Woods of Ypres singer David Gold was killed in a car accident December 22nd in his beloved Ontario. He was 31. A member of the Northern Ontario Black Metal, he was ready to release the album Woods 5: Grey Skies & Electric Light on January 30th.  

DYING FETUS have confirmed that they will be a part of Metal Alliance Tour in 2012. The band will be heading out across North America with Devildriver, The Faceless, Job For A Cowboy, 3 Inches of Blood, Impending Doom and Wretched.  

“It brings me great pleasure to announce that Single Bullet Theory has added three new members to the group. First and foremost, I would like to say that there is no “line up change” here and everything is fine in the SBT camp regarding all of us getting along. We have not had a permanent drummer since the end of our tour with King Diamond in 2003.  

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the leading retailer of digital media and educational products, today announced that it has teamed up with VIZ Media, LLC, the largest distributor and publisher of anime and manga in North America, to bring the digital manga (graphic novel) experience to NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color customers. Debuting in the NOOK Store™ today  

  Horror Pain Gore Death Productions to Release Fisthammer Debut In January Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release the debut album from Philadelphia extreme Death Metal destroyers Fisthammer entitled Devour All You See on CD format January 24th 2012.  

The European leg of GWAR‘s “Return of the World Maggot” tour, scheduled to kick off in January 2012 has been cancelled after several promoters pulled the plug on shows for a variety of reasons that are as yet unclear.  

And it begins. Seems that the tentacles that are Disney Studios have begun to infiltrate the Marvel Universe. Subtle as it may be, Disney is making their presence know at The House of Ideas”. The way it’s looking now, all things look to be pointing to Disney dictating the course of comic books toward movie marketing and movie creation.  

Dark Horse Comics announces the return of Nexus in Dark Horse Presents #12. The fan-favorite title returns with its team of creators, Mike Baron (The Badger) and Steve Rude (The Moth), in their respective positions of writer and artist!  

James Collins, drummer/vocalist for traditional heavy metal rockers CARELESS, has posted a video of his Neil Peart-inspired drum solo “5ive”. The driving force behind one of today’s most talented classic metal trios, Collins percussive mastery is well worth checking out.  

Michael Schenker, a true purveyor first-class hard guitar rock, released the aptly titled “Temple of Rock” on October 11 on CD, digital formats, and vinyl. He will now be touring with Robin McAuley in support of the album…  

AFM Records is proud to announce the worldwide signing of industrial veterans MINISTRY, one of the most innovative and legendary bands of our time. AFM will release MINISTRY’s highly-anticipated comeback album Relapse in March. Prior to the album, MINISTRY will release a digital single, entitled “99%” on December 23rd, 2011 via the band’s iTunes store.  

The world’s most popular super heroes can be found in the pages of Marvel Comics every week, but now their greatest stories are set to conquer the world of prose fiction! Launching in June 2012 with the adaptation of CIVILWAR, Marvel will release its most popular stories of all time as prose novels.