North Carolina based power trio, BLACK SKIES, will set out on a 16-date tour next month. The short stint, which includes two stops in Canada, will officially begin on November 14 in Asheville. The band will be touring in support of their self-released On The Wings Of Time full-length, which is currently available at their shows on digital download cards included with the purchase of a limited edition, silk-screened poster.  

The wildly-progressive German metal quartet OBSCURA has announced their first ever North American headline tour in support of their latest album Omnivium. The tour will start Nov. 4 in Wilmington, Delaware and run through Dec. 7 with support from label-mates ABYSMAL DAWN, LAST CHANCE TO REASON (select dates) and ENFOLD DARKNESS (select dates).  

DEAD are back! With more energy, intensity, brutality and morbidity than ever before, new album Hardnaked…but Dead will be released by FDA Rekotz in Germany on November 18th and worldwide on November 21st. Disgusting, emotional and sawing guitars meet blast-beats, heavy grooves and puking vocals, Hardnaked…but Dead is DEAD’s best album since their re-union and a guaranteed death metal milestone.  

OVERKILL have announced a brand new batch of dates aptly dubbed “KILLFEST 2.” Supporting will be Belphegor, Aborted, Blackguard, System Divide and Diamond Plate.  

So, The NY Comic Con 2012 came and went, and what a “Came”it was! Over 100,000 in attendance. DC, Marvel, Image, Capcom, Hasbro…to many to name. Metal Machine was front and center. This week we talk a little about the NYCC, Green Lantern the movie on Blu Ray and the rumored Watchmen prequel comic books…WTF? Podcast: Play in new window | Download  

The fan-demanded return of BLINK drags Dani Moonstar and her team of New Mutants right into the heart of X-Men Regenesis! Beginning in New Mutants #34, from the critically acclaimed writing team of Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning  

Legendary Florida death metal behemoths OBITUARY will embark on a short East Coast run of dates this November alongside Denial Fiend! The trek will commence on November 12 in Tampa, Florida and runs through to November 20 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The band will be joined by bassist Terry Butler (Death, Six Feet Under, Massacre),  

For the first time ever, see the path that took Wanda and Pietro Maximoff from mutant terrorists to Earth’s Mightiest in Avengers Origins: Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver #1.  

Dark Descent Records will release the highly anticipated CD follow-up to the twice-pressed Sweet Blasphemies cassette from the East Coast’s favorite sons of filth HORRENDOUS. Entitled The Chills, the new EP is targeted for a late November/early December release and defines the kind of mucked up, motoring, and morbid Swedish/American death metal that HORRENDOUS has been delivering with malice since 2009. Don’t believe it? Consider yourself teased with this quintessentially horrendous sample track:  

Indiana black metal duo PTAHIL have disseminated a video teaser and commercial for upcoming new full-length, For His Satanic Majesty’s Glory.  Check them out at THIS LOCATION.   

 Starting today, NPR.org will be streaming San Francisco, CA HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE’s brand new album, 17th Street, in its entirety. Check out the album HERE and if you like what you hear, find copies of 17th Street available on CD and 180 gram double LP gatefold vinyl HERE.  

THROWDOWN will be playing select west coast dates on the “BRAWLOWEEN TOUR.”