The Black Dahlia Murder blasted by NYC with the current Summer Slaughter Tour. The band is currenly hitting the stage with the likes of Dying Fetus, Darkest Hour, Powerglove, Oceano and more.  

Chaos Records is proud to announce the signing of Swedish death metal band MALFEITOR.  The band will release the vinyl LP version of their new full-length album, entitled Dum Morior Orior,during the first quarter of 2012. More details to come!   

After self-publishing for much of the ’90s, Paul Grist brought two critically acclaimed original titles to Image Comics in 2002: the crime drama KANE and then the eclectic superhero series JACK STAFF. Recently, Grist has been using his sparse, signature style to develop a new superhero that will be introduced to the world this November with the debut of MUDMAN.  

Eclectic and atmospheric dark metal duo TRILLION RED has become the first act to sign with upstart label badGod Music. The band’s  DIY debut EP, Two Tongues, (released earlier this year) will see distribution through the label in September and plans are in place for a full-length to see the light of day in 2012.  

From AHI News… Jani Lane, the former lead singer of the 1980’s glam metal band Warrant, has been found dead in a hotel. He was 47.  

In a whizzing light of energy, the gang is transported to a distant but somewhat familiar landscape. Doctor Who, returning as the actor from series 5, Matt Smith, engages in an all new adventure that takes the average science fiction horrors to a whole new level.  

BLACK TIDE recently stopped by Guitar Center to perform an unplugged version of “Let It Out,” a brand new song from the band’s upcoming sophomore album, Post Mortem, hitting stores everywhere August 23rd, 2011 via DGC/Interscope Records.  

This new line will bring to life works of classic literature, 1950s paperbacks, and other stories. The series comes out of the gates with Victor Hugo’s classic literary work The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a forty-four-page graphic novella that marks Tim Conrad’s first new work in twenty years!  

Cape Fear doom kings, SOURVEIN, are excited to announce the return of original bassist, Joshua ”JC Fari” Crapo, who played with the band from 1993 – 2001 and again from 2003 – 2006. Fari held down the low-end duties on both SOURVEIN’s self-titled full-length and the He’s No Good To Me Dead compilation (featuring SOURVEIN alongside Grief, Bongzilla, Negative Reaction and Subsanity) among other compilations as well as the Will To Mangle demos. Fari also played guitar on the band’s split with Buzzov*en in 1995.  

Erupting forth from the filthiest ranks of the underworld, the long-awaited new album from Swedish black metal horde, CRAFT, is finally upon us!  

Beginning this October, Todd McFarlane’s long-running creator-owned series SPAWN will welcome comics legend Michael Golden to the team as he signs on as the series’ regular cover artist.  

Dark, chaotic, frenzied; these are some of the words that are often used to describe Canadians Mitochondrion. Originally issued on a self-released CD and limited to 666 copies, Archaeaeon finally sees an official issue through Dark Descent Records.