Punkbands.com is for sale. We are looking for someone who are interested in acquiring the domain with content. If you are interested contact us here (serious inquiries only).

 

The website deserves a dedicated person or group of people who has the passion, time and skills to run and develop the site.

 

We have been running the website for more than 11 years now, but I need to focus on my own personal and professional life. I would like to thank everyone who has been involved in the website, all our loyal followers, labels, bands and other zines who has supported us for all these years.

 

There has been som questions regarding the motivation for the sale and the history of punkbands.com. I have had an Q&A with the great people at Audiojerks - check it out here. 

 

Best regards

Carsten Jacobsen

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This Is Hell have made their cover of Pantera’s “Rise” available online here. The track is featured on a tribute CD to fallen Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott that comes packaged with the current issue of UK metal magazine, “Metal Hammer“.

In the Dine Alone office they have a large black cabinet of stuff, a vault of goodies if you will. What is in this vault you ask? Well, while I can’t tell you about all of it, I can say that if you stole the key and broke into the vault, you would unlock a Pandora’s box of tunes... click for more.

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Coheed and Cambria have finished tracking their new album. Check out more here.

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Thrice have posted the new video from their 2009 album, Beggars. Check it out here.

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The Almost have posted the new video for "Lonely Wheel" from their sophomore album, Monster Monster.