Arizona’s most maniacal death metal act, REIGN OF VENGEANCE, will soon team up with Ironclad recording artists TURBID NORTH for the “The Arctic Brutality and Bloodshed Mini-Tour,” which is set to take place during the last part of January. Ethnic De Generation will serve as direct support for the tour, with local openers at each stop.
Deep in the heart of Hell Paso Texas, MINISTRY’s Al Jourgensen re-opened the doors of his industrial compound studio in Fall 2011 and invited his favorite co-conspirators Mike Scaccia (Rigor Mortis), Tony Campos (Static X), Tommy Victor (Prong) and Casey Orr (Rigor Mortis/Gwar) to climb on board the Ministry pirate ship and de-construct and re-construct Jourgensen’s monsterpiece Relapse.
With all that’s been going on in DC comics lately it can be easy to forget about the goings-on within the other facets of comic book geek-dom (of which there are many.) How well have you kept up with what’s happening in the world of action figures and character statuary? Where there are new looks for classic characters and new eras in their many universes there will also be newly-designed must-have collectibles to mark the changing times. To help keep you from missing your chance to own that Limited Edition statue you know you’ve just gotta have, here’s a little bit of what DC Direct has been up to and what they’re releasing soon:
Growing up, I always thought that I was the only one who liked comic books and superhero cartoons, which I watched early in the morning before heading to school. On Saturday morning, I would get up, bright eyed and bushy tailed to watch all those comic book superhero shows like Super Friends, Spiderman and His Amazing Friends and Gobots. So it was refreshing to know that there were others just like me who were inspired by the superheroes I watched jumping off the screen. One of those was Michael E. Uslan, which he describes in his recent book “The Boy Who Loved Batman”.
The Art of War 2.0: An In-Depth Review of the Graphic Novel Titanium Rain I’ve had a lot of physically painful experiences in my life: broken bones, stitches, concussions, migraines, kidney stones, and I did permanent damage to my right ankle because I went to Comic-Con San Diego and walked around on a nasty sprain. I’ve had a Bone-Marrow Extraction, Lumbar Puncture, more I.V’s, blood tests, and shots than I can count- and I’m only twenty-seven years old. My medical history file looks like a freaking phone book! But with all the painful shit I have been through, one thing I can’t say I know a damn thing about is the pain and terror of being shot.
VIZ Media’s Haikasoru imprint brings a fantastic new tale of science fiction and giant monsters to North American readers with the release of Hiroshi Yamamoto’s novel MM9, available now. The release will carry an MSRP of $14.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN. An eBook edition is also available on the Amazon Kindle, Apple’s iBooks Store, the Barnes & Noble’s Nook Books Store, and the Sony Reader™ Store for $8.99.
Multi-platinum rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced that a series of North American shows in April and May have been added to their upcoming I’m With You World Tour. Due to multiple foot injuries sustained by lead singer Anthony Kiedis, and subsequent surgery, the tour will now kick off on March 29th in St. Petersburg, FL, and crisscross the continent throughout 2012. Please see below for all upcoming confirmed dates. More will be announced in the coming weeks.
Blackened clouds are gathering overhead, and it’s all Decibel’s fault. North America’s premier heavy metal magazine is launching the maiden edition of its annual earth-scorching tour this April. The inaugural Decibel Magazine Tour will feature not just the long-awaited stateside return of Polish blackened death metal overlords Behemoth, but support from Swedish black metal provocateurs Watain, Dutch prog mystics The Devil’s Blood and Swedish old-school occultists In Solitude.
