Acclaimed director/designer Shinji Aramaki takes anime to an altogether new level with an all-CG episode featuring Master Chief entitled “The Package,” one of the seven stories within the highly-anticipated Halo Legends.  

TALES FROM THE GRAVE IN SPACE, the new album from Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB, is out now on CD and vinyl in Europe. Originally released online in 2009 as a free, download-only album, TALES FROM THE GRAVE IN SPACE is now available on physical format for the first time. The album is available on limited edition vinyl in black (only 700 made) and ultra-limited edition green (only 300 made), as well as CD for the special, low price of just £4.99 or €5,54 EUR.  

“Much of my family lives or has lived in the Garden State. All my hometown friends there were bugging me to do this for them and their kids.” said Shamus, CEO of New York-based Wizard Entertainment. “Launching this event is exciting because it gives our fans in New Jersey a show to call their own.”  

Blood Into Wine, the forthcoming documentary about Maynard James Keenan (front man for Tool, Puscifer and A Perfect Circle) and vineyard partner Eric Glomski’s mission to bring notoriety and credibility to Northern Arizona’s burgeoning wine industry, begins its theatrical run on Feb. 19 at select theaters across the United States.  

Giving a new twist to horror, the Afterparty Massacre, brings metal, blood and gore back to the screen! Written by Kristoff (Horrormerch.com/Spookygirls.com) and Kyle Severn (Incantation, Acheron, and other various side projects), Afterparty Massacre is one killer party with mind-blowing amounts of blood, metal and (naked) flesh!  

Them Crooked Vultures, the supergroup comprised of music icons Joshua Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, are set to rock the soundstage of another iconic institution, Saturday Night Live. The band will take the stage live in front of the raucous SNL crowd on February 6th with the show being hosted by Ashton Kutcher. Following their stint on late night television TCV will bring the rock to a handful of cities along the East coast before heading to the desert to play Coachella on April 16.  

St. Albans, UK hardcore act, YOUR DEMISE have begun their first trek of North America. Their first ever show on American soil took place on the 20th at The Crossing in Palmdale, CA. All reports say that their first show was a success and that the breakneck energy of the audience was the right way to welcome the band to the country.  

This just in! INCANTATION bassist Chuck Sherwood has issued the following update from the band’s well received Vengeful Scapegoat Tour through Europe with DIVINE EVE, HATE, NOCTUM, and NERVE. “INCANTATION returns to Europe one again! With all of the previous experiences John [McEntee] and Kyle [Severn] have had they were prepared for another hellish assault on the “old world.”  

Marc Rizzo once again has stepped out from his six-string tour of duty with SOULFLY and CAVALERA CONSPIRACY to deliver his new solo project, LEGIONAIRE on Phlamencore Records. This new albums reveals a phenomenal command of the guitar that Rizzo has become known for.  

I know the announcement about Spider-Man being rebooted was made a week ago. And since then I’ve been mulling over how I really feel about it. First of all, I’m all for a change of direction in the Spider-Man franchise. Sam Raimi’s trilogy are some of my favorite movies that I have a personal connection too. Tobey Maguire was the perfect Peter Parker.  JK Simmons was even better as J. Jonah Jameson, and Kirsten Dunst was decent as Mary Jane. (She wasn’t great but she was tolerable) But lets face it, the cast is getting older and Raimi can only direct Spidey for so long before he gets bored so as the old saying goes, “it’s better to go out on a high note than wear out your welcome.”... 

When a wily pickpocket steals Ahsoka’s lightsaber during an otherwise routine mission, the desperate Togruta teen must enlist the help of an elderly Jedi Master to track down the slippery thief. The search takes the unlikely pair deep into the seedy underbelly of Coruscant’s seamy underworld…and pits the young Padawan against a new kind of threat, unlike anything she’s seen on the front lines.  

Chicago glam rockers The Last Vegas offer a red vinyl version of their critically acclaimed album, Whatever Gets You Off, which features iTunes Critics pick for the Best Single of 2009 (Rock), “I’m Bad.” The album was recorded in Los Angeles with veteran rock producers Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe and Sixx:A.M., DJ Ashba (Producer of Sixx:A.M., Mötley Crüe) and Marti Frederiksen (Producer of Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, Ozzy Osbourne).