After dominating the metal charts in their home country and building massive momentum performing in front of thousands of fans at last summer’s Vans Warped Tour, Parkway Drive have set their sights on conquering the US metal scene this February when the band hits the road for a US headlining tour with labelmates Set Your Goals.

Parkway Drive‘s third studio album, Deep Blue, which debuted at #2 on Australia’s ARIA chart and #39 on Billboard’s Top 200, was released in June 2010 and has since built steadfast momentum as a result of a groundswell of fan support in the US. Called “never less than utterly crushing” (Alternative Press *4.5/5), Deep Blue “combines the emotional textures of Isis, the brute force of Viking metal and hardcore, and some symphonic elements thrown in for good measure” (Decibel). “Displaying a far greater mastery of dynamics than ever before the band whips, snarls, and charges their way through 13 tracks, every one of them designed to break you” (Outburn *9/10). “Parkway Drive have created a record that isn’t just a landmark album for themselves, it’s a milestone album for modern metal” (Metal Hammer).

With an arsenal of new music locked and loaded for fans across the country the countdown to Parkway Drive‘s championed return to the US begins now. See you in the pit!!

Parkway Drive Tour Dates:

Feb 11 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
Feb 12 – Pomona, CA – The Glass House
Feb 13 – San Francisco, CA – The DNA Lounge
Feb 15 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues
Feb 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Club Sound
Feb 17 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre
Feb 18 – Kansas City, MO – Beaumont Club
Feb 19 – St. Louis, MO – Pops
Feb 20 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Feb 21 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues
Feb 22 – Pontiac, MI – Clutch Cargos
Feb 23 – London, ON – London Music Hall
Feb 24 – Toronto, ON – The Opera House
Feb 25 – Montreal, QC – The Olympia
Feb 26 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Feb 27 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Feb 28 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium
Mar 1 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar
Mar 2 – Richmond, VA – Hat Factory
Mar 3 – Charlotte, NC – Tremont Music Hall
Mar 4 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Mar 6 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Mar 7 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Mar 8 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Mar 9 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit
Mar 11 – Phoenix, AZ – The Nile
Mar 12 – Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues

For More Information:
www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive

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The hotly anticipated follow-up to 2007′s Horizons, Deep Blue raises the bar in every conceivable way. While maintaining the band’s uncompromising metallic-hardcore style at its core, it pushes into exciting new realms, drawing from a wider scope of influence, incorporating everything from anthemic pop-punk to bloodcurdling death metal.

With improved musical abilities and a thoroughly inspired approach to songwriting, Parkway Drive has tied the music and lyrics together into one all-encompassing concept.

“It’s basically about the search for truth in a world that seems to be devoid of that,” says vocalist and lyricist Winston McCall, explaining the narrative running through Deep Blue. “The story is told through the eyes of a man who wakes up and realizes that his life is a lie and nothing he believes in is real. So he tries to find the truth within himself and his journey takes him to the bottom of the ocean and back again.”

Having recorded their first two albums with Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, Deep Blue was tracked and mixed in Los Angeles, CA by Joe Barresi (Queens Of The Stone Age, Bad Religion, Tool), and mastered by legendary mastering engineer Brian Gardner.

Crisp, unprocessed and impossibly heavy, the production on Deep Blue brings out every nuance of Parkway Drive‘s freshly re-focused sound.

“It’s definitely the Parkway record I’m most proud of,” claims Winston. “We felt like were in the deep-end recording with someone new, so to have it come out exactly how we wanted it, and pretty much exceed our expectations, is a big ask, but that’s exactly what Joe did for us.”

With 13 tracks in all, standouts include “Sleepwalker,” “Deliver Me” and “Unrest.” Bad Religion guitarist and Epitaph Records owner Brett Gurewitz makes a guest vocal appearance on “Home is for the Heartless,” which brings epic punk rock choruses and crazed metallic finger-tapping guitar work into the established Parkway paradigm.

“We figure that song is going to be the most polarizing thing we’ve ever written,” Winston says. “People are either going to like it or they are going to hate it. I think it worked. That’s one of my favorite songs on the record!”

Already one of the most anticipated heavy releases of the year, Deep Blue represents an exciting new chapter in the story of Australia’s most successful hardcore band.

Check out Parkway Drive all summer long on the Vans Warped Tour!

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Deep Blue Track Listing:
1. Samsara- 1:46
2. Unrest- 2:19
3. Sleepwalker- 4:01
4. Wreckage- 3:21
5. Deadweight- 3:47
6. Alone- 4:40
7. Pressures- 3:23
8. Deliver Me- 4:14
9. Karma- 3:49
10. Home Is For The Heartless- 4:08
11. Hollow- 3:01
12. Leviathan I- 3:50
13. Set To Destroy- 1:41

Parkway Drive North American Tour Dates:
Jun 25 – Carson, CA – Home Depot Center (Warped Tour)
Jun 26 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Jun 27 – Ventura, CA – Seaside Park (Warped Tour)
Jun 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Pavilion (Warped Tour)
Jun 30 – Las Cruces, NM – N.M.S.U. Practice Field (Warped Tour)
Jul 1 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center (Warped Tour)
July 2 – Houston, TX – The Showgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 3 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center (Warped Tour)
July 5 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 6 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 7 – Burgettstown, PA – Post Gazette Pavillion (Warped Tour)
July 8 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 9 – Toronto, ON – Arrow Hall (Warped Tour)
July 10 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau (Warped Tour)
July 11 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theater (Warped Tour)
July 13 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center (Warped Tour)
July 14 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake P.A.C. (Warped Tour)
July 15 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 16 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center (Warped Tour)
July 17 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Warped Tour)
July 18 – Oceanport, NJ – Monmouth Park Racetrack (Warped Tour)
July 20 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 21 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 22 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte (Warped Tour)
July 23 – St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Park (Warped Tour)
July 24 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 25 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 26 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 28 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (Warped Tour)
July 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 30 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park (Warped Tour)
July 31 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 1 – Shakopee, MI – Canterbury Park (Warped Tour)
Aug 2 – Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 5 – Edmonton, AB – Northlands Park (Warped Tour)
Aug 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
Aug 8 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field (Warped Tour)
Aug 11 – Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex (Warped Tour)
Aug 12 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 13 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 14 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
Aug 15 – Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)

