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Legendary thrash band, OVERKILL have announced their next full length entitled “The Electric Age” due out on eOne Music March 27, 2012. The record will be released in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records on March 30, 2012. The band will tour the US this spring on their very own KILLFEST 2 this spring in support.  

Deep in the heart of Hell Paso Texas, MINISTRY’s Al Jourgensen re-opened the doors of his industrial compound studio in Fall 2011 and invited his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (Rigor Mortis), Tony Campos (Static X), Tommy Victor (Prong) and Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis/Gwar) to climb on board the Ministry pirate ship and de-construct and re-construct Jourgensen’s monsterpiece Relapse.  

Chicago deathcore mavens Oceano have chosen 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival as the stage for their farewell performance on Friday, April 20.  

When Anthrax kicks off Leg Two of its U.S. tour with Testament and Death Angel this Sunday in Las Vegas, they will do so with their new single, “I’m Alive,” already catching fire at radio.  Early adds at active and mainstream rock stations in cities from Madison to Nashville to Abilene are playing the track and getting great feedback on the song from listeners.  

Syracuse-based heavy rockers, BRAND NEW SIN have announced a string of tour dates in support of their latest release, United State. The band recently released a video for the song “The Lord Came Down.” The video, directed by Eli Brown, was shot in early November in Detroit, Michigan in the basement National Biscuit Company (Nabisco) building.  

With the success of Avatar and a slew of animated films coming out in 3D, what other entertainment medium would benefit from the image poping effects of 3D? hmmm, Metal Music! Well, the wait is over, here comes Meshuggah in spectacular 3D!!!  

Holy shit, I think I just lost my lunch! Judas Priest just anounced they’re going to release a mega box set. That’s rignt. This thing will include every album release in the bands stelar career. All Halford, all the time. Read below…  

Ben Varon, founder of Metal band Amoral sat with metalmachine.net to talk all things metal, Amoral and the bands up coming CD.  

America’s reigning kings of brutality, CANNIBAL CORPSE, will unleash their twelfth studio offering this March via Metal Blade Records. Aptly titled Torture, the follow-up to 2009′s Evisceration Plague offers up 12 tracks of maniacally precise, soul-searing death metal.  

The Poster for The Rest of  Season 2 & Some Info About Season 3 *Warning: This article talks about “The Walking Dead” on AMC as if the reader has seen all of the episodes to date. In fact nearly all of my articles on TWD will be written that way, so if you haven’t seen season 1 or episodes 1-7 of season 2 be advised that there are spoilers ahead. Also: you’re lame. What the Hell are you waiting for?? Get off your ass and go watch them right now! Oh, and there’s also some mature content & graphic images & shit in here too. You have now been warned- read at your own risk.*  

Right after I recently said that Van Halen should hang it up, Mr. Eddie Van Halen shows me up and does something so generous. The Guitar legend has donated 75 of his own personal guitars to The Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.  

The Devil Wears Prada sat down with us while the band was in NYC at the tail end of their recent tour. Check out what the band had to say…  

God Forbid has announced two northeast area headlining shows to celebrate completion of their forthcoming album.  

News has just been released that Guitar legend Tony Iommi has been Diagnosed with Cancer. Read the statement below.