Recently posted by the band itself:

After several years of touring and quite a few album releases we have decided that it is time to go our seperate ways. We have been a band for a very long time and feel good about everything we were able to accomplish. At this point in our lives and our careers we feel its time to move on to something fresh and new. Weither it be music, touring or just being at home to live and enjoy life. We would like to thank all of our fans, friends and families for all of the great support over the years. We would also like to thank all of the bands we have shared the stage with and everyone who has ever worked with the band, opened a door or reached out a hand. We will be playing our final two shows in April. One in San Diego and one in Orange County. Come rock with us one more time.

This is sad sad news.

Tomorrow would mark the date for From Autumn To Ashes new album Holding A Wolf By The Ears is released. Today would mark the date of their worldwide tour with Haste The Day, The Sleeping, Maylene and The Sons of Disaster, & Alesana

US Dates:

04/09/07 Little Rock, AR The Village
04/10/07 Cordova, TN Skate Park Of Memphis
04/11/07 Nashville, TN Rcktwn
04/12/07 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
04/13/07 Saint Petersburg, FL State Theatre
04/14/07 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
04/15/07 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues
04/17/07 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall / The Casbah
04/18/07 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
04/19/07 Towson, MD Recher Theatre
04/20/07 New York, NY Irving Plaza
04/21/07 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
04/22/07 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
04/24/07 Portland, ME The Station
04/25/07 Boston, MA Axis
04/26/07 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
04/27/07 Montreal,QC Centre Artistique Fractale
04/28/07 Toronto, Ontario Fun Haus
04/29/07 London, Ontario The Salt Lounge
05/01/07 Cleveland, Ohio Agora Ballroom
05/02/07 Skelletones Grand Rapids, Michigan
05/03/07 Louisville, Kentucky Headliner’s Music Hall
05/04/07 Millvale, Pennsylvania Mr. Smalls
05/05/07 Poughkeepsie, New York The Chance

w/ Shadows Fall
05/08/07 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock Cafe
05/09/07 Providence, RI Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel

UK Dates:
w/ Drop Dead, Gorgeous

20-May-07 UK Cardiff Barfly
21-May-07 UK Yovill Ski Lodge
22-May-07 UK Brighton Pressure Point
23-May-07 UK Birmingham Academy 2
25-May-07 UK Manchester Academy 3
26-May-07 UK Leeds Live @ Leeds (venue tbc)
27-May-07 UK Glasgow King Tuts
29-May-07 UK London Islington Academy

In leau of Linkin Park‘s new release to Minutes To Midnight, he band is rewarding fans who preorder their forthcoming album through iTunes with a deluxe digital version of the set.

That package will include:

• bonus tracks
• the first 15 episodes of LPTV
• a behind-the-scenes series that followed the band for the past four years

If you’re interested in this head over to iTunes to preorder the album now!

A recent press release follows as below:

We regret to announce that I Killed The Prom Queen will no longer continue as a band. The final nail in the coffin came when Jona was asked to join USA Metal group Bleeding Through as second guitarist. This, coupled with our inability to find a replacement vocalist, aided the decision to end the band.

We would all like to sincerely thank all our friends and family and our label’s Stomp, Metal Blade, Golf and Howling Bull records for their ongoing support of IKTPQ and most of all we would like to thank all the fans that made the last 7 years the most amazing years of our lives. We feel that we made a good impact on the Australian and world wide music scenes.

We also apologise for the cancellation of our upcoming USA tour-dates.

The band will announce a final farewell Australian tour in the coming months.

Each member issued the following personal statements:

Jona’s statement

For anyone who doesn’t know, IKTPQ has been my life for the last 7 years. I was a co-founding member, active songwriter and the band’s manager for the past 2 years. A lot has happened in those 7 years mostly good, some bad, but I would not trade any of it for anything in the world.

Thanks to IKTPQ I got to live out not just one, but many of my dreams and aspirations. Everything from playing to fans who love our music to meeting and supporting my heroes’ band’s on tour and seeing parts of the world I thought I would never see. Best of all was having the chance to meet new and awesome people all over the world who I am proud to call my friends.

JJ Peters, Kevin Cameron and Sean Kennedy are my 3 closest friends. I have lived in a room, studio, van, bus, car, aeroplane with these guys for 5 years now and I know them better then I know myself. These guys continue to surprise me every day. They are all amazing people, incredible musicians and songwriters and the best friends anyone could ever hope for. I couldn’t have asked for a better team. This causes me a great deal of pain, making my decision to leave the band so difficult.

