VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced their new DVD releases for this month. These include the first episodic volume of VAMPIRE KNIGHT GUILTY (the second season of the hit gothic melodrama VAMPIRE KNIGHT), the latest Box Set for BLEACH, and 3 new releases from the latest installment of POKÉMON, POKÉMON DP GALACTIC BATTLES.  

 AOL’s Moviefone editors had an exclusive with Robert DeNiro to discuss the “The Irishman”, possible “Good Shepherd” sequel and another “Midnight Run”. Moviefone touched on these topics and others while chatting with the legendary actor.   Will we see you back directing anytime soon? I’ve been talking with Eric [Roth] for a long time about doing a sequel to ‘The Good Shepherd’ where it would cover ’61 with the Bay of Pigs and the Berlin Wall going up to ’89 with the Wall coming down, that period of time. And if I wanted to do another one, it would be from the Wall coming down to the present. Wow. God knows if that will happen. But I would really... 

Revolver Golden Gods Award nominees ACCEPT are returning to North America for 20 shows with Sweden’s SABATON kicking off their tour in Orlando, Florida on April 9th through May 7th in Houston, Texas.  

    West Coast Headlining Trek With Support FINGER ELEVEN and POP EVIL To Begin April 25th in Anaheim, CA  

Los Angeles extreme metal band DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS have released a third song, “Las Calaveras Del Terror,” from their upcoming new album Satánico Dramático on their Facebook page.  

Legendary San Francisco Bay Area metal photographers Brian Lew (Whiplash fanzine) and Harald “O.” Oimoen (D.R.I.) have joined forces to create the large-format hardcover photo collection MURDER IN THE FRONT ROW: Bay Area Bangers and the Birth of Thrash Metal.  

Too Late The Hero, the Portland, ME-based debut act signed to ReThink Records, run by Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler and manager Larry Mazer, have announced touring plans.  The band has been added to the bill of the Memphis May Fire tour, which kicks off on April 9th in Indiana.   

NORMA JEAN ANNOUNCE “EXPLOSIONS II PART DEUX” 2011 SPRING HEADLINING TOUR VIEW LIVE PERFORMANCE ON FUEL TV’S “THE DAILY HABIT”   After a successful 2010 and a strong start in 2011, Norma Jean have announced the “Explosions II Part Deux” Spring 2011 tour.  The tour will kick off in Ft. Lauderdale on May 6th at Culture Room and conclude in their home state of Georgia in Augusta on June 1st.   

DIABOLICAL will go on tour the second half of March to support their new album Ars Vitae. Most of the concerts will take place in Russia, and will be supported by DRAUGGARD.  

THE AMENTA, Australia’s most forward thinking extreme music collective, have made V01D available for FREE directly to the fans.  

So we all know the much anticipated Battle:LA was released this weekend…well there was another release of a movie called, wait for it…”Battle Of Los Angeles” by that infamous video house The Asylum. Want to see the trailer?  

The crew of True Blood recently had a comic book signing for the True Blood comic book line from IDW Publishing. Check out the video here…