Controversial filmmaker and social activist Peter Joseph, made world famous by his counter-culture/social revolution film series under the banner title of “Zeitgeist”, meaning the “general intellectual, moral and cultural climate of an era”, was tapped by Black Sabbath to direct the nearly 9 min. epic, first single release of the group since their original formation disbanded in 1978 with the leaving of Ozzy Osborne. The new album is titled “13”. What was deemed more of a “short-film” than a music video, the work had its World Premiere screening at the band’s June 6th album release in Hollywood’s Harmony Gold Preview Center. Comprised of symbology extracted... 

The American hardcore metal legend PRO-PAIN are set to release their new studio album The Final Revolution on November 25th, 2013 (Germany: November 22nd, 2013; US/Canada: December 3rd, 2013).  

There’s a lot of talk out there these days, and really in recent years, about Hollywood being “out of ideas.” This is one reason that many of the biggest and most successful films of recent years have been re-makes and sequels, and massive franchises like Marvel movies based on old comics, etc. As a consequence of the seeming lack of new ideas, many are turning to other forms of casual entertainment.  

Cannibal Corpse will be wrapping up their 25th anniversary celebrations for 2013 with a pair of shows in Florida, which has served as the band’s base of operations since relocating to Tampa from Buffalo, NY in 1994. The shows are scheduled for November 29th in Ft. Lauderdale, FL at the Culture Room and November 30th in Tampa, FL at the Brass Mug. Tickets will be on sale this Friday at ticketmaster.com for the Culture Room and TBA for the Brass Mug.  

SEVENDUST’s touring schedule isn’t close to ending anytime soon.  In addition to their own slew of headlining dates, the Atlanta band has announced that they’ll be a part of the “From Death To Destiny Tour” along with Asking Alexandria, All That Remains, Emmure and For Today, which kicks off October 26 in Lubbock, TX at the Lonestar Amphitheatre (as part of “FMX Freak Fest”).   

GHOSTED #3, written by Joshua Williamson and drawn by Goran Sudzuka, has sold out at the distributor level. This is the third straight sell-out for this hit new series and GHOSTED #3 will be reprinted to meet demand in October.  

Sacramento technical death metal legion ALTERBEAST is pleased to announce their union with Unique Leader Records. Formed in 2011 under the working title Gary Busey Amber Alert (GBAA), ALTERBEAST combines influences from the likes of The Black Dahlia Murder, Necrophagist and Spawn of Possession with numerous classic death metal acts like Dissection and Morbid Angel into an infuriated expulsion of animosity. After a year of dedicated song-crafting, ALTERBEAST unleashed their first demo in 2012 and played countless shows opening for Deicide, Dying Fetus, Testament, Revocation, Exhumed, Severed Savior and many others. Their crushing live assaults combined with a DIY ethos quickly earned them a revered place within the... 

A Perfect Circle, the multi-platinum rock band helmed by Maynard James Keenan (TOOL, Puscifer) and Billy Howerdel (Ashes Divide), issue Three Sixty, the outfit’s first greatest hits collection, via Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) on Nov. 19.  

The Monster Energy Outbreak Tour, presented by HardDrive Live, is delivering its biggest bill to date as global hard rock favorites, Welsh veterans Bullet For My Valentine and Los Angeles’ Black Veil Brides, will be hitting the road for this annual trek.  

FDA Rekotz is proud to announce the signing of German death metal undeads, ARROGANZ. The band’s latest and second album, Kaos.Kult.Kreation, has been met with great response from every corner of the rotten crypt. ARROGANZ delivers blackened classic-styled death metal with its own unique markings. The band’s brand of metal is catchy but independent, raw, brutal and murderous. Their forthcoming third album will be released in 2014 by FDA Rekotz. Kaos.Kult.Kreation is available on CD and vinyl formats at www.fda-rekotz.com.  

Madrid’s sci-fi death metal cult, WORMED, are making a cosmic exploration stateside next month with plans to disintegrate six East Coast cities. The probe will commence on October 19th where the band will take part in the fifth edition of the NJ Deathfest in Stanhope, New Jersey. From there, WORMED will voyage through the galaxies of Baltimore, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Montclair before drawing their expedition to a close in an as-yet-undisclosed locale in Boston. WORMED will be joined by California’s Condemned, Japan’s Infernal Revulsion and New Jersey’s Cognitive.  

Tampa death metal icons OBITUARY will bring their brutal wares to the stage this Fall on a short series of live assaults. The tour begins with a pair of back-to-back shows at Brooklyn, New York’s Saint Vitus Bar on October 9 and 10, before flattening nine more venues through October 20. Having been holed-up in their own Redneck Studios the last few weeks penning the follow-up to 2009’s punishing Darkest Day full-length (2009), the shows serve as a temporary writing break.