Image Comics is pleased to finally reveal the highly anticipated Todd McFarlane covers for the upcoming milestone SPAWN #300 issue by Todd McFarlane, President at Image Comics and creator of SPAWN. The record-setting SPAWN #300 hits stores on Wednesday, September 4. The final order cutoff for retailers is Monday, August 12. SPAWN #300 CVR A MCFARLANE – Diamond Code JUN190014 SPAWN #300 CVR B B&W MCFARLANE – Diamond Code JUN190015 SPAWN #300 CVR C CAPULLO – Diamond Code JUN190016 SPAWN #300 CVR D CAPULLO VIRGIN – Diamond Code JUN190017 SPAWN #300 CVR E CAPULLO & MCFARLANE – Diamond Code JUN190018 SPAWN #300 CVR F B&W CAPULLO & MCFARLANE – Diamond Code JUN190019 SPAWN... 

J.J. Abrams takes the webbed wonder to new heights when he and his son Henry partner with legendary spider-artist Sara Pichelli for a Spider-Man story like you’ve never seen before! Cadaverous, a terrifying new villain, will force Spidey to make some of the hardest choices of his life. Can he protect MJ, Manhattan…or even himself? Check out this brand new trailer for SPIDER-MAN #1 featuring Executive Editor Nick Lowe and writers J.J. and Henry Abrams! “Having these geniuses working together on Spider-Man, the greatest fictional character of all time, couldn’t be better,” Lowe exclaimed, a sentiment shared by the Abrams. “We knew [Sara Pichelli’s] stuff – she’s a genius,” J.J. added. “The fact... 

DAWN OF DISEASE return with their smashing new album, “Procession of Ghosts” – a phenomenal new melodic death metal album with more than enough energy to stand out from the masses. Accompanied by sinister artwork by Michał “Xaay” Loranc, who has worked with bands like Behemoth, Nile, and Evocation, the album possesses significantly more atmosphere and catchy melodies without sacrificing the band’s extreme spirit.  

Season of Mist has released a special 4 CD Box Set for Greek symphonic metal icons, SEPTICFLESH. ‘In the Flesh – Part I’ features the band’s first four albums, ‘Mystic Places,’ ‘Esoptron,’ ‘Ophidian Wheel,’ and ‘Fallen Temple’ bundled together in a 4CD Jewel Case along with a 16 page lyric booklet.  

Faroe Islands-based folk metal collective TÝR will kick of their North American tour supporting power metal veterans Demons & Wizards this week. Set to commence on August 17th in Los Angeles California, the journey will wind its way through twelve cities and come to a close September 5th in New York City. Additional support will be provided by labelmates Lizzy Borden. See all confirmed dates below.  

Image Comics is pleased to announce an all-new, skin-crawling series by writer Rodney Barnes (Wu-tang: An American Saga, Marvel’s Runaways, Starz’s American Gods) and artist Jason Shawn Alexander (Spawn)—Killadelphia—which will launch this November.  

Savannah, GA sludge rockers BLACK TUSK will be embarking on a U.S. tour this fall with support from CHILD BITE. The trek will kick off on November 8 in Asheville, NC and will conclude on November 16 in Wilmington, NC. Prior to that, the band will also be touring this September with support from label-mates CLOAK. All dates are as follows:  

Norwegian black metal masters 1349 have announced North American tour dates for this fall, in which they will be supported by UADA. The trek will kick off on October 25 in Jacksonville, FL. Ticket links, additional dates, and more support acts are TBA! The itinerary can be found below. Tickets will go on sale August 23.  

MVD ENTERTAINMENT GROUP and RUE MORGUE have teamed up to launch the MIDNIGHT MOVIE SOCIETY, a curated Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) service specializing in Extreme Underground, Taboo and Cult Horror movies. Now genre fans can gain access to a film library of shocking underground, outrageous gore, creature features, cult classics and much more. Those with a taste for the weirdest and wildest reaches of genre cinema will not be disappointed!  

US metal act Silvertomb have signed an international record deal with German independent label Long Branch Records / SPV.Formed in the wake of Type O Negative and Seventh Void, Silvertomb is the latest musical endeavor of Kenny Hickey (Type O Negative, Seventh Void), Johnny Kelly (Type O Negative, Danzig) and Hank Hell (Seventh Void, Inhuman). This time teaming up with New York Hardcore Veteran Joseph James (Agnostic Front, Inhuman) and Aaron Joos (Awaken The Shadow, Empyreon), combining musical styles such as Pink Floyd and Black Sabbath into a bone crushing, mind blowing, sonic journey into the underbelly of human emotion.  

GRAMMY-winning Swedish rock band GHOST is known for special, limited edition items that have been tied to its various album releases – an 8-track edition of Ceremony & Devotion, and for Prequelle, a 7-inch die-cut-as-rats vinyl disc of the album’s first single “Rats,” offering the album on a variety of different colored cassette tapes, and the lenticular cover for Prequelle‘s special vinyl edition as well as five alternate covers for the retail edition.  

This September, NYC-based artist Arsun will embark on an east coast tour opening for Cat Power (tour dates below). With a sound beyond his 20 years, Arsun recently released his debut EP Send Her My Way to acclaim from i-D and HERO, who called it “multifaceted, simplistic, and embodying real artistic confidence.”