–> Atlantic recording group Staind has announced details of their hugely anticipated new album.  “STAIND” – which marks the iconic hard rock band’s seventh studio album and first full-length release in three years – arrives in stores and at all digital retailers on September 13th.  

It’s time to GO! The classic 1980’s Hanna Barbera cartoon television series is back on DVD, with the first five episodes digitally remastered on a single disc. Witness the action of the destructive GoBot rebels under the orders of the infamous Cy-Kill against the GoBot Guardians sworn to protect the inhabitants of planet Earth.  

Dark Descent Records is pleased to announcing the addition of Finland’s CRYPTBORN to its hallowed roster. Entitled Into the Grasp of the Starving Dead, the seven-song, 28-minute EP  

Leading video game publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc. announced the official release date and fan-decided name for Dragon Ball Z® Ultimate Tenkaichi for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.   

Canadian death metal act, Kataklysm, is presently wrapping up its highly successful world tour that has brought the band to the four corners of the world. The Heaven’s Venom mania will continue this summer with the band’s appearance at the famous Wacken Open Air this August. The band will also perform and headline Brutal Assault festival in Czech Republic, Metal Mean Open Air in Belgium and the very anticipated 20th anniversary show at the Summer Breeze Open Air in Germany to an already sold out 30,000 + fans!  

Argentine apocalyptic horror film – PHASE 7 – will hit theatres on July 13th for a special engagement! PHASE 7 premiered at SXSW and will now join the “Night Terrors” film series where The Collective, AMC Theatres and Bloody-Disgusting.com have teamed up to distribute the best new horror and thriller titles from the festival and international markets to AMC theatres across America.  

When something spectacular emerges in the form of music, it is almost too simple to differentiate between what is here to stay and what is just a passing fad.   

West Coast extreme heavy metal act, All Shall Perish, has launched a special iTunes pre-order for the band’s forthcoming record, This is Where it Ends. Head over to: http://bit.ly/asptiwie to pre-order a digital copy of This is Where it Ends today for just $7.99.  

Sweden’s Blood Mortized is currently in the studio recording the band’s new album The Key To A Black Heart. The band has also checked in to make the following announcement:  

Scottsdale, AZ brutalists Reign Of Vengeance have just unleashed one of the most vicious and violent slabs of death metal 2011 has experienced thus far. Entitled Disemboweling Swine, ROV’s debut is the sonic equivalent to taking a rusty to a pack of baby seals (and just as fun too).  

Wisconsin thrash metallers LAZARUS A.D. are set to hit the road on the band’s first headlining tour with the band taking on local support at each stop. The No Prisoners No Mercy Tour takes the band through NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Baltimore, and more on this 14 date run kicking off in Rochester, NY on July 22. The band’s July 24th stop in Montreal at the Heavy MTL Festival sees the band playing with the likes of KISS, Motörhead, Anthrax, and Children of Bodom just to name a few.  

Recently, Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS were shooting a video for Push Pull Destroy -the first single off of their debut album Pursuit of Honor- shot by Roy Warner Creative & Videography on location at the Yankee Air Museum, located on the grounds of the historic Willow Run Airport. It was at Willow Run where Henry Ford mobilized his manufacturing base to contribute to the war efforts by mass producing the B-24 Liberators that provided American Air Power to win WWII for the Allies.