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.  

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 RECORRUPTOUR, Whitechapel’s next headlining tour will hit cities across North America in March and May of 2012. The tour is presented by ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK and ALTERNATIVE PRESS MAGAZINE. Playing right before Whitechapel each night will be Miss May I along with After The Burial, The Plot In You, Within The Ruins (5/3-5/17) and Struc/tures (3/10-3/30) opening the show.  

Kentucky’s Black Stone Cherry is hitting the road next year with a series of headline dates beginning February 1, 2012 in Libertyville, IL.  Black Stone Cherry has had an amazing year following the May 31, 2011 release of Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea, an album Classic Rock Magazine just named #4 of “Albums Of 2011” in which they declared it “…one of the most important albums of 2011.”  

Tank, the legendary British Heavy Metal Band, plan to record their first live DVD. The band featuring Mick Tucker and Cliff Evans on guitar alongside ex-Rainbow/Yngwie Malmsteen frontman Doogie White, ex-Bruce Dickinson bassist Chris Dale and ex-Helloween/Firewind drummer Mark Cross will record their show on March, 9th 2012 in Stodola Club in Warsaw (Poland).  

The night kicked off with Rex Brown’s new band Kill Devil Hill, a Southern Metal band with Rex on bass, Vinny Appice on drums, Mark Zavon playing guitar & not much known is about their singer,  Dewey Bragg, but he resembled Layne Staley vocal wise, but with a much better beard.  

After various splits, demos and EPs it’s finally time for the first full length from obscure death metal masters OMINOUS CRUCIFIX! Hailing from the crypts of Mexico, OMINOUS CRUCIFIX offers the world The Spell of Damnation, eight new tracks of crawling, rancid and occult death metal that will tear the ribs out of your putrid body.  

Sewage death metal vets Funerus will be joining Goreaphobia, Acheron and Mutant Supremacy tomorrow night (12/17/2011) when they step in as a last minute replacement for Funebrarum at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY.  

Goregrind overlords EXHUMED are pleased to announce four Brazilian shows this Winter with Aborted. This will mark the band’s first time ever in the country. The short but epic run will commence on February 17, 2012 and hit Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre.