Bulgarian death metallers, Enthrallment have unveiled the cover and track listing for their forthcoming album People From the Lands of Vit. The album will be released soon by the American label United Guttural. The cover art of the album,entitled “Hell,” is a creation by the Bulgarian artist Stefan Stefanov.  

Be prepared to have your head crushed by ENABLER. This brain-melting hardcore punk/metal crossover band from Milwaukee was formed by guitarist / vocalist and songwriter Jeff Lohrber. Cut from the same cloth as the likes of Integrity, From Ashes Rise, Nasum and Masakari, ENABLER are soon to release a new album via Southern Lord.  

Puscifer, the eclectic music-meets-comedy troupe helmed by Maynard James Keenan (Tool, A Perfect Circle), will perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Feb. 16.  

New Jersey’s resident hell-raisers HAMMER FIGHT have teamed up with StereoKiller.com to premier the video for the song “Get Wrecked,” off the band’s self-titled EP. The video features a typical HAMMER FIGHT house party with additional footage shot at The Irish in Kearny, NJ.  

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions will release a split 7-inch record from PA Black Metal blasphemers The Beyond and Indiana’s Death Metal/Punk beasts The Lurking Corpses, entitled Gross Encounters of the Sacrificial Rite, on February 14th 2012. You can reserve your copy for only $7 including shipping at this location.  

Legendary thrash band, OVERKILL have announced their next full length entitled “The Electric Age” due out on eOne Music March 27, 2012. The record will be released in Europe on Nuclear Blast Records on March 30, 2012. The band will tour the US this spring on their very own KILLFEST 2 this spring in support.  

Arizona’s most maniacal death metal act, REIGN OF VENGEANCE, will soon team up with Ironclad recording artists TURBID NORTH for the “The Arctic Brutality and Bloodshed Mini-Tour,” which is set to take place during the last part of January. Ethnic De Generation will serve as direct support for the tour, with local openers at each stop.  

Deep in the heart of Hell Paso Texas, MINISTRY’s Al Jourgensen re-opened the doors of his industrial compound studio in Fall 2011 and invited his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (Rigor Mortis), Tony Campos (Static X), Tommy Victor (Prong) and Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis/Gwar) to climb on board the Ministry pirate ship and de-construct and re-construct Jourgensen’s monsterpiece Relapse.  

Cruz Del Sur Music officially presents the first track off of the upcoming PHARAOH album Bury the Light. The song, entitled “Castles In The Sky” features Mike Wead of King Diamond fame on guitar.  

Southern metal supergroup HAIL!HORNET will kick-off their first ever U.S. Tour this Friday Jan. 20th in Wilmington, NC. This three-week run in support of their latest album Disperse The Curse will run through Feb. 9th with support from psychedelic sludgesters ZOROASTER.  

Just two years ago, Wizard World was riding high with the acquisition of several high profile shows in the U.S. and Canada. The company was acquiring shows in Boston, NY, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Anaheim. The company was on a roll. Then, just like that, things began to collapse.  

VIZ Media’s Haikasoru imprint brings a fantastic new tale of science fiction and giant monsters to North American readers with the release of Hiroshi Yamamoto’s novel MM9, available now. The release will carry an MSRP of $14.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN. An eBook edition is also available on the Amazon Kindle, Apple’s iBooks Store, the Barnes & Noble’s Nook Books Store, and the Sony Reader™ Store for $8.99.