ALIEN ANT FARM is proud to announce their new deal with the Executive Music Group label via Fontana/Universal.  The original line-up–Dryden Mitchell (lead vocals), Mike Cosgrove (drums), Terry Corso (guitar), Tye Zamora (bass)–will start to work on their fourth album in November and is looking to release it Spring 2012.  It’ll be their first release since 2006’s UP IN THE ATTIC, which spawned the hit single “Forgive And Forget,” and the first with the original line-up since 2003.      

Benedictum & DesDemon team up for the Path of the Valkyries U.S. tour to promote their recent studio releases.  

Swedish death metal act, DEAD AWAKEN, featuring former members of Abhoth, has signed with Abyss Records for the release of their full-length debut, Where Hope Turns Dripping Red. The album’s track listing has been revealed and is posted below.  

Today punk rock legends the Misfits release The Devil’s Rain, the band’s first album in nearly a decade!  It was produced by Ed Stasium, who’s credits include the Ramones’ Road to Ruin and Too Tough to Die, as well as the Misfits’ 1999 release Famous Monsters.  Celebrating the occasion, they’ve release a free mp3 for one of the album’s tracks, “Twilight of the Dead.”   

Swedish tech-death destroyers Volturyon have been confirmed to take part in the Eastern Death Infernal Tour 2011 with Demonical. The tour will run from October 26th to November 12th, focusing mainly on Baltic and Eastern European territories. Shows in Warsaw, Budapest, Bucharest and Berlin have been booked with the rest of the dates to be confirmed soon. Additional support will come from Hungary’s Slytract.   

Goregrinding metal gods EXHUMED are readying to kick off the second leg of their Back From The Dead And Ready To Party North American Tour later this month. Set to commence on October 27 in Amarillo, Texas, the band will be touring in support of their All Guts, No Glory full-length released in July via Relapse Records.  

Batman: Arkham City – The Album will be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated forthcoming videogame Batman: Arkham City. Featuring 11 new original tracks by Panic! At The Disco, Coheed and Cambria, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and more (full track list below), Batman: Arkham City – The Album will be released tomorrow, October 4th, two weeks prior to the game’s North American release on October 18th.  

So, from time to time, we get solicitations of fanmade films….here’s one of Batman called Batman The Line. You be the judge…  

Having wrapped a three-month summer tour in support of their current album Something For The Rest Of Us, The Goo Goo Dolls have announced that they will continue touring through the fall, launching a new string of dates on October 12th in Milwaukee. Tickets go on-sale this week.  

This fall, Reprise Records will release a limited edition vinyl Box Set from hard-rock icons DEFTONES.  Deftones: The Vinyl Collection, 1995 – 2011, will be available Oct. 25th, 2011, exclusively via www.deftones.com and www.becausesoundmatters.com.  

Hailing from the streets of Brooklyn, HULL has yet again emerged with a creation to outlive the ages. Hard at work since the release of their debut album, Sole Lord, in 2009, ideas were envisioned and the mighty wind of creativity brought upon this Earth the latest saga, Beyond The Lightless Sky.  

Underground blackened death metal trio WEVERIN are readying to release their fourth full-length, The Skeletons of Fallen Angels. The self-released, eight-track offering was recorded at Backrooms Studio in New Jersey and will see release via the band’s website later this fall.