There has been speculation about Scott Ian, member of Anthrax and his performing at the up coming Big 4 shows featuring Anthrax, Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth. Here is an official statement from Scott…  

Japan’s, Gallhammer, has completed work on its third studio album, titled The End, to be released April 25th on Peaceville Records.  

             The End evolves further from the foundations of Gallhammer’s previous effort, Ill Innocence, and its debut, Gloomy Lights, with an album of disturbing and dark drone music, consisting of a hypnotic bass and drum combination mixed with the band’s raw black metal and punk origins.     

  Los Angeles, CA – Following the announcement last week of their headlining “Raid the Nation” Tour, Papa Roach have announced a 2nd leg of the tour. With the first leg beginning on April 25th in Anaheim, CA with support from Finger Eleven and Pop Evil, the band will be beginning their 2nd leg on May 12th in Kearney, NE with support from Escape the Fate and Pop Evil (please see below for tour dates).  

There are two heroes of the DC Universe that nobody would ever be able to pinch for not wearing green on Saint Patrick’s Day: GREEN LANTERN and GREEN ARROW. So whether you’re Irish or not, join us as we celebrate St. Patty’s with an exclusive sale celebrating DC’s greenest super heroes! From 11 PM EST tonight to 11 PM EST tomorrow, you can purchase over 200 Green Lantern and Green Arrow digital comics for only $0.99 each.  

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced their new DVD releases for this month. These include the first episodic volume of VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY (the second season of the hit gothic melodrama VAMPIRE KNIGHT), the latest Box Set for BLEACH, and 3 new releases from the latest installment of POKÉMON, POKÉMON DP GALACTIC BATTLES.  

 AOL’s Moviefone editors had an exclusive with Robert DeNiro to discuss the “The Irishman”, possible “Good Shepherd” sequel and another “Midnight Run”. Moviefone touched on these topics and others while chatting with the legendary actor.   Will we see you back directing anytime soon? I’ve been talking with Eric [Roth] for a long time about doing a sequel to ‘The Good Shepherd’ where it would cover ’61 with the Bay of Pigs and the Berlin Wall going up to ’89 with the Wall coming down, that period of time. And if I wanted to do another one, it would be from the Wall coming down to the present. Wow. God knows if that will happen. But I would really... 

Revolver Golden Gods Award nominees ACCEPT are returning to North America for 20 shows with Sweden’s SABATON kicking off their tour in Orlando, Florida on April 9th through May 7th in Houston, Texas.  

    West Coast Headlining Trek With Support FINGER ELEVEN and POP EVIL To Begin April 25th in Anaheim, CA  

Los Angeles extreme metal band DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS have released a third song, “Las Calaveras Del Terror,” from their upcoming new album Satánico Dramático on their Facebook page.  

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal photographers Brian Lew (Whiplash fanzine) and Harald “O.” Oimoen (D.R.I.) have joined forces to create the large-format hardcover photo collection MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Bay Area Bangers and the Birth of Thrash Metal.  

Too Late The Hero, the Portland, ME-based debut act signed to ReThink Records, run by Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler and manager Larry Mazer, have announced touring plans.  The band has been added to the bill of the Memphis May Fire tour, which kicks off on April 9th in Indiana.   

NORMA JEAN ANNOUNCE “EXPLOSIONS II PART DEUX” 2011 SPRING HEADLINING TOUR VIEW LIVE PERFORMANCE ON FUEL TV’S “THE DAILY HABIT”   After a successful 2010 and a strong start in 2011, Norma Jean have announced the “Explosions II Part Deux” Spring 2011 tour.  The tour will kick off in Ft. Lauderdale on May 6th at Culture Room and conclude in their home state of Georgia in Augusta on June 1st.