The Showdown News

Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN will release its third full-length album, "Back Breaker" , on August 19 via Solid State Records .

“It was just kind of a bonehead deal.”

It wasn't exactly pistols at 30 paces, but police say a security company supervisor and a restaurateur shot each other with Tasers in a 'bonehead' confrontation over parking. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Despite their "Guitar Hero 2" fame, Shadows Fall did not draw a very large crowd to the show they headlined at Jaxx Nightclub in Springfield last Sunday. via The Free Lance-Star

SHADOWS FALL Frontman Checks In From The Road - Apr. 14, 2008 Vocalist Brian Fair of the Massachusetts metallers SHADOWS FALL has issued the following update: "I just wanted to take a minute and check in from ... via BlabberMouth.net

“There should be a pretty big draw of kids.”

In the nine months College Station metal band Bonnie Blue has been together, they haven't yet played a local show. via Theeagle.com

"First Came The Law," the freshman album of Pittsburgh group Once Nothing, was painstakingly crafted - with good reason. via LancasterOnline

How better to start out Spring Break '08 than by sitting in on almost two hours of ire-filled rants from one of comedy's angriest men, Lewis Black? I briefly considered that thought in between stitches of my ... via Chimes

Long Beach metallers Droid are pleased to announce a string of dates with Shadows Fall , Kataklysm , The Showdown , and Arsis . via Ultimate-guitar.com

“Ferocious hardcore precision, like the metal gods intended.”

Atlantic recording group and two-time Grammy nominees Shadows Fall have unveiled details for their upcoming spring tour, a two-week jaunt that will see the band playing fourteen shows in as many days. via Starpulse News Blog

“Many bands say they were influenced by Pavement. Very few say that they were influenced by No Doubt.”

March 14, 2008 SXSW: Friday Party Picks We saw a lot yesterday, but more on that later. via Stereogum

ON THE ROAD TO BEBE FENSTERMAKER'S HOUSE, wild turkeys run unperturbed before a visitor's car. via Texas Monthly

THE SHOWDOWN Preparing To Hit The Road - Dec. 1, 2007 Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN has issued the following update: "We are gearing up right now to go on our winter tour. via BlabberMouth.net

“We are not overly concerned that EA's/MTV Games' Rock Band will galvanize Activision's GH3 opportunity this Holiday season, because in terms of gameplay, the two are not direct competitors.”

Rock Band battle set to go down this Holiday season in retail. After giving Guitar Hero III a test-drive -- for market research purposes, of course, Thill concluded: "We are not overly concerned that EA's/MTV ... via Gamasutra

“Comparing SSD Performance to Mechanical SSD Performance in a Dell Laptop”

Introduction I thought I would put this guide together to help the NotebookReview.com community as SSDs are coming upon us so quickly and the interest seems to be going through the roof. via NotebookReview.com

As high noon draws near, townsfolk in Medford, Oregon, scatter. Citizens peer outside through the safety of their computer monitors and T.V. screens. via Hugh Hewitt

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has asked for $190 billion to keep the war grinding on ["Showdown looms over $190 billion in war funding," Sept. via The Free Lance-Star

Jake the Snake, 'Beautiful' Bobby Eaton and Chillicothe's 'Fantastic' Bobby Fulton will converge on the Pickaway County Fairgrounds at 8 p.m. Saturday night for 'The Showdown in the Roundtown,' a classic ... via Chillicothe Gazette

THE SHOWDOWN Issues 'Feel Like Hell' Digital EP - Sep. 24, 2007 Tennessee's THE SHOWDOWN has issued the following update: "We dug up the three B-sides for [the latest THE SHOWDOWN album] 'Temptation Come My ... via BlabberMouth.net

THE SHOWDOWN: DAVID BUNTON Audio Interview Posted Online - Sep. 24, 2007 The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted at Ozzfest 2007 with David ... via BlabberMouth.net