In their heyday, the top American comic books sold over 60 million copies a month! Today, collecting comics is still a hobby enjoyed by many. In The Classic Era of American Comics (October 2013, $24.95, Carlton Books) author Nicky Wright takes us from the 1930s into the 1950s, telling the fascinating story of the comic book – from its rise through its decline, due to the self-censorship imposed by Congress and churches.
The epic climax of Activision and Treyarch’s Call of Duty®: Black Ops II Downloadable Content (DLC) Season Pass culminates with Apocalypse. Available first on the Xbox Live® online entertainment network from Microsoft on August 27, the game’s fourth and final DLC Pack delivers four thrilling and diverse multiplayer maps, and the all-new wildly creative Zombies experience – “Origins”.
Acclaimed hard rock band Five Finger Death Punch’s highly anticipated The Wrong Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell Volume 1 (Prospect Park in North America / Eleven Seven in all other territories) has debuted as a global success. The album has achieved career highs for the band, with a mainstream chart debut at #2 in The United States, #3 in Canada, #4 in Germany, alongside impressive entries in other territories across the globe. The lead single “Lift Me Up” (featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest) is currently #1 on the U.S. Active Rock charts for the third consecutive week. The successful debut exhibits that Five Finger Death Punch is challenging the notion that “Rock...
Join TERROR for the heaviest hardcore tour of the year as they hit the road with FUCKED UP, POWER TRIP, and CODE ORANGE KIDS. Starting October 4th in Mesa, AZ, watch TERROR deliver hit after hit, including songs from their latest album, Live By The Code. Watch TERROR’s music video for “I’m Only Stronger” and gear up for a very exciting second round of tour dates which will welcome another hardcore band to the line-up.
Ipecac has confirmed the Oct. 29 release of Mutation’s Error 500, an album willfully devious, devilishly out-of-line and sonically uninhibited. Drawing musicians from a ménage of disciplines and repute, Mutation is a band unlike any other, counting amongst their ranks Shane Embury (Napalm Death), Ginger Wildheart (The Wildhearts) and Jon Poole (Cardiacs), with guest appearances from Mark E Smith (The Fall) and Merzbow. The resulting reaction is an eight-man beast that exists to challenge the listener’s preconceived ideas of extreme music, steeped in volatility, and wholly unapologetic.
In celebration of their 25th anniversary, New Orleans’ legendary purveyors of hardcore, blues-based, post-amplified audio wreckage, EYEHATEGOD, are pleased to announce three very special performances next month. The ruckus begins September 13 where EYEHATEGOD will return to the Ottobar in Baltimore for the first time since 2009, alongside New York Hardcore progenitors Agnostic Front and Cro Mags and the original lineup of LA crossover legends Final Conflict! That same weekend, EYEHATEGOD will cause maritime chaos for the second time as part of The Rocks Off Boatshow! Confirmed dates and ticket links are included below.
Masters of medieval metal, the mighty GWAR, are poised to return to the world of man as today they announced the first leg of their massive “Madness at the Core of Time” world tour, in support of their new album, Battle Maximus, which is out September 17th on Metal Blade Records. The tour, which features a completely brand-new show full of slavering creatures and deserving victims, is set to kick off October 2nd in Columbus, Ohio and runs through November 17th in Washington, DC. Tickets go on sale this Friday, August 2nd.
Katatonia, Sweden’s master of dark rock, has announced a co-headlining North American tour, “Uncrowned & Vertikal Tour,” with Cult of Luna plus special guests Intronaut and TesseracT. The two-week run will commence September 23 in Boston, Mass. VIP packages will be available next week, along with the public on-sales beginning Friday, August 9.
