After splitting with Megadeth, both Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover collaborated and put a new band together, drafting ex-Scar the Martyr vocalist Henry Derek and Shadows Fall bassist into Act of Defiance. Their first album, Birth and the Burial, was a success in getting  the band’s name out there, and now they’ve come out of hiding with a new album on the horizon and a new song ready to go.  

Netflix Inc. announced today it acquired Millarworld, the comic book publishing powerhouse founded by Mark Millar, the legendary creator of such iconic characters and stories as Kick-Ass, Kingsman, and Old Man Logan, and one of the most important voices in comics.  

Enslaved, Norway’s progressive viking/black metal outfit, are a force to be reckoned with, and the metal community stops when the band announces new music. After the departure of longtime keyboardist/vocalist Herbrand Larsen, the band are back with a new line-up and a new alubm, simply titled E.  

There’s a really, really good chance you’ve seen the album cover to Spawn of Possession’s Incurso. At the time, that album was a huge deal and the tech death band were kings of the genre when that album dropped. Unfortunately, however, it doesn’t seem like we’ll be getting a follow-up, as the band has decided to call it a day.  

Deadpool‘s post-credit scene had the Merc With a Mouth tell us straight up that we’d be getting Cable in the sequel. Some director changes later and we’ve finally got Josh Brolin at the time traveling mutant that has an extensive run with Deadpool, something that fans have always wanted to see.  

Writer and Top Cow President/COO Matt Hawkins (THINK TANK, SYMMETRY) teams up with writer Bryan Hill (POSTAL, ROMULUS) and artist Yuki Saeki (GameSpace, Crash) for the grittily realistic science fiction graphic novel GOLGOTHA this October.  

Full of Hell are always doing something, and while they released their first album, Trumpeting Ecstasy, without any collaboration this year, they aren’t showing any signs of slowing down.  

Legendary LA Hard Rockers AUTOGRAPH have signed a deal with EMP LABEL GROUP who will release their forthcoming album GET OFF YOUR ASS October 6th on CD and Digital, with a limited edition vinyl LP version available in November. GET OFF YOUR ASS is the first official studio LP from the revamped quartet, featuring original/founding members guitarist Steve Lynch and bassist Randy Rand, alongside new vocalist/rhythm guitarist Simon Daniels, and drummer Marc Wieland.  

YouTube Red will be premiering a sequel series to the original Karate Kid movie series. Titled Cobra Kai, the series will debut in 2018 and have some returning faces.  

The Black Dahlia Murder are no strangers to the metal community. The highly aggressive melodic death metal band has made a name for themselves in the past ten years, but after consistently releasing new albums and touring relentlessly, the band are lifting the curtain yet again on another much anticipated release.  

Having been hyped up for the past few months, Vuur, featuring Anneke van Giersbergen of The Gathering and Devin Townsend Project fame, is finally slated to release their debut album. Entitled In This Moment We Are Free- Cities, the band is starting to fire on all cylinders.  

If you’ve seen Periphery on their tour for Periphery III: Select Difficulty, then one should have noticed that lack of a bass player on stage. It was announced at the album’s reveal that bassist Adam “Nolly” Getgood would not be playing live with the band due to production commitments. While fans remained optimistic, Nolly announced that he would be leaving the band permanently.