Oh where the time goes. 18 years ago, Metal Machine was born and all we could remember was going from club to club, show to show and absorbing as much metal as possible. The good old days of the music biz..where you could go and buy your metal at Tower Records, the music industry was selling a bajillion CD’s every year and Metalblade records. o celebrate the labels super staying power in a fragmented music atmosphere, Metalblade is pleased to announce another event has been set up in celebration of the record label’s 30 Anniversary, which included a packed showcase at this year’s SXSW in Austin, TX, the Metal Blade Scion A/V Club showcase in Pomona, CA on 9/15, and the recently announced Los... 

Here is an all-new clip from BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS, PART 1 featuring The Mutant Leader giving his televised declaration of war on Gotham City, Commissioner Gordon and Batman.  

Lionsgate has just unveiled two NEW exciting ways for Dredd fans to explore the unique origin story from the upcoming film, DREDD 3D — opening nationwide on September 21st, 2012!  

All you Five Finger Death Punch fans, Metalmachine.net was front and center at at this years Trespass America Tour. Bands like God Forbid, Emmure, Battlecross, Trivium, Killswitch Engage and FFDP. Check out some pics of FFDP below.  

Out now from Shout! Factory, KoЯn The Path of Totality Tour-Live at the Hollywood Palladium celebrates the acclaimed metal pioneers tenth studio album, The Path of Totality. Starting today, fans can now experience the show that Daniel Kohn of LA Weekly dubbed as “unique a show as I’ve ever seen.”  

Heavy/Doom metal progenitors SAINT VITUS will start their first U.S. headlining tour in 19 years on September 14th in Little Rock, AK. The Scion A/V–sponsored tour supporting their critically-acclaimed new album ‘Lillie: F-65’ circles the US for five weeks, ending in San Antonio, TX on October 19th, and also sees the legendary quartet join DOWN at the Best Buy Theater in New York City on September 28th.  

Montreal extreme metal veterans CRYPTOPSY have announced November 20th as the U.S. release date for their forthcoming self-titled album. Already a contender for many a critic’s top ten of 2012 list, Cryptopsy marks a furious return to the band’s tech-minded roots. Cryptopsy will be released in the U.S. by Cryptopsy/Defen Society in association with Revulotion Harmony/Candlelight Records. Pre-orders for the album are available through the band at www.Cryptopsy.ca or by visiting this location.  

Marvel has just released a teaser that says “Lightning”. What can this mean? Some on the internet are speculating the return of the villian/superhero team The Thunderbolts.  

The American symphonic metal band KAMELOT will be releasing their new album Silverthorn October 30th in North America, October 26th in Germany and October 29th in the rest of Europe via Steamhammer/SPV. It will receive its Japanese release October 24th via King Records.  

Reprise Records’ Green Day announced today that they are working with Nokia and AT&T to launch Nokia Music, a new music streaming service offering consumers free and unlimited access to playlists and songs from a global catalogue boasting 17 million tracks. To celebrate the launch of Nokia Music, the multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award-winning band have created a series of exclusive playlists and will shortly announce a very special kick-off concert.  

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the jaw dropping covers to Avengers #1, Avengers #2 & Avengers #3 by superstar artist Dustin Weaver! This December, the most popular heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team, twice a month – only in Avengers! From the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena, the Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call – who will answer?  

When comic book legend Stan Lee throws a party, everyone wants to attend. And lucky for us, we are all invited! Stan Lee’s Comikaze, Los Angeles’ largest pop-culture convention, opens on Saturday, September 15, 2012 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.