In 2010 Mexico’s legendary ZOMBIEFICATION crawled out the grave with disgust and finally released their long awaited debut album Midnight Stench on CD through Asphyxiate Recordings. Playing a rotten style of death metal that crosses the early Stockholm sound with Mexico’s own proud tradition of ancient cult death metal, you can now experience Midnight Stench on vinyl, the way it was always meant to be experienced.  

Bazillion Points Books has revealed the final cover artwork for METALION: The Slayer Mag Diaries, a mammoth 744-page hardcover journey into black metal, death metal, and beyond by Norway’s metal godfather Jon Kristiansen. “The greatest heavy metal story ever told” will be available June 6, 2011, wherever books are sold, and is available for preorder now with two bonus limited patches at this location:  

The title, artwork and full tracklisting of INFESTUS’ forthcoming third album are finally disclosed. Mastered at Necromorbus Studio, “E x | I s t” is an examination of the emptiness, numbness and futility of life.  

OMISION’s In the Shadow of the Cross iscrushing death metal from Tijuana, Mexico that features past and present members of Sadistic Intent and Infinitum Obscure.  

What would timeless songs like “New York, New York,” “Lady Is A Tramp,” and “Fly Me To The Moon,” sound like cranked out of Marshall stacks, crooned by members of Cheap Trick, Twisted Sister, Deep Purple, Anthrax, Mr. Big, or Queensrÿche?  

Birmingham, AL rock band Lynam will be playing select Southwestern tour dates with legendary christian rock band Stryper. The tour dates with Lynam supporting start March 13th at Jake’s Sports Cafe in Lubbock, TX.  

VOLTURYON’s ten-track slab of aural aggression, Coordinated Mutilation, is now available through United Guttural Records. The band’s venomous brand of technical Swedish death metal with heavy does of thrash is already receiving praise from critics and reviewers across the metal community.  

    STRAIGHT LINE STITCH have confirmed for this year’s DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL held in Donington Park, UK from June 10th through 12th.  

  ANEW REVOLUTION are confirmed to support DROWNING POOL on their upcoming headlining run. “We’re so excited to be continuing on this awesome touring roll with our good ol’ Texas buddies, Drowning Pool!  

  MR. BIG is back with their highly anticipated new studio album entitled « What If… » out now on Frontiers Records.    

Chicago’s Novembers Doom have finished recording their eighth full length album entitled Aphotic.  The album is set for release on May 10th on The End Records.   

CKY has announced the release of B-SIDES & RARITIES on March 22nd through Mighty Loud Entertainment and Universal/Fontana. The 12-song compilation features a dozen unreleased, rare, and long out-of-print tracks culled from the historic past of a band that truly has done whatever they wanted for 15 years, without compromise.