As promotion for their 2011 release ‘Show Me How To Live’, Danish hard rock/melodic metal band Royal Hunt have released a video for one of their new songs, ‘Another Man Down’, which can be viewed below.

‘Show Me How To Live’ is the band’s eleventh studio album and was released via Frontiers Records in November. The album sees the return of vocalist DC Cooper who found fame with the band in the mid 90s.

‘Show Me How To Live’ tracklist:
01. Introduction
02. One More Day
03. Another Man Down
04. An Empty Shell
05. Hard Rain’s Coming
06. Half Past Loneliness
07. Show Me How To Live
08. Angel’s Gone

Chimaira have announced the appointment of their new members.

Joining the band on the eve of 2012 are Dirge Within guitarist Matt Szlachta and Daath bassist Jeremy Creamer.

The band’s current line up is:
Mark Hunter – Vocals
Matt Szlachta (DIRGE WITHIN) – Guitar
Jeremy Creamer (DAATH) – Bass
Emil Werstler (DAATH) – Guitar
Sean Zatorsky (DAATH) – Keyboards
Austin D’Amond (BLEED THE SKY, THE ELITE) – Drums

The band have also ended 2011 with the release a free remix EP via MultiUpload.  The details and download link can be found here.

Indie-pop band Maccabees have released a new video for their track ‘Feel To Follow’ which can be seen below.

The track is taken for the band’s forthcoming third full-length release ‘Into The Wild’ which will be released in the UK on January 9th. The album will be promoted with a series of tour dates, the first of which can be seen here.

Chimaira have released a new remix EP entitled ‘The Age of Remix Hell’, containing remixes of four tracks from their 2011 release ‘The Age of Hell’.

As a gift for fans, the band have made the remixes available for absolutely free via multiupload.com

The EP can be downloaded by clicking here.

01. Year Of The Snake (Dubba Jonny Mix)
02. Clockwork (Hunter Mix)
03. Year Of The Snake (Allinaline Mix)
04. Losing My Mind (Allinaline Mix)

Joe Cirotti of blues/garage rockers Only Living Boy has posted an acoustic Christmas performance on YouTube, to help everyone feel a little festive spirit. (See below)

Only Living Boy released their debut full length, ‘Hide Nothing’ in the summer of 2011, showcasing a heady mix of garage rock, blues, retro rock and a smattering of punk attitude with some interesting results. (Review here)