Batman: Arkham City – The Album will be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated forthcoming videogame Batman: Arkham City. Featuring 11 new original tracks, Batman: Arkham City – The Album will be released on October 4th, two weeks prior to the game’s North American release on October 18th. The Batman: Arkham City Collector’s Edition of the game will include a download code for the album along with additional bonus content.  

Check out the boys from Anthrax soaking it all up after their blistering performance at this years Big 4 event in NYC’s own Yankee Stadium. The band had a sort of a homecoming opening the event which also featured Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica. Check out what the guys had to say about it all…  

Metalmachine.net caught up with Chthonic bassist Doris Yeh from NYC. The band is currently on tour with Arch Enemy. Check out the interview here…  

Check out this video interview with metal masters Fleshgod Apocalypse from NYC and their recent stop on The Summer Slaughter Tour.  

From the mind of the original Cyco, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES/INFECTIOUS GROOVES mastermind Mike Muir takes us on a journey into his world with the release of The Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour. With a 63-minute run time, the album features new tracks from CYCO MIKO, as well as previously unreleased INFECTIOUS GROOVES tunes that highlight where the band has been as well as where the band is headed.  

Brand New Sin has risen to new levels with their latest recording, and is ready to unleash the disenfranchised roar of United State; out 10/11/11 on Goomba Music.   

The UK’s premier extreme metal antagonist, Cradle Of Filth, has launched a mini-site in anticipation of Evermore Darkly…, the band’s forthcoming CD/DVD package, and follow-up to last year’s triumphant release, Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa.  

Arizona thrashers HEMOPTYSIS have made a trailer for their newest video available online at this location.  

Check out some raw video from the recent Big 4 concert in NYC.  

Just coming off the stage from The Big 4, Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante took some time to speak to metalmachine.net and reflect on the experience of playing in front of thousands of screaming metal fans in his home town of the Bronx  

ABIGAIL WILLIAMS will begin recording their third full-length album today.  The process begins in the band’s new home of Southern California as the band enter Keene Machine Studios with The Faceless’ Michael Keene and band frontman Ken Sorceron engineering. Former ABIGAIL WILLIAMS and Black Dahlia Murder drummer Zach Gibson will be playing on the album, as previous band mate Ken Bedene focuses on The Aborted.  

 Black Fag and Youth Brigade on Select Dates THE MEATMEN… The very sound of the name can send limp writed Emo simps diving for cover, and always lays a healthy butt hurt on the forces of good everywhere they play. Led by Drum Major in the Squadron of Doom; one Tesco Vee, The Dutch Hercules, the Lansing Liberace, this latest assemblage of Meatboys just finished a whirlwind tour of the West Coast where they laid the musical wood to 25 cities in 25 days, and endured every drug, undocumented alien, and produce checkpoint west of Texarcana.