New Jersey devils Abacinate have made their triumphant return after a year-long hiatus following the tragic loss of vocalist Jason “Plunger” Sica. Rejoined by original vocalist Ian Neal, who appeared on the band’s full-length debut, Ruination, Abacinate is picking up right where they left off over a year ago.  

Irish black metallers Eternal Helcaraxe have revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting for their Abyss Records debut, Against All Odds.  The album, which is due out later this year, is the follow up to the band’s 2010 EP To Whatever End.    

Russian based Icon In Me has released the second video from their Head Break Solution album, ‘Lost for Nothing’.  

Texas death metal maniacs Hod are proud to announce the addition of Erika Tandy (Morgengrau, Bracaglia, ex-Ignitor) as second guitarist. Known for her impressive vocal work running the gamut from neoclassical (Autumn Tears) to traditional heavy metal (Ignitor, Bracaglia), Erika is also a guitarist who fronts her own death metal unit, Morgengrau.  

Borgne is pleased to announce that its 2007 release III is now available on 12″ vinyl format through Profane Wax. The album consists of 40 minutes of the kind of mechanical, ambient black metal for which the long-running Swiss act is known. The LP is limited to 200 copies on white vinyl!  

The new ARCHGOAT EP, Heavenly Vulva (Christ’s Last Rites), is currently streaming in its entirety courtesy of Imperiumi.net. Check it out HERE. The stream will run until October 19, 2011.  

California death horde GRAVEHILL are pleased to announce a string of dates with Singapore’s blackened death/thrash masters IMPIETY. Due to scheduling conflicts with guitarists Hellfiend and BodyBag, GRAVEHILL has enlisted Henry Montoya & Erik Sneve of WITCHAVEN to fill the vacant guitar positions. GRAVEHILL dates with IMPIETY are as follows:  

Swedish death metal veterans UNCANNY will enter the studio tomorrow (10.14.11) to record two new songs scheduled to be released on an upcoming 7″ through Dark Descent Records. These two tracks are the first new material from Uncanny since 1994’s Splenium for Nyktophobia album.  

Unholy Rock & Roll, the latest release from those metal thrashing bastards in MAAX is now available in Digi-CD format through Abyss Records. A beer-fueled noisefest that bulldozes Motorhead’s attitude into Entombed’s groove, Unholy Rock & Roll is everything a dirty thrash album should be.  

Metalmachine.net caught up with Co Publisher of DC comic Dan Didio from the floor of the NYCC 2011! Thats right, the head honcho of all things DC Comics spoke to us about the new 52 titles, DC comics and the future of the comic book industry from hear on out. Take a look…  

ARCHGOAT’s new mini-album Heavenly Vulva (Christ’s Last Rites) goes straight for the throat of the self-proclaimed messiah and his wretched mother. Featuring six trademark God-slaying tracks torn directly from the Virgin’s violated womb, this brand new EP is gloriously crude, divinely tumultuous and deliciously deviant, as we have come to expect from the filthy, fearless Finn black crusaders.  

2011 has been a banner year for Hollywood Undead. The band’s sophomore release, American Tragedy, entered the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart at number 4 this past spring and has sold almost a quarter of a million albums to date in the US alone. The album has spawned several hits including “Hear Me Now,” “Been To Hell,” “Coming Back Down,” and the latest single “Bullet.”