DOWN will return to North American stages this Summer for a two-week headlining tour with support provided by Helmet and Spirit In The Room! The Strap It Down tour begins in Atlanta, Georgia on August 15th and closes in Shakopee, Minnesota on September 4th with a special previously announced performance as direct support to Slayer. The journey also includes slots on the 2026 installment of Zakk Wylde’s Berzerkus Festival featuring Lamb Of God, Black Label Society, and others on August 28th in Scranton, Pennsylvania and August 29th in Wantagh, New York.  

Sarcasm is one of those Swedish death metal acts that’s difficult to pin down. Labels like “Swedeath” and “melodic death metal” only tell part of the story, the band has deliberately avoided those safe categories. Instead, Sarcasm embraces a broad spectrum of metal while remaining uncompromisingly extreme.  

After his long-awaited return in The Mandalorian, Boba Fett went on to headline his own Disney+ series, The Book of Boba Fett. The hit show reintroduced the iconic bounty hunter to fans everywhere as he navigated the galaxy’s underworld and claimed control of Tatooine following Jabba the Hutt’s fall.  

Hard rock giants Breaking Benjamin surprised fans with the live debut of their brooding and haunting new single, “Something Wicked,” across dates on last year’s tour with Three Days Grace as well as at Welcome To Rockville, signaling the latest chapter for the band and teasing a forthcoming full-length album. Marked by their signature blend of atmospheric tension, thunderous instrumentation, and raw emotional weight, the track finds the band pushing deeper into darker sonic territory while staying rooted in the sound that has defined them for years.  

PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works and Marvel Games have joined forces to deliver the latest in tag team fighters, MARVEL TŌKON: FIGHTING SOULS! Releasing on August 6, the game drops players into an all-new Marvel Universe packed with reimagined characters and stages, a heart-pounding soundtrack, intuitive gameplay, and jaw-dropping visuals that will keep you on the edge of your seat.  

IGORRR will return to North American stages this Fall and on a month-long headlining tour! The journey begins on September 18th in Worcester, Massachusetts and runs through October 20th in Toronto, Ontario. Support will be provided by American experimentalists Secret Chiefs 3, led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance (Mr. Bungle) and Osaka-based experimental electronic black metal group VMO (AKA Violent Magic Orchestra).  

Solo pagan black metal project SERPENT LORD will be releasing its debut album, ‘The Once Forgotten Ways of Old,’ on May 29, 2026 via Eisenwald Records. The project is now releasing another haunting new single from the offering, “A Pagan’s Spell,” which can be found below… SERPENT LORD first slithered into existence in 2003, emerging as a solitary pagan black metal vessel forged by Jake Superchi (UADA, Ceremonial Castings). Though the project’s first true album was recorded in 2005, the work was abruptly shelved and lay dormant for twenty years. Now, in the Year of the Snake, the ancient offering has been reborn and reimagined as ‘The Once Forgotten Ways of Old,’... 

Today Skybound and Image Comics, in partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, revealed a series of striking connecting variant covers by artist Maria Wolf & colorist Mike Spicer spanning across each issue of Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man. The limited series from the superstar team of writer Joshua Williamson (G.I. JOE, Superman) and artist Leomacs (Basketful of Heads, Rogues) debuts in comic book shops on June 24, 2026.  

John Carpenter has announced his highly anticipated return to the realm of audio/visual narrative storytelling with Cathedral, a new album set for release August 7 on Sacred Bones Records alongside his first ever graphic novel, set for release August 4 via Storm King Comics. Carpenter and longtime band mates Cody Carpenter (synths) and Daniel Davies (guitar) offer its first single and visualizer for “Lord Of The Underground”.  

ARCH ENEMY + THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER will return to North American stages this Fall on a co-headlining tour. The Wrath Across America tour runs from October 5th through November 19 and includes a performance at this year’s edition of Aftershock. Additional support will be provided by Septicflesh, Crypta, and Thrown Into Exile. The Black Dahlia Murder’s latest journey follows their recent and wildly successful Spring Fling US headlining tour. Comments THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER drummer Alan Cassidy. “I’d take my arch enemy to see THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER and ARCH ENEMY!…Then throw them in the pit. See you this Fall!” Comments ARCH ENEMY guitarist Michael Amott, “North America, we are... 

LEFT TO DIE has signed to Relapse Records and today announce their debut full-length, Initium Mortis, set for release on July 17th! Death alumni Rick Rozz and Terry Butler joined forces with gore metal pioneer Matt Harvey and Gruesome drummer Gus Rios to form LEFT TO DIE. Their new album, Initium Mortis, pays homage to the brutal beginnings of Death.  

Hasbro, a leading games, IP and toy company, in collaboration with Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide, is bringing The Transformers: The Movie back to theatres for its 40th anniversary, inviting fans to relive the action, the music and yes… that moment.