Metallica to make special announcement
So, Metallica is about to make an announcement next week, February 5th. Wonder what it can be?
Why Before Watchmen?
DC Comics announced they will proceed with a series of prequels for Watchmen called "Before Watchmen". The question is...why?
Why Before Watchmen? Why continue to malign a masterpiece that already has somewhat been through the ringer? (Watchmen the movie anyone?) Unless you were living under a rock, that was under another rock, next to ….well you know what I mean, DC officially announced yesterday that they would be releasing a series of books called Before Watchmen. Seems the new creative/executive teams up at DC Entertainment are really trying to leave their mark. As any good corporation should do, their #1 goal is to make money for the share holders, that’s it… lock stock and barrel.
Anathema will return in April with Weather Systems, their brand new studio album. Weather Systems is the follow-up to 2010’s We’re Here Because We’re Here, which has been featured prominently in numerous end-of-year polls and the producer, Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree), has described it as ”definitely among the best albums I’ve ever had the pleasure to work on.”
Grammy nominees Mastodon have announced that they will hit the road for a spring North American tour in support of their current album The Hunter, which was released by Reprise Records in September. The tour kicks off on April 4th in Portland, ME, and visits more than 30 cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping up with a hometown show at Atlanta’s Masquerade Music Park on May 12th.
Atlantic recording group Shinedown has announced plans to headline this year’s eagerly awaited Avalanche Tour. The North American trek – presented by Zippo and produced by Synergy Global Entertainment, Inc. – gets underway on March 27th at The Grove in Anaheim, California and then continues through late April (see attached itinerary). Accompanying Shinedown on the 2012 Avalanche Tour will be Adelita’s Way, with additional support from New Medicine (March 27th – April 10th) and Art of Dying (April 12th – April 25 th).
Newly solo iconic musician and evil disco king Wayne Static embarked on a US tour last night in Farmington, New Mexico. The tour crosses the nation and currently wraps up on February 25, 2012 in Window Rock, Arizona. Polkadot Cadaver and Defiler (starting Feb. 6) will also be performing on the upcoming shows. Tour dates can be found below.
The inaugural Decibel Magazine Tour, announced late last week, will feature the long-awaited stateside return of Polish blackened death metal overlords Behemoth, as well as support from Swedish black metal provocateurs Watain, Dutch prog mystics The Devil’s Blood and Swedish old-school occultists In Solitude. And now, the dates are in!
So, Mayhemfest has anounced this years line-up and it’s a doozie! Slipknot, Slayer and Anthrax are all featured on the mainstage. With Anthrax and Slayer coming off this years Big 4 Show, both bands have been playing Road Warrior, being on tour and all. Funny, we interviewed The Devil Wears Prada a couple of weeks ago, and they did make a mention of the band working on a tour they couldn’t elaborate on…now we know what it was. Check out the rest of the bands below.
Kevin Conroy, Phil Morris join Warner Home Video & MTV Geek for the World Premiere of JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM The key voices of the film’s hero and villain – fan favorite Kevin Conroy as Batman and NAACP Image Award nominee Phil Morris as Vandal Savage – will grace the stage alongside eight-time Emmy Award winning casting/dialogue director Andrea Romano when Warner Home Video, MTV Geek and The Paley Center for Media proudly present the World Premiere of Justice League: Doom in New York on February 13, 2012.
