Canadian death metal act, Kataklysm, is presently wrapping up its highly successful world tour that has brought the band to the four corners of the world. The Heaven’s Venom mania will continue this summer with the band’s appearance at the famous Wacken Open Air this August. The band will also perform and headline Brutal Assault festival in Czech Republic, Metal Mean Open Air in Belgium and the very anticipated 20th anniversary show at the Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany to an already sold out 30,000 + fans!  

Argentine apocalyptic horror film – PHASE 7 – will hit theatres on July 13th for a special engagement! PHASE 7 premiered at SXSW and will now join the “Night Terrors” film series where The Collective, AMC Theatres and Bloody-Disgusting.com have teamed up to distribute the best new horror and thriller titles from the festival and international markets to AMC theatres across America.  

When something spectacular emerges in the form of music, it is almost too simple to differentiate between what is here to stay and what is just a passing fad.   

West Coast extreme heavy metal act, All Shall Perish, has launched a special iTunes pre-order for the band’s forthcoming record, This is Where it Ends. Head over to: http://bit.ly/asptiwie to pre-order a digital copy of This is Where it Ends today for just $7.99.  

Sweden’s Blood Mortized is currently in the studio recording the band’s new album The Key To A Black Heart. The band has also checked in to make the following announcement:  

Scottsdale, AZ brutalists Reign Of Vengeance have just unleashed one of the most vicious and violent slabs of death metal 2011 has experienced thus far. Entitled Disemboweling Swine, ROV’s debut is the sonic equivalent to taking a rusty to a pack of baby seals (and just as fun too).  

Wisconsin thrash metallers LAZARUS A.D. are set to hit the road on the band’s first headlining tour with the band taking on local support at each stop. The No Prisoners No Mercy Tour takes the band through NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Baltimore, and more on this 14 date run kicking off in Rochester, NY on July 22. The band’s July 24th stop in Montreal at the Heavy MTL Festival sees the band playing with the likes of KISS, Motörhead, Anthrax, and Children of Bodom just to name a few.  

Recently, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS were shooting a video for Push Pull Destroy -the first single off of their debut album Pursuit of Honor- shot by Roy Warner Creative & Videography on location at the Yankee Air Museum, located on the grounds of the historic Willow Run Airport. It was at Willow Run where Henry Ford mobilized his manufacturing base to contribute to the war efforts by mass producing the B-24 Liberators that provided American Air Power to win WWII for the Allies.  

Behemoth hasn’t rehearsed as a band since Nergal was diagnosed with Leukemia in 2010. Since then, Nergal has undergone chemo therapy and a bone marrow transplant. Now, for the first time in over a year, Behemoth is back in the rehearsal space working on old and new songs.  

Massachusetts metallers UNEARTH have scheduled a special in-store autograph signing in Lubbock, Texas next month. The signing will take place at Hastings Books Music & Videos on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, the same day the band’s long awaited new full-length, Darkness In The Light, drops in North America.  

Alternative Rock pioneers JANE’S ADDICTION are preparing the release of their first studio album in eight years. The new album titled, The Great Escape Artist (Capitol Records) is slated for a late Summer release. The iconic trio of Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, and Stephen Perkins tapped Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol) to produce the new record, and also brought TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek into the mix as of the album’s creative team.  

OSLO, Norway – Mortiis will make “Perfectly Defect” available for just one month in a Digital Audio Extended Version. The release will be available from July 13 through August 13 only.  The extended version comes with three bonus songs, new and extended artwork, and web content.