After three successful albums and a whole lot of live shows with ENTRAILS, guitar player Mathias has decided to leave the band for personal reasons. ENTRAILS comments further: “It has been growing a while within the band so we decided to do what’s better for the band and recruit a new member that can handle the axe of death in the future. Mathias is still our best friend and we wish him the best of luck in his other projects in life.”  

Beautiful and Treacherous, from Las Vegas heavy hitting instrumentalists DINNER MUSIC FOR THE GODS is out now on Tunecore, iTunes, Amazon, and other digital retailers. The CD version will be released on February 24. DINNER MUSIC FOR THE GODS‘ sound is a sonic fusion of Metal, Jazz, and World music  

Between the Buried and Me (BTBAM) have announced that they will be filming a brand new DVD in March! The concept behind this project is in contrast with the band’s ambitious and impressive live stage productions – this will feature the band in a small studio, an intimate setting in which they will perform “The Future Sequence” in its entirety.  

The Warriors of Metal, Inc. non-profit organization has announced the return of one of last year’s most well-received performers. Fort Wayne, Ind., progressive metal act VALHALLA has been added to the already stacked lineup of Warriors Of Metal Fest VII, set to take place June 27 – 28 at O’Shecky’s Live Bar & Grill in Columbus, Ohio.  

The Voice of Human Perversity from Bulgarian Death Metal Veterans ENTHRALLMENT is out today, February 14, on Rebirth the Metal Productions in Europe, South America, and North America.  

Former KYUSS and current VISTA CHINO frontman John Garcia has inked a solo deal with Napalm Records. His new album is being recorded at Thunder Underground studios in Palm Springs, California with producers Harper Hug and Trevor Whatever for a late summer release.  

Does anybody remember the days of old, when bands used to go for technical proficiency with their instruments? And I don’t mean bands that were Progressive or Technical. I mean bands with guitarist like Skulnick, Marty Friedman, and the ever immortal shredster Yngwie Malmsteem? when tapping was simply a way to work into the next couple thousand notes that just made your speakers weep with exhaustion when you finally passed out from headbanging to the beat? I do. And I finally found a band that does too! they are Exmortus, and they kick all the ass.  

Marvel continues the deconstruction of “Marvels First Family”. Here is a first look at FANTASTIC FOUR #2 from the blockbuster creative team of James Robinson and Leonard Kirk!  

Superstar writer Greg Rucka is bout to embark on an all new adventure featuring a young Scott Summers and his dad Corsair. With art by Russel Dauterman Marvel unleashes Cyclops #1.  

John Layman & Rob Guillory, the minds behind CHEW, and Tim Seeley & Mike Norton, the architects of the gothic noir REVIVAL, come together to whip up an appetizing fusion of their New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed series for two issues stuffed with adventure in a CHEW/REVIVAL cross-over from Image Comics.  

Old god. New trickster. It’s official – fans can’t get enough Loki, and the newest adventure of the Norse God of Mischief is a hit! Marvel is proud to announce that Loki: Agent of Asgard #1 has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will immediately head back to press!  

Night Sacrifice (Demo MMXII) from Chilean traditional heavy metallers LUCIFER’S HAMMER is available now digitally on Shadow Kingdom Records. A cassette tape version is tentatively set for a mid-February release; the exact date will be announced soon.