One of heavy metal’s  most respected and influential bands, Slayer is about to enter the “app age” with the launch of Slayer:  Pinball Rocks, a new pinball game app developed in conjunction with American Recordings/Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment and Gameprom.  

  Wild Eye Releasing and MVD Visual are pleased to announce the release of Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated for North American distribution on July 27. Rondo Award-nominated as Best Independent Horror Feature, Night Of The Living Dead: Reanimated is a collaborative artistic mash-up of George Romero’s cult classic. Nearly 150 International artists and animators chose their favorite scenes and re-envisioned them through their own artwork, with no restrictions on style, media or process – resulting in an eclectic ‘art show’ interpretation of the seminal 1968 film, all placed over the original’s audio. With work ranging from oil paintings to comic illustrations and sock puppets to CGI... 

  There is death/doom and then there is BEYOND HELL’s The Sleeper Awakens. Featuring drummer Elektrokutioner (DECREPITAPH, FATHER BEFOULED, FESTERED, etc) and with guest appearances by Patrick Bruss of CRYPTICUS (who also mixed/mastered) and Sly of FONDLECORPSE  

Deathgasm Records destroyers NOMINON, INFINITUM OBSCURE, and QUINTA ESSENTIA are about to embark on the DEATH METAL DARKNESS TOUR 2010, which begins on June 18th in Ramona, CA. Tour dates are listed below. We’ll keep  

New Jersey’s ENDER are set to release their Eulogy Recordings debut “This Is Revenge” on July 20th. The album was recorded at Treehouse Studios (Jersey City, NJ) and produced by Weston Kleinknecht. They just posted a new track “Panty Sniffer Does Porn” on their Myspace page which features guest vocals from EMMURE frontman Frankie Palmeri.  

Brooklyn, NY- June 10, 2010 – Chicago, Illinois’s TUB RING announce the release of their fifth full-length, SECRET HANDSHAKES, due out August 31 on The End Records. The group recorded the 14-track album at Chicago’s Electrical Audio and at keyboardist Rob Kleiner’s own Studio Edison, with Kleiner doing double duty as producer.  

DRAGONFORCE, known for their over-the-top, infinitely fun, wildly entertaining live show, which has slayed the main stages of Ozzfest, Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival and countless headlining shows the world over, have captured the whole shebang on Twilight Dementia  

  Avast ye bilge rats! Who says pirates no longer exist? Like a billowing sea breeze, Mercer County, New Jersey’s own SWASHBUCKLE is raising sails to pillage the continent this summer on the Panic Over North America Tour alongside Soilwork and Death Angel.  

Sludge Metal legends CROWBAR have signed a worldwide deal with E1 Music. The band will be releasing a new full-length album later this fall. “CROWBAR is very excited to have landed this deal with E1 Music! We have always been very proud of what we do and the new record will not disappoint and of our die hard fans.” says front man and guitar player Kirk Windstein.  

NOLA sludge veterans EYEHATEGOD played an incredible show at the intimate Europa on June 12th.  

Play Oomph!’s “Truth or Dare” and you’ll come out a winner no matter what.  

All girl metal act KITTIE debuted a brand new music video for “Die My Darling” at the Thrash and Burn Tour Myspace . This is the third video installment from their most recent record, “In The Black” which was released late last year. “We are very excited about the video for ‘Die My Darling’ because we have never done a video quite like this before.  Making die my darling was a great experience!” says drummer and co-founder Mercedes Lander.