After the free downloadable 2-track teaser "First moment", Front 242 now announces a completely new full release, namely the live album "Moments..." recorded during the band's recent and ongoing vintage tour. The release comes in 2 different formats, a digipak CD and a 2CD boxset, both having a different tracklist with the digipak featuring 4 exclusive versions ("Take one", "Loud", "Kampfbereit" and "Punish your machine") which cannot be found on the 2CD boxset. Fans who downloaded the 2-track have received an e-mail early this morning giving them a reduced price offer for a limited time.

Side-Line got hold of a test pressing of the new Front 242 boxset and digipak which you can see above. The 4 discs are yours for 35 euros, shipping worldwide included... if you are a fan of course and downloaded the tracks for free. Also available is a "Kommando" t-shirt in XL, L, M. Below are the 6 packets proposed by Alfa Matrix:

• Digipak CD (holding 2 tracks in alternative versions not featured on the box edition)
  
• Limited 2CD Carton Box
  
• Kommando t-shirt (sizes: M, L, XL)
  
• Limited 2CD Carton Box + CD digipack
  
• Limited 2CD Carton Box + Kommando t-shirt (sizes: M, L, XL)
  
• Limited 2CD Carton Box + Kommando t-shirt + CD digipack (sizes: M, L, XL)

And as a bonus with the limited 2cd boxset, Alfa Matrix will also include the FREE 18-track CD compilation "Sounds From the Matrix 007" with unreleased songs from various bands from the Alfa Matrix label.

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Indie legend Ian Curtis' gravestone has been stolen from a cemetery in Macclesfield. The headstone is visited by thousands of fans every year, paying their respects to the singer, who committed suicide in 1980. Detectives said the kerb stone, which has the inscription "Ian Curtis 18 - 5 - 80" and the words "Love Will Tear Us Apart" was taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. They are appealing for witnesses to the stone's theft, as there are no CCTV cameras in the area. The Police speak about a very unusual theft and believe that someone locally will have knowledge about who is responsible or where the memorial stone is at present.

Curtis was 23 when he hanged himself in the kitchen of his Macclesfield home in May 1980, shortly before the band were due to go on tour in the US. Although the band reformed as New Order after Curtis's death in 1980, there has been an upsurge of interest in its work. An acclaimed Anton Corbijn shot biopic about Curtis, called "Control", was released in 2007. A film documentary, called Joy Division, was released earlier this year.

Below is a video shot by a fan at the Ian Curtis's Memorial Stone in Macclesfield's cemetery.

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Slipknot have revealed a new set of masks in preparation for the release of their fourth studio album. The band have become well known for their often terrifying face wear, claiming that the masks are 'an integral part of the band's identity'. Spinner.com is currently hosting an online photo gallery featuring shots of the new masks alongside images documenting the band's history so far and describes the mask as being "creepier and more intricate than ever - some evoking the chilling countenance of film horror figures like Hannibal Lecter and Pinhead". The Des Moines band will release new album "All Hope Is Gone" on August 25.

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