Mark your calendars! Western Massachusetts heavy weights THE ACACIA STRAIN will release their new album entitled “Death Is The Only Mortal” on October 9th via Rise Records. The band have been in the studio writing and recording for the past couple of months, right up until they had to leave for tour and are pleased to have guitarist Daniel Laskiewicz (DL) at the helm of producing and recording the album.
Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, political activist and System Of A Down front man Serj Tankian has announced an international tour with his solo band, The FCC. The October tour kicks off in London on 10/2 and stops in Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic before wrapping up back in Berlin. A full list of the dates is below.
Rock the Resort kicked off on Friday with three great performances, raising the bar very high for those to follow. Day two featured a longer lineup: Adelitas Way, Finger Eleven, Buckcherry, and Hinder. Adelitas Way started the evening off early, opening with The Collapse from their album Home School Valedictorian. Although they were up first, I would not even consider calling them an opening act. They played for over an hour, gaining new fans with every song. Guitarists Keith Wallen and Rob Zakaryan ran down the stage running through the pit with huge grins on their face, clearly loving every minute of it. They hyped everyone up, partially thanks to a promise by singer Rick DeJesus to jump into the craziest part of...
Clay’s Park brought the rock to Ohio this past weekend with its’ second annual Rock the Resort festival. Campers spent their days enjoying the sun in the resort’s water park followed by a night of music. Cavo kicked off the festival on Friday, currently on tour in support of their new album, Thick as Thieves. The park filled up throughout their set, which consisted of a combination of their own material as well as covers. They pulled off a unique, rocked up version of Duran Duran’s Come Undone well, bringing back nostalgic memories of the 80’s. Their set closed with Champagne off of their debut album, during which hundreds of fans shouted along with the chorus, “could’ve...
Robert Kirkman’s Eisner Award-winning The Walking Dead comic series for Image Comics/Skybound reached its milestone 100th issue and instantly sold out of its 383,612 initial orders on July 11th, the same day it was released, effectively becoming the best-selling comic book in initial orders for any publisher since 1997, when Image Comics/Top Cow’s The Darkness #11 was released.
Comic heads were all abuzz this weekend with the new Marvel unleashed at this years San Diego Comic Con. The big surprise was the announcement of The Guardians Of The Galaxy coming in 2014. This is a somewhat of a surprise as Disney/Marvel will be taking somewhat of a a risk on a very limited known property in the Marvel Universe. The saving grace is the tie in value to super baddie THANOS. Other tent pole properties announced were Captain America: Winter Soldier, Iron Man 3 and Ant-Man. Stay tuned to metalmachine.net for more up to the minute comic book news and info. Check out all the picks below…
Yeah, yeah…anther TOP 10 LIST of movies we hate. You can find them all over the internet. Well, this one is a little different. This is a top 10 list of the worst comic book movies we love to watch! You know, it’s 1 in the morning and there’s nothing on cable, and then as you’re channel surfing…BAM! Judge Dredd is on. Terrible film but funny and shlockey at the same time. Here is our top 10 list…
It had to happen. Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are hitting the road together this fall, co-headlining the “Twins of Evil” tour. Debauchery, theatrics, ghoulish imagery, and a full-on assault of all the senses are what’s in store for fans when the tour kicks off, first in the U.S. and then with a 10-country sweep through Europe.
