“Imprecation of the failed and frightened; Drinking the intransigent bloodline of the gods…”  

Ben McKenzie plays a wealthy young man on a personal quest for justice in TNT’s hit series Southland. Now the actor heads to the streets of Gotham City as the voice of another rich young adult with a need for righteousness in Batman: Year One, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies.  

THE HUNTER, MASTODON’S  6th full-length studio album made it’s earthly impact on Sep 27th, crash-landing directly into the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 Album chart.  

DEAD are back with more energy, intensity, brutality and morbidity than ever before. Disgusting, emotional and sawing guitars meets blast-beats, heavy grooves and puking vocals.  Hardnaked… But Dead!, is the band’s best album since their reunion and a guaranteed death metal milestone.  

The biggest pop culture event of the fall is almost here and Marvel Television will be at New York Comic Con with never-before-seen footage and exclusive announcements!  

Razor & Tie is thrilled to announce the addition of the Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum American Christian metal band P.O.D. (Payable on Death) to its label roster.  P.O.D. joins Razor & Tie for an exclusive, multi-album, worldwide deal.   

Marvel is making digital comics history once more, and proudly announcing that Avenging Spider-Man #1, from the superstar creative team of Zeb Wells and Joe Madureira, will be polybagged with a code for a FREE digital copy of this issue on the Marvel Comics app.  

Warner Home Video has released the latest DC Comics DVD Batman: Year One, and the film holds very true to the comic book version written by Frank Miller and drawn by David Mazzucchelli from 1987. The movie is chronicled on a “Year One” time line which is shown on the screen from January to December.  

ALIEN ANT FARM is proud to announce their new deal with the Executive Music Group label via Fontana/Universal.  The original line-up–Dryden Mitchell (lead vocals), Mike Cosgrove (drums), Terry Corso (guitar), Tye Zamora (bass)–will start to work on their fourth album in November and is looking to release it Spring 2012.  It’ll be their first release since 2006’s UP IN THE ATTIC, which spawned the hit single “Forgive And Forget,” and the first with the original line-up since 2003.      

Benedictum & DesDemon team up for the Path of the Valkyries U.S. tour to promote their recent studio releases.  

Swedish death metal act, DEAD AWAKEN, featuring former members of Abhoth, has signed with Abyss Records for the release of their full-length debut, Where Hope Turns Dripping Red. The album’s track listing has been revealed and is posted below.  

Today punk rock legends the Misfits release The Devil’s Rain, the band’s first album in nearly a decade!  It was produced by Ed Stasium, who’s credits include the Ramones’ Road to Ruin and Too Tough to Die, as well as the Misfits’ 1999 release Famous Monsters.  Celebrating the occasion, they’ve release a free mp3 for one of the album’s tracks, “Twilight of the Dead.”