This April, Sif embarks on a dangerous rescue mission in Journey Into Mystery #651, kicking off the all-new story from the blockbuster creative team of writer Kathryn Immonen and artist Matteo Scalera! As part of Marvel NOW!, Journey Into Mystery brings the battle home, as the industry’s top creators join the top Super Heroes to deliver all-new ongoing stories, great for new and veteran readers alike!  

This April, a deadly super villain targets Clint Barton and all he holds dear—but luckily he’s got Eisner-Award winning artist Francesco Francavilla joining him for Hawkeye #10! New York Times best-selling writer Matt Fraction (Fantastic Four, FF) kicks off an all new story- providing the perfect jumping on point for new readers- as the Avenger known as Hawkeye finds himself facing his deadliest opponent yet. Who pulled the trigger? Where have you seen him before?  

OTEP’s final album Hydra is out today, January 22nd and is already climbing the iTunes charts; currently at #8 on the Rock Chart and #78 on the Overall Chart. Hydra takes listeners on a fantastical, demonic ride through the mind of a girl who has been cast aside, set on vengeance against the world that has forgotten her. Seducing your ears with every aspect of the vocal spectrum, the artist, activist and poet will put you in a trance, creating a theater of the mind the likes of which you have never imagined before.  

Grammy-winning alternative band Deftones will release several different vinyl editions of their current album, the critically acclaimed Koi No Yokan, on January 22nd. The four configurations are as follows: A standard retail version pressed on 140-gram black vinyl (3,000 units), a direct-to-consumer version on 180-gram black vinyl with foil-stamped numbered jackets (1,000 units), an international edition pressed on 180-gram vinyl, and an exclusive edition sold through Hot Topic retailers pressed on 140-gram clear-colored vinyl (1,500 units).  

As brutal as the production of Waldemar Sorychta is the diverse songwriting on the new studio album Epitome of Torture, a kind of tour de force through the history of thrash metal, featuring harsh arrangements, melodic solos and raging vocal attacks.  

your first look at Uncanny X-Men #2, from the chart-topping dream team of Brian Michael Bendis (All New X-Men) and Chris Bachalo (Wolverine & The X-Men). Unaware there’s a traitor in their midst, the new team of X-Men brought together by Cyclops enact the first step of their mutant revolution—which means finding out who’s let loose a new army of Sentinels. The truth will shock you! But just what does this all mean for Emma Frost?  

Shadow Kingdom Records has reissued and rereleased 70’s heavy rock/metal band Bolder Damn’s, Mourning.  

Turkish black metal act Yayla releases a new short film acting as a music video. The film is called “Integumental Grasp Through The Sigil Of Hate; Immortalizing The Nine Disguises Of Evil In Senility.” It presents the track “Integumental Grasp” from YAYLA’s forthcoming album Nihaihayat. You can see the video Here.  

Former lead singer of Three Days Grace, Adam Gontier stirred up a little bit more than fundraising this evening at Gramercy Theater. After the official announcement of his departure from his band on January 9th, there are more than just a few loose ends that fans would like tied up.  

Italian death metal band Logic of Denial proudly joins forces with Comatose Music for the February 12th release of Atonement. After performing at the renowned Neurotic Deathfest (NL) and recording the two track promo Incipit of Abhorrence in 2011, Logic Of Denial finally unleash their second full length album titled Atonement. Mastered at the mighty Hertz Studios and thematically focused on the fields of expiation and catharsis, this album features eleven tracks of blasting death metal brutality, where the process of atonement could represent the ravenous, sick, odd and contradictory side of human and in-human existence. Pre-orders for Atonement and a stream of opening track “Reek of Perpetual Infamy”... 

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the explosive first issue of Age Of Ultron #1! This March, enter the darkest days of the Marvel Universe as it’s heroes fight for from the blockbuster creative team of Brian Michael Bendis (All New X-Men, Avengers VS. X-Men) and Bryan Hitch (Ultimates, Fantastic Four).  

2013 is proving to already be a monumental year for Schecter Guitar Research as the company settles into its expanded headquarters in Sun Valley, CA, ramps up for MAJOR new gear announcements and continues to amass a stellar lineup of artists, which includes some of the biggest names in the recording and touring industries. To that note, the company is proud to announce the partnership with a true modern-day rock icon by signing Mötley Crüe / Sixx: A.M. bassist, NY Times bestselling author and radio host Nikki Sixx, adding even more fire power to its roster.