Set in a club deep within the underbelly of Paris, The Profane Exhibit explores the inner workings of a secret, wicked society. At first it resembles an ordinary fetish or Goth nightclub, but hidden within the cavernous building are many rooms, one of which is known as “The Room of Souls,” a private gathering place of the world’s richest and most evil people. Their host is the elegant, yet frightening, Madame Sabatier. As the film unfolds, each member takes a turn and spins a true tale of their depravity for the amusement of the group.

Horror icons from around the world have been assembled to create this truly unique film experience. From the minds that created Cannibal Holocaust, At Midnight I’ll Take Your Soul, Philosophy of a Knife, Tokyo Gore Police, Hardware, Wax Mask, Cemetery Man, Theater Bizarre, The ABCs of Death, August Underground’s Mordem, Cannibal, Time Crimes, and Dread, comes a collection of stories that serve as a mirror for looking deep inside our current world and inside ourselves.

HHFF cofounder and Lead Programmer Corey Mitchell says, “having the U.S. premiere of The Profane Exhibit at the Housecore Horror Film Festival makes perfect sense. TPE is the most extreme horror film to come down the pike in years and HHFF is the epitome of the extreme horror film festival. We are about expanding the boundaries of what a horror film festival can be and TPE does the same thing for horror anthologies.”

Mitchell also stated that The Profane Exhibit will receive the Blood Red Carpet treatment and that directors Coffin Joe and Ryan Nicholson, producers David Bond and Manda Manuel, and composer Maurizio Guarini of Goblin will all be in attendance. Former Austin Chronicle movie reviewer and horror fanatic Marc Savlov will also conduct a Q&A after the screening.

“We are amazed at how much talent we are able to bring in to support this amazing film, in this, our first year of existence,” declared Mitchell. “It is our commitment to the real fans of horror to expose them to new voices in the genre as well as the classic creators.”

The Profane Exhibit’s producers David Bond and Manda Manuel explained why they decided to hold the U.S. premiere of
his film at the inaugural Housecore Horror Film Festival. “We chose this event because we have always been a fan of Philip’s. We felt since this is his first time doing this festival, that it’s perfect for a film of this caliber to start his history of amazing films shown there first.”

The U.S. premiere of  The Profane Exhibit joins an already heavy list of festival performances, screenings and special events that have been announced to date, including the North American premiere of Italian maestros of horror
Goblin live-scoring Dario Argento’s horror masterpiece, Suspiria; concerts from Down, Crowbar, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, EyeHateGod, and Warbeast; special guest appearances by noted and notorious filmmakers Coffin Joe, Jörg Buttgereit, and Jim VanBebber; and Void ov Voices–another one-time-only, metal-meets-horror event with extreme metal vocalist Attila Csihar (best known from iconic black-metal band Mayhem) using sonic manipulations to create a live soundtrack for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Many more bands, special guests, films, and special events to be announced over the next few months.

About the signing, Dave Rath, Senior Vice President of A&R at Roadrunner Records said, “Every decade or so, hard rock and heavy metal gets a well-deserved kick in the ass. Kvelertak is the band to do just that. These guys remind us that rock music should truly affect us. Roadrunner is proud to deliver Kvelertak to a world waiting for a musical awakening. If this band doesn’t get your heart racing, then you don’t have one.”

Meir Track Listing:
1. Åpenbaring
2. Spring Fra Livet
3. Trepan
4. Bruane Brenn
5. Evig Vandrar
6. Snilepisk
7. Månelyst
8. Nekrokosmos
9. Undertro
10. Tordenbrak
11. Kvelertak

CORRECTIONS HOUSE – 2013 TOUR DATES
01/21 New York, NY – Saint Vitus
01/22 Boston, MA – Great Scott
01/23 New Haven, CT – BAR
01/24 Washington, DC – DC9
01/25 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery
01/26 Richmond, VA – Strange Matter
01/27 Raleigh, NC – Kings Barcade
01/28 Gainesville, FL – The Atlantic
01/30 Miami, FL – Churchill’s
01/31 Tampa, FL – Crowbar
02/02 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
02/06 New Orleans, LA – Sibera
02/08 San Antonio, TX – Korova
02/09 Austin, TX – Red 7
02/10 Dallas, TX – Bryan Street Tavern
02/11 Norman, OK – Opolis
02/13 Omaha, NE – Slowdown
02/15 Denver, CO – Moon Room

David Draiman’s new band Device (pictured above in the studio), which has previously been described as an industrial project in the vein of Ministry and Nine Inch Nails, have revealed a lot of details regarding their forthcoming debut album.

The band first single, “Villify,” will debut at radio on February 19, with the full record tentatively due for April 9. The album will include guest appearances by: Geezer Butler of Black Sabbath, Glenn Hughs of Deep Purple and Black Country Communion, M. Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Serj Tankian of System of a Down, Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, and Lzzy Hale of Halestorm.

Device’s live band will include Will Hunt of Evanescence and Virus of the band Dope.

Alice in Chains have released a new song, “Hollow.” The track will be featured on the band’s highly anticipated, as-untitled new album, which is due this spring. Check out the song, and let us know what you think in the comments.

Rammstein have unveiled the new “explicit” video for “Mein Herz Brennt” from 2001′s Mutter. The clip appears in Rammstein’s new compilation Videos 1995-2012, due out January 15th. The set contains over seven hours of material featuring 25 music videos, 24 behind-the-scenes clips of the making-of-the-videos, and a 56-page booklet. Order your copy here.

Rammstein recently released new versions of the song “Mein Herz Brennt,” from the band’s 2001 release, Mutter, as a six-track digital single with booklet, available exlusively through iTunes. The single package also includes the previously unreleased track, “Gib Mir Deine Augen,” which can be streamed below. Let us know what you think in the comments.