Indiana black metal duo PTAHIL have disseminated a video teaser and commercial for upcoming new full-length, For His Satanic Majesty’s Glory.  Check them out at THIS LOCATION.   

 Starting today, NPR.org will be streaming San Francisco, CA HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE’s brand new album, 17th Street, in its entirety. Check out the album HERE and if you like what you hear, find copies of 17th Street available on CD and 180 gram double LP gatefold vinyl HERE.  

THROWDOWN will be playing select west coast dates on the “BRAWLOWEEN TOUR.”  

Allegaeon is preparing to enter the studio to record their second album for Metal Blade, and the follow up to the highly rated Fragments of Form and Function. This time around, the guys will be heading to San Diego to record with immensely talented up-and-coming producer, Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios. The band plans to record this December.  

  With more than 40 million records sold worldwide and countless sold-out tours, Rush – Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart – are not only one of the most successful and influential bands in rock history but continue to garner new fans and continue in popularity every year.     

Eulogy Recordings is very excited to announce the signing of ON BODIES.    With former and current members of Terror, As Friends Rust and Shai Hulud (to name a few), ON BODIES arrives with a unique and desperate brand of insight and rage, deeply focused on feelings of futility in a world that seems to promise more than it provides.  

Fresh from the panel at New York Comic Con, Dark Horse Comics is back with new series arcs from two of their most popular Star Wars books! Star Wars: Blood Ties – Boba Fett is Dead Established Star Wars writer Tom Taylor is back with another stunning Blood Ties series to be released in April 2012.  

Grammy®-nominated metal group AS I LAY DYING is pleased to announce the details of their upcoming release Decas and the “A Decade of Destruction” tour; both coinciding with the band’s 10-year anniversary. With over 1,000,000 units sold in the U.S. in just less than 10 years, San Diego metal act AS I LAY DYING will celebrate this milestone with the very special release Decas, available November 8 in North America, November 7 in the UK and Europe, and November 4 in GAS.  

New Jersey devils Abacinate have made their triumphant return after a year-long hiatus following the tragic loss of vocalist Jason “Plunger” Sica. Rejoined by original vocalist Ian Neal, who appeared on the band’s full-length debut, Ruination, Abacinate is picking up right where they left off over a year ago.  

Irish black metallers Eternal Helcaraxe have revealed the cover artwork and tracklisting for their Abyss Records debut, Against All Odds.  The album, which is due out later this year, is the follow up to the band’s 2010 EP To Whatever End.    

Russian based Icon In Me has released the second video from their Head Break Solution album, ‘Lost for Nothing’.  

Texas death metal maniacs Hod are proud to announce the addition of Erika Tandy (Morgengrau, Bracaglia, ex-Ignitor) as second guitarist. Known for her impressive vocal work running the gamut from neoclassical (Autumn Tears) to traditional heavy metal (Ignitor, Bracaglia), Erika is also a guitarist who fronts her own death metal unit, Morgengrau.