large crowd of people and police were called as the band broke down their equipment in the back of the building.

A damaged pool table, trashed bathroom, various other small broken items (glasses, a couple of chairs), and fifteen cops later, the members of the band were about to be charged with "inciting a riot" and arrested, until a discussion between the band members and police ensued. In the end, police decided to not charge the band. This was Scatterbox's first show in their home town in almost two years.

After the incident, the owner of The Rock Joint told members of Scatterbox "We didn't sign up for punk."

The band has a new record slated for release on Clickpop /SpinArt Records at the beginning of 2008.

Hopeless/Subcity has announced the second in their series of metal/hardcore compilations. Like the previous compilation, Metal=Life, the disc assembles metal and hardcore artists into a two disc set with 5% of the proceeds going to The Hot Topic Foundation. The Hot Topic Foundation aims to support programs and organizations that specifically focus on encouraging and educating youth in music, creative writing, painting, photography, filmmaking and more.

The disc includes music from Converge, Poison The Well, Chiodos, Saosin, Every Time I Die, HORSE the Band, Gallows, and more. The DVD will includes videos from Chiodos, Boys Night Out, The Chariot, Converge, HORSE the Band and others. It is due out November 20, 2007.

You can click Read More for the details.

Attitude has announced that due to circumstances beyond their control, they have to call off their current U.S. tour:

we've been contacting individual promoters one at a time in hopes of somehow starting the tour late. at this point in time it's very clear that that won't be possible. so if we haven't gotten in touch with you yet we will very soon.

we're very sorry about this and we'll be doing whatever it takes to make up every single date.

No Use For A Name has posted another update on the progress towards their next record. The record will follow their last studio record, Keep Them Confused, which was released in 2005.

You can click Read More for the two videos.

Baumer has posted a new song from their upcoming album, Were It Not For You. The album is expected in Spring 2008.

You can check out "In Your Stead" on their myspace page.

Looks like the unfortunate assault of guitarist Lowell Heflin has done nothing to keep Weatherbox off the road. The band is hitting the road later this month alongside Get Back Loretta in continued support of their 2007 Doghouse album, American Art.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Southern California's the Briggs today released a new acoustic record titled The Westlake Sessions. The digital-only EP features six acoustic performances including an Elvis Costello cover. To celebrate this very cool release, we've got a full album stream of all six songs for your listening pleasure.

You can check it out on their Punknews.org Profile.

To coincide with the recent reunion performance announcement, Taken has announced plans to release a new B-sides collection via their former label, Goodfellow.

Titled This Is Forever: A Taken B-Sides Collection, the album will see a domestic release via Goodfellow Records in March while Falling Leaves Records in Japan will release the collection in Japan. This release features the bands original 1998 demo, their seven-inch and various unreleased and live material.

Along with the single show in Anaheim, the band will be headed to Japan for for a reunion tour with Evylock from March 13th-18th.

Though the band had originally planned studio time for October/November, it looks like H2O will be in the studio in January:

We will be recording in California in January [for] our first new cd since 2001. We have a 23 new songs (not all for album) and I think the old and new h2omeys will appreciate and like 'em! We are gonna be doing daily blogs and video exclusivley on out trig.com page.

The trig.com page the band mentions is here.

Against Me! have posted the latest in their series of video montages. The latest is for "White People For Peace" and features live and backstage footage as wel as the song itself.

You can click Read More for the video.

The Number Twelve Looks Like You have begun work on a new DVD+EP due out in the Spring via Eyeball Records.

On December 15th, 2007 - at the band's hometown venue The School of Rock in South Hackensack, NJ- the band will be recording their performance for the DVD. Themed around the historic 1938 broadcast reading of War of the Worlds, the show will be all ages. You can check out more details on their website.

Think Fast has signed Smartbomb from Worcester, Massachusetts. The band is comprised of half the current members of No Trigger (Nitro Records) and a member of Shock Nagasaki (TKO Records).

An eight song EP titled Chaos and Lawlessness is scheduled to hit store shelves February 19, 2008, followed by a full length later in the new year. You can download a free mp3 of the track "Begin" on the media page of the TF! website, or by visiting the band's myspace page.

Avenged Sevenfold have announced a UK tour in support of their self-titled full length.

You can click Read More for the dates.

Paint It Black has announced a release date and posted the first track from their upcoming third album. The record is titled New Lexicon and is due out February 19, 2008. You can check out the artwork on the release page. You can check out the track listing by clicking Read More.

The vinyl will be handled by Rivalry Records under exclusive license from Jade Tree. The 12" is set to be released the same day as the compact disc version.

The album was produced by J. Robbins and Oktopus (of Dälek). The first song, can be found here: "Past Tense, Future Perfect."

The lineup has been announced for KROQ's "Almost Acoustic" Christmas performance. The bill will feature Linkin Park, Angels & Airwaves, Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion, Paramore, Rise Against and Serj Tankian.

The show takes place Saturday, December 8th at the Gibson Amphitheatre.

Jason Sinclaire and Scott Marshall, both of Belvedere have unveiled their new project, The Colin Decker Free Fall.

You can check out four songs from the Calgary quintet on their myspace page.

Hotfoot Records has announced the newest members of their roster. The label has officially signed Panama City, FL hardcore group Ambush!. The band will be heading into the studio in late December to begin recording their full length album. The release is slated to hit stores by mid-February.

You can listen to some demos at the band's MySpace page.

So here's a midnight update for you, and some other good news: Your standard schedule of review updates will start again this Friday, as we're pretty well-stocked for a while. Enjoy.

• Dillinger Escape Plan set off their highly anticipated display of Ire Works
• Highly, highly influential post-punks Wire deliver their first release of all-new material in four years: the Read & Burn 03 EP
• Portland, OR glam-punks the Soda Pop Kids release their second full-length, Teen Bop Dream
• Living Hell release their label debut, The Lost and the Damned
• More at the reviews page