Portland, Oregon’s Across The Sun recorded their Metal Blade Records debut album, Before The Night Takes Us, with producer Daniel Castleman at Lambesis Studios in San Diego, CA. The album is the culmination of seven years of recording, touring and polishing their sound.  

  We are happy and relieved to inform you, that Nergal left the hematology division of Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne (UCK) in Gdansk on Monday, January 17th, four weeks after he underwent a bone marrow transplant procedure. Below you can find his comment:  

Indianapolis-based North American metal label Abyss Recordsis pleased to announce it has joined forces with Sweden’s Sound Pollution to distribute all Abyss Records artists and titles throughout Europe.  

Static Age Records has set March 22nd as the release date for THE GUN SHOW‘s debut full-length album Discontentment. Recorded in late 2010 with producer Brian “Bone” Thorburn (Haste The Day), the album features a guest appearance by A Plea For Purging‘s Andy Atkins on the track “Negligence”.   

The Vampires are coming, The Vampires are coming! To the Marvel Universe that is. As Marvel comics gears up for their 2011 event book “Fear Itself” Marvel has issued the first picture of an important character involved in the up coming series.  

   Texas horde HOD will join forces with MARDUK, AURA NOIR, BLACK ANVIL and PANZERFAUST for this summer’s “Seven Bowls Of Wrath” tour, which kicks off in late May.  

Wizard Entertainment has shut down Wizard Magazine effective immediately. News of this has been hitting the internet all day. Most writers and editorial staff have been let go. Sister publication Toy Fair will has also been shut down.  

  Warner Premiere today announced development of a live-action digital series based on the best-selling Mortal Kombat videogame franchise.  Directed by Kevin Tancharoen, known for his popular unofficial fan short Mortal Kombat: Rebirth which garnered over 10 million views online, and in conjunction with the upcoming Mortal Kombat videogame, this action-packed, digital series will take gamers deep into the history of warriors they know and love such as Scorpion, Johnny Cage and Liu Kang.  Shooting for the digital series will take place in Vancouver starting in early February.     Mortal Kombat is one of the most celebrated videogame franchises of all time. Since its debut in 1992, it has spawned four arcade games,... 

 The God of Thunder is headed west! Marvel is proud to announce the Thor Goes Hollywood series of variant covers in honor of the Odinson’s upcoming feature film debut. Hitting comics shop just before the release of Marvel Studios’ Thor this May, the covers will see the Mighty Avenger recast in some of cinema’s most iconic roles.  

THE HUMAN ABSTRACT will be releasing their next full length entitled “Digital Veil” on March 8, 2011 via eOne Music.  

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at New Mutants #22, from writer Mike Carey and artist Steve Kurth! The Age of X races into its epic second chapter!  The secret compound known as Fortress X is mutantkind’s only safe haven on planet Earth…or is it?  

Every year the comic book industry celebrates Free Comic Book Day on the first Saturday of May. Many stores host parties and signings. It’s a terrific day for stores to do something special with the fans who shop at comic book stores week in and week out, as well as to reach out to new readers who hear about FCBD. This annual event creates a national stage for all of us, (professionals, creators, retailers and fans), to spread our collective enthusiasm for comic books out into the world at large.