The recording of the follow-up to OCTOBER FALLS ‘ critically-acclaimed A Collapse Of Faith will start in August. The Plague Of A Coming Age will contain 9 hymns and will represent a step forward from the previous material. Once again, M. Tarvonen, of MOONSORROW fame, will handle the drums on this new album.  

The sophomore album by BURN HALO, UP FROM THE ASHES, was released today on Rawkhead Rekords (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group) and can be heard in its entirety on AOL (http://aol.it/eQCe0l) and Rockaccess.net (http://bit.ly/j4CaMd).  

The Ever-Burning Torch, the debut full-length from Italy’s Swede-worshiping death metal purists UNDEAD CREEP is now available through Dark Descent Records. The CD, which contains ten new tracks as well as the band’s 2009 demo, is a mandatory purchase for fans of true death metal. Visit the Dark Descent Records webstore for ordering info.     

Heavy rock innovators Mastodon have revealed the title of their new album plus six new song titles that will appear on their next full-length studio album to be released on Reprise Records later this year. The new LP, THE HUNTER, will include the tracks: “Curl Of The Burl,” “Dry Bone Valley,” “Blasteroids,” “The Octopus Has No Friends,” “All The Heavy Lifting,” and “Stargasm.” Complete details to be announced soon.   

Within the Ruins delivers a smashing eleven song album that will blow your mind. The new album, Invade, is the perfect standard of heavy metal and does just what any heavy metal album should: leaves you headbanging and playing some extremely sick air drums.  

Iron Maiden lashes out its two-disc album, From Fear to Eternity, consisting of the shredding band’s best hits from the span of two decades, from 1990-2010. The classic metal thrashing rhythm and drum beats pulsate through your veins as you begin to relive the era in which the band made its epic debut.  

Fans around the globe have been waiting for the latest IN FLAMES release and the time is now! ‘Sound of a Playground Fading’ is finally out and it is the best IN FLAMES record in recent memory. Fans have already shown their approval of the first single “Deliver Us” with the video receiving more than a half-million views online since it’s premiere.  

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Ultimate Comics Ultimates #1, from the critically acclaimed creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic! Iron Man, Hawkeye, Nick Fury & Thor are back together after the monumental events of Ultimate Comics Fallout!  

So, unless you were living under a rock, we all know that NBC didn’t pick up the pilot for Wonder Woman. Under the helm of famed scribe/producer David R. Kelly, Wonder Woman was going to be one of those love/hate shows if it made it to a network.  

Multinational Heavy Metal warlords POWERWOLF recently finished shooting a video clip for the song We Drink Your Blood from their upcoming album Blood Of The Saints!  

Today, Alternative Press hosts a worldwide album premiere of UNEARTH’s upcoming Darkness In The Light full-length, scheduled to hit North American record shelves on July 5, 2011, via Metal Blade Records.  

The Devil Wears Prada – Mike Hranica, Jeremy DePoyster, Chris Rubey, James Baney, and Daniel Williams – has announced the title of the band’s upcoming album in a special behind-the-scenes video clip that just posted. In it, band members Rubey and Williams shed some light on the recording process.