Pioneers of the Swedish d-beat/crust movement, WOLFBRIGADE have signed with Southern Lord Recordings for the release of their next three crushing full-length releases of malevolent darkness, the first being finalized to strike in the first few months of 2012.  

The Best Buy Theater in Times Square began to fill up on Tuesday night as up and coming band For Today opened up the show.  

The Beginning of the End…By Andrew Sanford Christopher Nolan reveals the first 6-7 minutes of his final Batman film to the public… And Metal Machine was there!!  

This March, fans worldwide cannot miss the prologue to the biggest pop culture comic event of the year as Marvel is pleased to unveil the trade dress and cover to Avengers VS. X-Men #0!  

Metallica celebrated its 30th anniversary as a band last week, performing four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco, CA, exclusively for members of their fan club, the Metallica Club.  

Killswitch Engage has been confirmed as the headliner of the 14th Annual New England Metal and Hardcore Festival. The festival helped to launch the career of the Westfield, Mass., band and the festival vets went on to sign with Roadrunner Records.  

After the operational success of Warriors Of Metal Fest IV Open Air on June 17th & 18th, 2011 featuring Thrash Metal bands for nearly half of the entire roster from the Midwest and the East Coast of the United States  

On the heels of their recent string of sell-outs, Dynamite Entertainment continues the trend as their new comic, Voltron®, has sold out and is going to an immediate second print!  

Earth’s greatest super heroes face foes on all fronts – using a plan initiated from within – in the all-new Justice League: Doom, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Produced by Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, the all-new, PG-13 rated film arrives February 28, 2012  

With the recent announcement from Marvel of the up coming Avengers vs. X-Men, we here at metalmachine.net decided to size up both teams in the era that this battle would truly be seismic.  

Next week, the road to Avengers VS X-Men begins in Avengers X-Sanction #1 from the blockbuster creative team of Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness! And just in time to witness Cable go head to head against Earth’s Mightiest  

Hatebreed’s Frank Novinec sat down with us recently on a NY stop on the the bands current tour, with Five Finger Death Punch and All That Remains. Frank talked all things music, internet and life on the road.