Denver based band Havok have released a single for fans off of their up-coming 3rd studio release Unnatural Selection. The single Give Me Liberty… Or Give Me Death hit radio stations this week. In celebration of the success of this single and new album, Candlelight Records has made the single available for free download today. This single can be found on the companies BandCamp page.
Say Anything’s lead singer Max Bemis recently released his first comic through Boom! Studios. The comic has been such a success amongst fans that it’s already in it’s second printing and variant cover. However, his music fans aren’t the only ones interested in this ironic series. Great art meets a strangely familiar twist of sanity story line, it’s definitely worth picking up.
Following the story of Tim Lambesis’ hit for hire and trial preceding has been the highlight of this month. Lambesis was arrested on May 7th and has been held in court until today. He was released on bail today for $2 million. The bail was originally set at $3 million, however the courts were convinced to lower it.
Metal Machine had the opportunity to tour the New York Book Expo at the Jacob Javits Center this weekend. Saying that the event was being like a kid in a candy store is an understatement. Any individual could walk into this massive convention and find multiple things to feed their interest. With a wide array of companies promoting their products, it was so easy to get lost in the magic of written word, and then some.
It’s official, Glenn Close has signed on as another Hollywood name to the Guardians of the Galaxy film. She will be playing the head of Nova Corps. However, it was no easy climb to the top. Glenn beat out many hopefuls to obtain the role. Names such as High Laurie, Ken Watanabe, and Alan Rickman all lost to Miss Cruella De Ville herself. There are many stars still in contention and in talks of different roles.
Detroit, MI’s BATTLECROSS have unveiled the title, cover art, and first single from their upcoming new album. BATTLECROSS triumphantly return as one of the true champions of American Heavy Metal with their devastating sophomore release, War of Will. Co-produced at Audio Hammer Studios with famed producers Mark Lewis and Eyal Levi, the sophomore effort from Detroit’s newest soldiers of steel will soon prove as one of the most impressive follow-up releases, destined to become a heavy metal classic for fans of all sub-genres. “War of Will triggers a strange Déjà Vu while feeling completely brand new” says Levi.
Ukranian metal band Apostate has decided that they have had enough. They split-up in 1998, all members except Yuri Lesnyi formed Forgot Belief. In 1999 Yuri gathered new line-up and continued Apostate, but in 2001 the band finally disbanded and Yuri started pop-rock band called Neon. In January’2009 Oleksandr Kostko resurrected Apostate. However, again they have decided that the long sporadic project just ins’t cutting it.
A year ago it was confirmed that WWE wrestler Hornswoggle will be taking over Warwick Davis’ role in in the reboot of the horror film Leprechaun. The Wrap reported that Zach Lipovsky, a visual-effects artist and former contestant on Steven Spielberg and Mark Burnett’s reality competition series On the Lot has been tapped to direct the horror themed comedy as it reboots the classic.
Last Friday at Gramercy Theater fans had the opportunity to rock out with Nashville band Red. With a mixture of elaborate lights and heavy music fans were pleased throwing up the different hand signals expressing their love for the band. It being that it was my first time hearing of this band, I was pleasantly surprised and came instantly home to download their albums.
It is confirmed that in December that David Finch will be drawing a new comic with the title Forever Evil. This will air weekly and hikes the monthly title count to 56 as opposed to the 52 months that has previously existed. It assumed that post Finch pitching the idea that he has been secretly working on this series as an answer to Marvel’s Age of Ultron. No writer is confirmed yet, however I’m sure that we’ll be informed in the near future.
