Atlantic recording group Shinedown has begun work on their hugely anticipated fourth studio album.  The multi-platinum rock band will be joined at Hollywood’s famed Ocean Way Recording by multiple Grammy Award-winning producer Rob Cavallo (Kid Rock, Green Day), who previously collaborated with the band on their RIAA platinum certified third album, “THE SOUND OF MADNESS.”  

Saves The Day’s new album: Daybreak (Razor & Tie), due out on September 13th is now available for pre-order on iTunes HERE.  Forerunners of the emo scene since their inception in 1997, Saves The Day are one of the few that have survived the test of time for almost fifteen years.   

Today the North American masses can officially consume the debut full-length from Massachusetts-based death squad, ALL PIGS MUST DIE, the unforgiving bastard called God Is War. With the underground metal and hardcore media already praising this unhinged beast of an album for its mammoth tone, its energetic diversity, and overall for its unfuckwithable demeanor, God Is War is already being called one of the best heavy albums of 2011 by respected zines and writers internationally.  

Fresh from an almost completely sold-out summer tour, Taking Back Sunday will return to the road for a nationwide headlining run this fall. The string of dates, which take the band to towns they haven’t yet visited on this album, kick off October 1 in Pharr, Texas. Arizona five-piece and Warner Bros Records label mates The Maine will support, along with Bad Rabbits.  

Horror Holocaust, the anticipated sophomore release from all-star crossover thrashers Denial Fiend is now available through Ibex Moon Records. To give fans an earful of the bone-crunching pummel contained within this release, the folks at Hails & Horns have teamed up with Clawhammer PR and Ibex Moon Records to offer a full stream of Horror Holocaust.  

Razor & Tie is excited to announce the addition of Man Made Machine to its expanding rock roster. The Phoenix, Arizona based band will release its full length debut album, Become, on September 27th. The album was produced by Chad Grey and Greg Tribbett of Mudvayne and HELLYEAH and was mixed by Jeremy Parker (Godsmack/Evanescence).    

With the CD reissue of Death Strike’s classic Fuckin’ Death already available, Dark Descent Records is now taking pre-orders for the vinyl version of this early death metal masterpiece.    

Long-running Taiwanese symphonic black metallers, CHTHONIC, are pleased to announce the North American release of Takasago Army on September 6, 2011 via Spinefarm Records.  

Following Iced Earth and Borknagar, Century Media Records is proud to welcome back another band under the family’s wings: GRAVE. One of the very first Swedish Death Metal bands alongside Nihilist, Morbid and Treblinka, the band initially released their first demo in 1986 under the bandname Corpse, before they switched to GRAVE in 1988 and throughout all these years, they haven’t changed their style very much, while other companions left the true Death Metal path along the way, to bigger or less success. But it’s GRAVE’s longevity and consistency that survived any trend since the late 80’s and established them as one of the most important Death Metal bands ‘Now and Forever’.... 

All That Remains latest single, “The Last Time,” jumps into the Top 10 at Active Rock Radio this week joining contemporaries Staind, Alter Bridge, Avenged Sevenfold, and rock staples Foo Fighters, KoRn and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.   

Metalmachine.net caught up with Cold frontman Scooter Ward recent,y in NYC. The band recent.y rejoined forces to release their latest CD Superfiction on Eleven Seven Music.  

Fantômas, the eclectic supergroup featuring Mike Patton (Faith No More, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom), Buzz Osborne (Melvins), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, MadLove) and Melvins’ drummer Dale Crover filling in for Dave Lombardo (Slayer), release The Director’s Cut Live: A New Year’s Revolution on DVD and as a standalone audio download on Sept. 6 via Ipecac Recordings.