I wish my friends, JJ, Sean and Kev the best of luck in their future endeavours and I have no doubt that they will be 1000 times as successful than we ever were with IKTPQ and I want everyone to know that I will always be their number one supporter.

A huge thanks to everyone who ever supported us in anyway and lastly please never forget I Killed The Prom Queen?

Sean’s statement

I’d like to thank every single person who has supported i killed the prom queen over the many years, it has been the most amazing time in my entire life and i am so appreciative that ive had the opportunity to share the stage with my brothers and share all the same experiences… thank you.

JJ’s statement

In the past 7 years playing with IKTPQ I have seen the world many times over, met some life long friends, experienced things I would never have dreamed of, shared the stage, van, hotel, bed, floor, bus with some of the best friends ill ever have and played to the greatest fans any band could ever ask for.

As sad as I am to see it end, I am more great full for all these things then anything else.

I would like to say thank you to everyone and anyone who has supported us through all these years and made IKTPQ what it is. I sincerely thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Peace. JJKTPQ.

Kevin’s statement

It’s so hard to compress every feeling about this into a short statement, and as anyone who knows me would know I’ve never been one to say a lot.

As much as this is a disappointing end, I’m glad we haven’t carved a malicious eulogy to a reasonably successful career, one which I feel as though exceeded any expectations the four of us ever had, when years ago going interstate for more than a week was a big deal to now when most our years were spent away from home, playing our music to thousands of appreciative fans the world over.

I feel we made quite an impact on the Australian music scene, paving the way for countless new bands over the years, and whether they admit it or not I feel we introduced a lot of people to this type of music which may now be a huge part of their lives, and I think that’s something to be proud of.

Just as I didn’t think I would be writing this so soon, I honestly never thought by age 20 I would have been to basically every part of the globe, and especially just from standing behind a guitar.

In retrospect I wish I had appreciated this far more: doing things most people only dream about and meeting some amazing people along the way who I hope will still remain my friends, band or no band. I’m grateful for all the experiences along the way. It’s been a great ride! Thanks

Darren Cherry from the bands label Stomp Entertainment commented:

This is a HUGE blow for Australian heavy music and the tens of thousands of IKTPQ fans around the world. The band were just beginning to hit their stride and I feel that the best was yet to come. Having said that it was a pleasure to work with such an enthusiastic and dedicated band and their achievements speak for themselves. I’m sure it’s not the last we have heard from these guys either as a collective or as individuals.

Tokyo Rose will be releasing The Promise in Compromise on July 31st. The tracking listing has been listed as follows:

Track Listing
01) Less Than Four
02) The Promise in Compromise
03) We Can be Best Friends Tonight, But Tomorrow I’ll Be …
04) A Pound of Siler Is Worth Its Weight in Blood
05) Right as Rain
06) 611 Life Lessons
07) Can I Change Your Mind?
08) Swimming with the Sharks
09) Call It What You Like, Just Leave Us Out Of It
10) I Won’t Say
11) Seconds Before the Crash

Some recent news was posted by Dan of Between The Buried And Me:

Hey guys…

We are just about done writing for our next record. We start tracking the last day of this month and we’ll be in there all of May. We’re all really excited about the new material and cant wait to start playing it out. Our summer tour plans are still up in the air, but we do plan on being out after we’re done recording. It got real cold and briefly snowed the other night in NC (what the hell??). We’re all kind of sick because of it, but nothing a little Emergen-C cant cure!

And I swear the bass book is ALMOST done!! I’m just going over everything right now and making sure it’s correct and then it’s off to the printing press. Believe me I want it done as much as you do!

So hang tight, you’ll be hearing from us before too long. Expect some studio updates…

-dan/btbam

A recent post from Bedlight For Blue Eyes:

We just got home from recording our second album with Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (Cartel, Jimmy Eat World, Death Cab for Cutie) in Atlanta and let me tell you this blows the old album away. We expect it to be in stores late June – early July. Its mad dope….

We have a bunch of videos, pics, and stuff on our online journal. Scenes from recording, the studio, whatever we do. its pretty cool… check it out here;

Click here to see the recording process

I want to thank you guys for sticking around. Our new album couldn’t of happened otherwise.

Peace,
Bedlight

With their new singer, this should be interesting to hear. We’ll hear, sooner than later. I’ll keep you posted.

Check out the acoustic sessions featured on the Alternative Press myspace. Feature acoustics include Cute Is What We Aim For, Sparta, Copeland, and Chiodos.

Chiodos plays a lil snippet of Mr. Big’s To Be With You at the end of their acoustic session. Sounds amazing!

Click here to go to their myspace.