Following 23 shows and 19 flights throughout Europe, today pioneering Florida death metal merchants OBITUARY are pleased to unveil the official routing of their first North American headlining tour in over three years! Brought to you by Rock The Nation and sponsored by Fender, the Carnival Of Death Tour 2012 will kick off in Orlando, Florida and tear its way through 20 cities. Further sonic battery will come from reunited DM behemoths Broken Hope as well as Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot and Encrust, making it among the year’s most relentlessly brutal old school metal package tours.  

Mark your calendars! Western Massachusetts heavy weights THE ACACIA STRAIN will release their new album entitled “Death Is The Only Mortal” on October 9th via Rise Records.  The band have been in the studio writing and recording for the past couple of months, right up until they had to leave for tour and are pleased to have guitarist Daniel Laskiewicz (DL) at the helm of producing and recording the album.  

Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, poet, political activist and System Of A Down front man Serj Tankian has announced an international tour with his solo band, The FCC. The October tour kicks off in London on 10/2 and stops in Germany, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic before wrapping up back in Berlin. A full list of the dates is below.  

The first annual MAYHEM FESTIVAL CRUISE, taking place aboard the Carnival Imagination from  Friday, December 7, 2012 to Monday, December 10, 2012, is pleased to announce special discounts and deals going on sale on Wednesday, July 18th!  

British extreme metal record label Earache Records has acquired US label Heavy Artillery Records, combining two of the premier forces in metal music.  

Rock the Resort kicked off on Friday with three great performances, raising the bar very high for those to follow. Day two featured a longer lineup: Adelitas Way, Finger Eleven, Buckcherry, and Hinder. Adelitas Way started the evening off early, opening with The Collapse from their album Home School Valedictorian. Although they were up first, I would not even consider calling them an opening act. They played for over an hour, gaining new fans with every song. Guitarists Keith Wallen and Rob Zakaryan ran down the stage running through the pit with huge grins on their face, clearly loving every minute of it. They hyped everyone up, partially thanks to a promise by singer Rick DeJesus to jump into the craziest part of... 

Clay’s Park brought the rock to Ohio this past weekend with its’ second annual Rock the Resort festival. Campers spent their days enjoying the sun in the resort’s water park followed by a night of music. Cavo kicked off the festival on Friday, currently on tour in support of their new album, Thick as Thieves. The park filled up throughout their set, which consisted of a combination of their own material as well as covers. They pulled off a unique, rocked up version of Duran Duran’s Come Undone well, bringing back nostalgic memories of the 80’s.  Their set closed with Champagne off of their debut album, during which hundreds of fans shouted along with the chorus, “could’ve... 

Robert Kirkman’s Eisner Award-winning The Walking Dead comic series for Image Comics/Skybound reached its milestone 100th issue and instantly sold out of its 383,612 initial orders on July 11th, the same day it was released, effectively becoming the best-selling comic book in initial orders for any publisher since 1997, when Image Comics/Top Cow’s The Darkness #11 was released.  

It had to happen. Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie are hitting the road together this fall, co-headlining the “Twins of Evil” tour. Debauchery, theatrics, ghoulish imagery, and a full-on assault of all the senses are what’s in store for fans when the tour kicks off, first in the U.S. and then with a 10-country sweep through Europe.  

After a short visit to the host city of the 2012 Olympic Games, London, they are now sailing under DRAGONFORCE through The Channel. Their Course: West-Southwest.  

Static-X has just revealed PRONG as a Special Guest for the 2nd leg of the Noise Revolution Summer 2012 Tour. PRONG joins the tour in support of their new record, Carved Into Stone, while Static-X returns for it’s first tour since 2009.  

Today legendary Florida death metal tyrants OBITUARY announce their long-anticipated North American headlining tour. Brought to you by Rock The Nation and sponsored by Fender, the near month-long Carnival Of Death Tour 2012 will run through September and include additional audio demolition from Broken Hope, Decrepit Birth, Jungle Rot and Encrust!