Those who previously missed their chance at obtaining the limited edition deluxe “Worrmhole Tunnel Box Edition” of Mastodon‘s latest album “Crack The Skye” are in luck. The group will make 600 of the sets available through Metal Club stores on November 26th as part of the Black Friday “Record Store Day” festivities.

The set, which originally sold out during the pre-orders for the albums original release, comes housed in a hard box case with unique three dimensional style visuals. The album itself is also featured on CD, along with a DVD of the making of the outing complete with photo gallery, track by track commentary and more.

A recent tweet from The Devil Wears Prada has confirmed that the band have begun writing new material for their next album.

Live footage of Helmet, Intronaut and Open Hand‘s show at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA this past Friday, November 05th has made its way online. You can check out some quality footage of performances from all three of the acts over at Concertconfessions.com.

Japanese outfit Loyal To The Grave have inked a deal with Eulogy Recordings and will release their new album through the label in mid-2011.

Your Demise have revealed their plans for a February UK tour with Stick To Your Guns, Break Even and Letlive, here’s how the dates will run:

02/20 Southampton, UK – Talking Heads
02/21 Birmingham, UK – Academy III
02/22 Nottingham, UK – Rescue Rooms
02/23 Newcastle, UK – Academy II
02/24 Leeds, UK – Cockpit
02/25 Manchester, UK – Sound Control
02/26 Newport, UK – Six Feet Under
02/27 London, UK – Underworld

All Shall Perish have commented on their ongoing progress with the writing sessions for their new album. Speaking on the sessions, band guitarist Ben Orum had the following to say:

“After two very successful tours at home and abroad, we are now home writing the new ALL SHALL PERISH record! The writing process is flowing very naturally, and so far the material itself is very impressive. It is safe to say this will be one of the most aggressive, epic, groovy records we have ever written. I can not wait to start playing this material live”

Marilyn Manson has aligned himself with UK based label Cooking Vinyl for the release of his next album which is expected out in the fall of 2011. Manson has entered into a joint partnership with the label through his own Hell, etc. imprint. Billboard have some more specifics on the terms of the deal.

Periphery will be heading to the UK early next year for a run of shows with TesseracT and Monuments. Dubbed the “League Of Extraordinary Djentlemen Tour“, the trek will run as follows:

01/31 Bristol, UK – Academy 2
02/01 Birmingham, UK – Academy 2
02/02 Manchester, UK – Academy 2
02/03 Newcastle, UK – Academy 2
02/04 Glasgow, UK – Cathouse
02/05 Leeds, UK – TJ’s
02/06 Sheffield, UK – Corporation
02/08 Portsmouth, UK – Wedgewood Rooms
02/09 Reading, UK – The Face Bar
02/10 Nottingham, UK – Rock City
02/11 London, UK – Underworld

Baptized In Blood‘s new video for their track “Dirty’s Back” has debuted online via Noisecreep. You can check the clip out below:

Gwar‘s soon to be released new album “Bloody Pit Of Horror” has been made available for streaming online over at AOL.com. The effort will arrive in stores tomorrow, November 09th, through Metal Blade.

Hate Eternal have begun work on their new album at band frontman/guitarist Erik Rutan‘s own Mana Recording Studios. In addition, the band have officially added bassist JJ Hrubovcak to their lineup. Speaking on their progress so far Rutan offered the following:

“The band has been locked up in Mana Recording Studios doing pre-production for the past 2 months, finishing up songs that we have been writing over the last year in between tours and albums that I’ve produced, and we feel we have come up with one of Hate Eternal‘s heaviest, most twisted, evil, melodic, and insane albums yet.

It was my goal to expand upon what the band has done in the past, and add new dynamics and twists to the traditional, dissonant Hate Eternal style, yet keep it in the same vein. It took the three of us really pushing ourselves, and digging deep into the essence of who we are as musicians and writers and players to create something very unique and special. We cannot wait for everyone to hear what we have in store. Look out for updates from the studio over the next few months.”

Gwen Stacy have released a statement announcing their decision to call it a day, it reads as follows:

“After six years, nineteen countries, countless US tours, two albums, and an EP, Gwen Stacy has decided call it quits. We feel like now is the best time to end the band and pursue other options and directions in life. We would like to thank everyone who has been involved with the bands career over the years.

There are too many people to thank everyone individually, but we would like to send a special thanks to past members TJ Sego, Cole Wallace, Bobby Oakley, Josh Rickard, Mike Bryant, and Chris Suter, our manager Mark LaFay, Carl Severson and everyone else at what was Ferret Music, Once Nothing, Life In Your Way, Poison The Well, Haste The Day, Vanna, and every other band that we’ve been able to share the road with.

Thank you as well to anyone who came out to a show, bought a shirt or cd, sang along, let us crash on their floor, or was just supportive in any way.

A few of the members will be starting new projects and we will be updating our pages as these projects start to unfold. We want to assure everyone that we are splitting up on good terms. We’re all excited to see what everyone has in store for their future endeavors. Be sure to keep checking back to follow up with what everyone is doing.

Our last show will be Saturday November 20th at Rhino’s, 331 S Walnut St. Bloomington, IN. Please come out and get gross with us one final time.

Thanks again for everything…
Brent, Geoff, Patrick, Matt, and Brett“

Converge recently updated their Twitter with a rather colorful description of their recent spate of demoing, here’s what they had to offer:

“Listening to CONVERGE demos. Envision the soundtrack to Conan The Barbarian driving Mad Max’s V8 Interceptor thru the Mall Of America…”

As previously reported, the band recently began writing and demoing new material at band guitarist Kurt Ballou‘s Godcity Studio in Salem, MA.

A Tragedy In Progress (formerly known as Across Five Aprils) made their return to the stage at the Warehouse in East Ridge, TN this weekend, footage of the bulk of their set can be found online at Clarkvideoproductions.com. As previously reported, the bands new EP “Going Down With The Ship” is available for streaming over at their Facebook.

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza have revealed the dates for their November mini-tour, here’s where they will be playing:

11/19 Cookeville, TN – Amps And Ramps (feat. Born Of Osiris)
11/20 Douglasville, GA – The 7 Venue (“BBQ Fest“)
11/21 Evansville, IN – Boney Junes (feat. Born Of Osiris)
11/22 Bloomington, IN – Rhino’s