From DIY origins to world domination, MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW is a vivid large-format 272-page view inside “the metal scene that banged those heads that did not bang,” and includes over 400 fearless color and black-and-white photos of Metallica, Exodus, Megadeth, Slayer, Possessed, Death Angel, Legacy/Testament, Forbidden, Vio-lence, and many others.  

SACRIFICIAL SLAUGHTER has announced the following tour dates in support of their new split release with ENFUNERATION, entitled American Death Thrash and out now on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions.  

Here’s some major news for you all. NOMINON just signed a worldwide booking agreement with the Brazilian booking agency BLACKENED MASS MEDIA. We’re all eager to see where this will lead the band when it comes to tours and festival appearances in the not too distant future.  

No not really, but if Phil ever wants to come and work for metalmachine.net, we’ll be more than happy to hire him! here’s Phil turning the tables on our VJ Andrew Sanford. Phil interviews Andrew from the floor of the NYCC. on a serious note, check out what Phil has to say about his upcoming project for 2012…  

RAMMSTEIN, the Berlin-based band known for their incendiary live performances, will bring their brand new live production to North America this spring for 21 dates kicking off April 20 in Ft. Lauderdale. Tickets for the tour, presented by Live Nation, will go on sale beginning Friday, Nov. 18 and will be available at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.  

Arrangements have been finalized for the memorial service for Cory Smoot AKA Flattus Maximus. The service will take place this Friday November 11th at the Bennett Funeral Home Chesterfield Chapel, located at 14301 Ashbrook Parkway in Chesterfield, VA. The private service begins at 4:00 PM.  

Stryker’s rampage against all of mutantkind escalates in your first look at Ultimate Comics X-Men #4 from the creative team of Nick Spencer and Paco Medina! With the number of mutants still on the run dwindling down, the new X-Men must act quickly if there is any hope of survival.  

One of the most popular and critically acclaimed cable television shows of 2011 was Game of Thrones, created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. The hit series is based on A Song of Ice and Fire, the best-selling fantasy novel series by George R. R. Martin.  

Celebrate the New Year with the biggest change to world of digital comics in 2012! Beginning with January’s Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #6, all Ultimate Comics Universe titles will be polybagged with a code for a FREE digital copy on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices at no extra cost! In February, these codes (redeemable for the same print issue as purchased) expand to the rest of the Ultimate Comics Universe, as new arcs begin with Ultimate Comics X-Men #7 and Ultimate Comics Ultimates #7.  

Rose Funeral released Gates of Punishment on September 27th and has thus far been heralded as the band’s best effort to date. Fans that have seen Rose Funeral live in the past know that the band puts on an intense show. This tour will be no different with guitarist Ryan Gardner now handling vocal duties. Rose Funeral will be joining the tour on November 15th in Spartanburg, SC.  

As leaders of extreme music and one of the hardest working bands around, the legendary NAPALM DEATH is currently putting the final touches on their 14th studio album (excluding the cover album Leaders Not Followers).  

Ventura, CA’s Cirith Ungol, one of the most underrated bands from the early 80s metal scene, released four albums between 1980 and 1991. Cirith Ungol’s catalogue is being celebrated through the release of a collection of rare and live tracks on the 2 CD/1 DVD album, Servants of Chaos.