After several splits and EPs, Imago, the debut full-length CD from Sweden’s MORDBRAND will finally be unleashed May 20 on Deathgasm Records.  

TARJA TURUNEN’s and MIKE TERRANA’s Beauty & The Beat transcends any ordinary concert.  

Brooklyn noise rock merchants TIDAL ARMS are poised for another round of weekend live intrusions with headliners Meek Is Murder, beginning tonight at Backroom Studios in Rockaway, New Jersey where they’ll blister ears alongside Torrential Downpour and Tooth Grinder. From there, the band will level ABC No Rio in New York City with Itto And What Came Before… before trekking to Kingston for an evening performance at Ferraro’s Mid-City Lanes. The whirlwind weekend will come to a close in Philadelphia at Connie’s Ric-Rac.  

Canadian neofolk trio, MUSK OX, will release their long-awaited new full-length Woodfall on June 17th. Nearly six years in the making, Woodfall is a one-hour, five-part progressive chamber folk epic for classical guitar, cello, and violin which sees MUSK OX push their sound to soaring new heights. Expressing the essence of Canada’s vast, magnificent landscapes through sound, MUSK OX is a forlorn journey through natural realms where darkness and light, substance and void, sorrow and joy, exist as a single entity.  

J. Jonah Jameson Was Right! Your First Look at AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.2! Spider-Man is a menace! Today, Marvel is proud to present your first look at AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1.2 – the next exciting chapter of Learning to Crawl  

Three years subsequent to the formation of elite metal project, NADER SADEK, and the release of the collective’s debut album, In The Flesh, today the final video from the album has been released.  

Following their recent signing to Southern Lord, the label now officially releases Committed To The Ground, from North Carolina-based TORCH RUNNER. Previously only available in a limited vinyl run, Southern Lord now officially issues TORCH RUNNER‘s debut album, Committed To The Ground, worldwide on CD and digital formats as a precursory title preceding the band’s recently-completed new LP to be released later this year.  

Chicago post-hardcore unit, THE SWAN KING, featuring members of Pelican and Planes Mistaken For Stars, today reveals the details of their forthcoming second LP, Last So Long. Set for release on June 3rd, 2014 via War Crime Recordings, the offering was recorded by War Crimes co-owner Sanford Parker at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio and boasts an eight track outpouring of gristly, melodic, riff-laden urgency.  

Bazillion Points Books and editor Jon “Metalion” Kristiansen proudly announce the May 2014 release of a limited red hardcover 84pp reprint of the infamous SLAYER MAG X, the crucial tenth issue of the legendary Norwegian metal fanzine Slayer Mag. Kristiansen, has been deemed “the godfather of Norwegian black metal” by Enslaved, and Mayhem‘s debut Deathcrush is dedicated to him.  

The CW has released a 5 minute teaser for The up coming TV show The Flash this fall. Looks like a winner. The special effects look great. Take a look!  

Anberlin has exclusively premiered their first single, “Stranger Ways” on Billboard.com today, here: http://bit.ly/1jiMSls. “Stranger Ways” is off the band’s last album, lowborn, to be released on June 23rd, 2014.  

Who are the original Mighty Avengers? Find out this June in MIGHTY AVENGERS #11, a tie-in to ORIGINAL SIN! From Al Ewing and Greg Land – the ghostly Deathwalkers rise again, stronger than before and only the Mighty Avengers can put a stop to them! Only, this isn’t the first time the Mighty Avengers squared off against the Deathwalkers.