SBRU

Melodic death metallers ODIUM who have aggressively toured across Ontario and Quebec over the last year in support of their latest emotionally charged and ripping album 'Burning The Bridges To Nowhere' are proud to announce they will be hitting the road once again for their headlining Ontario Alliance tour with Deathpoint and Aquila for the following dates in April.

'Burning The Bridges To Nowhere' - Album Stream - http://soundcloud.com/odium_music/se...he-bridges-to/

Music Video - 'No Way Out' - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Avwi3xVQQ

Alliance Tour Dates:

4/19/13 Guelph - TBA*
4/20/13 Hanover - The Forum*
4/26/13 Hamilton - Club Absinthe
4/27/13 Toronto - Bovine Sex Club
5/3/13 Windsor - Coach & Horses
5/4/13 London - Brannan's Bistro
*No Aquila

Brutal Western Canadian death metallers XUL have posted the following news update on their upcoming EP to follow up their debut album 'Malignance', which they are currently offering as a FREE DOWNLOAD (http://xulmetal.bandcamp.com/album/malignance). If you're a fan of Behemoth, Dissection and Immortal this is one album not to be missed as the band forges their brand of Blackened Death Metal.

Heavy melodic rockers BREACHED are proud to announce they will releasing their upcoming acoustic EP titled 'Revolution Sessions' recorded at Revolution Studios in Toronto, ON on Tuesday, March 26. The EP is a follow up / acoustic version to their 2011 self titled debut EP and features five unplugged tracks, four originals along with a cover of Alice In Chains song 'No Excuses'.

South Wales siren Volenté is set to release a trio of tracks called 'Broken Promises', seeing her further develop her electronic credentials. She has already received a host of critical acclaim and champions boundary blurring creativity and imaginative creativity.

Opaque Stutters will its latest album, entitled Heels Overhead, in June (an EP was released in February). Stream/download songs from the upcoming album (that were also on the EP): http://www.opaquestutters.com/ or https://soundcloud.com/opaquestutter...paque-stutters.

Send all submissions for the Small Band Round Up to christian.wagner@absolutepunk.net with "SBRU" in the subject header. Also, please include all relevant links, genres, and any bands you may sound like.

Atlanta based Microwave will release their new single "Swine Driver" on March 30th.