Ah, border crossing. Some people do it with ease, NAY! Impunity, and others, who have a legitimate reason, such as business, cannot do it to save their professional lives. One such member of the latter is the sludgy, riffy Black Cobra. This past week has been hell for the band, as they have tried to get into our frigid neighbors in the north, Canada, and have failed. Twice.  

Because YOU demanded it! This October, blast off into the far unknown and the future of the Marvel Universe for GUARDIANS 3000 – an explosive new series starring the original Guardians of the Galaxy! From the mind of critically acclaimed writer and iconic Guardians of the Galaxy scribe Dan Abnett and fan-favorite artist Gerardo Sandoval comes a high-octane new series starring the team that started it all!  

Israeli metal outfit FERIUM has added this fall’s Diabolic Tour of Art 2014, headlined by SONIC SYNDICATE. FERIUM will join MAY THE SILENCE FALL and INMATE on the trek, which runs from October 11 – 25. Dates are as follows, after the jump.  

With the album’s #1 Debut on the BILLBOARD Hard Rock Charts (Top 20 on the overall charts) and the single “Sangre Por Sangre (Blood For Blood)” hitting the Top 20 at rock radio, HELLYEAH has made an impressive showing with their fourth album, BLOOD FOR BLOOD. The release is seeing critical acclaim from all over the world, with notable praise in the UK, Australia, Canada and the USA.  

San Antonio’s favorite blackened death tyrants, HOD, will drop their long-awaited new full-length upon the weak later this Summer. Titled Book Of The Worm, the follow-up to last year’s The Uncreated Demo teaser, which Decibel likened to a “snake eating itself and a bigger snake eating the smaller snake, a kind of infinite and horrifically malign Ouroboros,”  

Following its LP release via Lamb Unlimited earlier in the month, the CD version of Dissent — the highly anticipated new album from THE CUTTHROATS 9, the band formed by Unsane guitarist/vocalist Chris Spencer — is out this week via Reptilian Records. And if you haven’t heard any of this drop yet, prepare for a fast and nasty assault on your senses!  

Throughout the entire month of July, Chicago experi-metallers YAKUZA will reissue their first four albums along with one never-before-heard release through War Crime Recordings.  

Due to the ongoing demand from European fans wanting to experience Beyond All Light, the acclaimed 2013 album from Louisville, Kentucky-based black metal entity ANAGNORISIS the band will reissue a cassette edition of the album via Berlin-based Yehonala Records in the coming weeks.  

USBM (United States Black Metal) entity HUMUT TABAL has released their latest genre-bending masterpiece, The Dark Emperor of the Shadow Realm, now streaming! Link after the jump!  

KING DIAMOND has confirmed what has been rumored for several weeks: a full North American tour this Fall! The long-awaited trek will commence on October 11th in Atlanta and wrap up with the previously announced performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin.  

Following the unveiling of their Relapse debut with the murderous A Presentation Of Gruesome Poetics EP in April, Washington state grinders THE DRIP continues to expand their damage path by booking new tour dates through the Summer months.  

This July, the lingering question will be answered in ORIGINAL SIN #6 – who shot the Watcher? From the very beginning, fans have waited, wondered and speculated who was responsible for Uatu’s untimely death. Now, Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato peel back the curtain on the person pulling the strings as Original Sin races toward it’s heart-stopping conclusion.