This weekend My Chemical Romance’s former lead singer Gerard Way took to twitter to reveal some images of a failed pitch to Vertigo for his Batman mini-series. Way of course made famous in the comic world for his series The Umbrella Academy has been popping up more and more in the comic scene as of late with new ideas and potential movie options.  

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.  

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.  

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.  

The forst theatrical trailer for Metallica’s new movie has been released. For years fans have waited to see what this band is going to do next, and although they have no plans or movements towards a new album, this full featured 3D film will just have to suffice.  

Metal Machine had the pleasure of attending Jesse Malin’s extremely intimate performance this evening at the Gibson Show Room in Hell’s Kitchen. With twenty people present and a fantastic acoustic set paired with great beer the whole event was a fantastic experience. The man has still got it.  

The Jeff Hanneman Memorial Celebration will take place on Thursday, May 23 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles from 3:30 – 7:30PM. Hanneman passed away on May 2 at the age of 49.  

A Long Days Metal Journey – 2 Discs with 4 hours and 30 minutes of concert footage from Around The World, in the studio, backstage, interviews with the band, the fans, musicians and producer. It tells the story of over three decades of trailblaizing metal mayhem!  

Check out the exclusive first look of I, FRANKENSTEIN straight from the Cannes film festival! The dystopian thriller, from the producers of UNDERWORLD, pits gargoyles and demons against each other in the ultimate battle for immortality. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, and Yvonne Strahovski, this modern day epic will have you on the edge of your seat!