For More Information:
www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive
www.epitaph.com

Determined to surpass previous efforts, Parkway Drive have gone all out in creating a complete listening experience. While maintaining the band’s trademark sound at its core, their forthcoming album will weave music, lyrics and artwork together into a dense concept that flows from beginning to end.

“Writing with a concept in mind has given us more direction,” explains Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall. “Every song on this album was created with a definite purpose, as opposed to just writing a riff and building on that.”

While McCall concedes the album’s basic narrative – the tale of a man lacking direction in life who goes looking for answers at the bottom of the sea – is “kind of bizarre,” he says the concept was flexible enough to open itself up to many far-reaching ideas.

“The ocean is where I find the most clarity,” says the former bodyboard champion. “To go to the beach and sink into the water, the sound cuts out and you can just forget about everything. So I guess the concept is about cutting out everything and focusing on what’s inside yourself.”

Parkway Drive‘s achievements are unmatched in Australian heavy music circles. After two huge-selling albums, 2004′s Killing With A Smile and 2007′s Horizons (the latter achieving Top 6 chart success in Oz), last year’s Parkway Drive: The DVD was met with a typically rabid response. It debuted at #2 on the ARIA chart and achieved Platinum status within weeks. By year’s end it was Australia’s biggest selling local artist DVD and was crowned ‘Best Music DVD’ at the 2009 Rolling Stone Awards. US fans are taking notice as constant global touring has helped cement Parkway Drive‘s reputation as one of the most dominant exponents of heavy hardcore in the world today.

Having recorded their first two albums with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage), the forthcoming album finds Parkway Drive turning to seasoned veteran Joe Barresi. Known for his work with big-league rock acts including Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion and Tool, Barresi will handle the recording and mix at his home studio, JHOC (Joe’s House of Compression) in Los Angeles, before renowned mastering engineer Brian Gardner (Avenged Sevenfold, Lamb of God, Nine Inch Nails) applies the finishing touches in Hollywood.

By that time Parkway Drive should be back on the road again. First stop is Europe and the UK throughout April and May, where they’ll play their biggest headlining dates so far, before they make their anticipated return to the US for this summer’s Vans Warped Tour.

Already top of the most hotly anticipated heavy releases of 2010, their forthcoming album promises to be a new and exciting chapter in the story of Australia’s most successful metal-hardcore band.

“This is the heaviest thing we’ve written, and at the same time the catchiest,” McCall warns. “And while we always want to keep the definitive Parkway Drive sound, there are a couple of things that will hopefully add another dimension to what we do.”

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Parkway Drive US Tour Dates:
Jun 25 – Carson, CA – Home Depot Center (Warped Tour)
Jun 26 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Jun 27 – Ventura, CA – Seaside Park (Warped Tour)
Jun 29 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Pavilion (Warped Tour)
Jun 30 – Las Cruces, NM – N.M.S.U. Practice Field (Warped Tour)
Jul 1 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center (Warped Tour)
July 2 – Houston, TX – The Showgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 3 – Dallas, TX – Superpages.com Center (Warped Tour)
July 5 – St. Louis, MO – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 6 – Indianapolis, IN – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 7 – Burgettstown, PA – Post Gazette Pavillion (Warped Tour)
July 8 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 9 – Toronto, ON – Arrow Hall (Warped Tour)
July 10 – Montreal, QC – Parc Jean Drapeau (Warped Tour)
July 11 – Hartford, CT – Comcast Theater (Warped Tour)
July 13 – Mansfield, MA – Comcast Center (Warped Tour)
July 14 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake P.A.C. (Warped Tour)
July 15 – Scranton, PA – Toyota Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 16 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center (Warped Tour)
July 17 – Uniondale, NY – Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Warped Tour)
July 18 – Oceanport, NJ – Monmouth Park Racetrack (Warped Tour)
July 20 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion (Warped Tour)
July 21 – Virginia Beach, VA – Virginia Beach Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
July 22 – Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Charlotte (Warped Tour)
July 23 – St. Petersburg, FL – Vinoy Park (Warped Tour)
July 24 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 25 – Orlando, FL – Central Florida Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
July 26 – Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 28 – Cincinnati, OH – Riverbend Music Center (Warped Tour)
July 29 – Milwaukee, WI – Marcus Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
July 30 – Detroit, MI – Comerica Park (Warped Tour)
July 31 – Tinley Park, IL – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 1 – Shakopee, MI – Canterbury Park (Warped Tour)
Aug 2 – Bonner Springs, KS – Sandstone Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 5 – Calgary, AB – Race City Speedway (Warped Tour)
Aug 7 – Salt Lake City, UT – Utah State Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)
Aug 8 – Denver, CO – Invesco Field (Warped Tour)
Aug 11 – Pomona, CA – Pomona Fairplex (Warped Tour)
Aug 12 – Marysville, CA – Sleep Train Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 13 – Nampa, ID – Idaho Center Amphitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 14 – George, WA – Gorge Amphitheater (Warped Tour)
Aug 15 – Hillsboro, OR – Washington County Fairgrounds (Warped Tour)

For More Information:
www.myspace.com/parkwaydrive
www.epitaph.com