Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden has weighed in as one of the first readers to behold Sub Pop Records cofounder Bruce Pavitt‘s highly anticipated debut book EXPERIENCING NIRVANA: Grunge in Europe, 1989. This eight-day travelogue across Italy, Switzerland, France, and England tracks unknown Seattle bands Nirvana, Tad, and Mudhoney as they venture out of the Pacific Northwest and woo the fickle crowds of underground Europe.
Gothic-doom metallers PARADISE LOST have released their 25th anniversary compilation, Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities), today in North America! To purchase Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities), please visit iTunes for a digital copy or CM Distro for a mint green 10″ vinyl (USA exclusive color; limited to 300 copies) with a CD insert.
It’s the Mighty Marvel team up you demanded – introducing “LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: Maximum Overload”, an all-new animated shorts series launching exclusively online! Now’s your chance to experience Marvel’s popular Super Heroes including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and Spider-Man who join forces to fight the super villains no single hero can defeat in this original, all-new story bringing you the Marvel Universe like you’ve never seen it before in a LEGO scale!
SOiL will join All That Remains and Motionless In White for a US tour Beginning November 26 in Reno, NV and carrying through to December 15 in Albany, NY. This tour will continue in support of SOiL’s 6th studio album “Whole” which was released August 20 and features the return of original Vocalist Ryan McCombs.
DC Entertainment continues the small screen turn out of it’s stable of Superheroes. Next up…Hourman. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that the series is being developed at the CW Network. Michael Caleo (Ironside, The Sopranos) will pen the script and executive produce the drama alongside Dan Lin and Lin Pictures’ head of television, Jennifer Gwartz, for Warner Bros. Television
or 15 years, The Expendables have been tearing down venues with their infectious blend of reggae and punk, littered with just a hint of 80’s guitar. Today, Silverback Management in conjunction with Golightly Media are excited to announce that the Santa Cruz locals will once again be hitting the road later this year for the annual, Winter Blackout Tour, with support from friends Stick Figure and Seedless. The energetic reggae-rockers are fresh off the massive, Cabin By The Sea Tour, which saw the four-piece perform over 40 shows across the States and Canada, in support of friends and fellow rockers, Dirty Heads.
So the Interwebs are a buzz with the recent blurb on Facebook from creator Jim Starlin. Seems he’s working on a certain project for Marvel that won’t be released till next summer…check out his comment! “Just finished the last page of a 100 page story I’ve written and penciled for Marvel Comics. But at this time I can’t say what exactly the project is. Details will be released when I can release them. Look for it next summer!” Jim Starlin Facebook
WaterTower Music today announced details of the soundtrack to “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” a production of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), the second in a trilogy of films by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The soundtrack will be released on December 10, 2013, three days before the December 13 release of the film, and will be available both digitally and as a 2 CD set. A Special Edition soundtrack, featuring twelve extended tracks, a bonus track, expanded liner notes and interactive sheet music will also be available. Fans will be able to preorder the album at both iTunes and Amazon...
COVENANT, the classic third album from Floridian death metal legends MORBID ANGEL, is available now on Full Dynamic Range vinyl LP. Originally released in 1993, COVENANT has been reissued on limited edition vinyl to celebrate its 20th anniversary. The album has been specially remastered from the original tapes in Full Dynamic Range (FDR) audio, allowing the music’s nuances to shine through and giving the album a more ferocious, immersive and dynamic sound than ever before.
Lionsgate has just unveiled a new poster for the upcoming sci-fi, action movie, I, FRANKENSTEIN! In a dystopic present, Victor Frankenstein’s monster, Adam, is caught in the battle between the virtuous gargoyles and beastly demons over the fate of humanity. As an immortal, Adam is the key to victory. From the producers of UNDERWORLD and starring Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, and Yvonne Strahovski, this film will have you on the edge of your seat! Check out the new poster NOW!
As the most highly anticipated nerd fest event on the east coast there are a lot of great expectations to live up to. With a chalk full line up of stars, vendors, panels, and companies New York Comic Con 2013 shined brightly against San Diego’s convention with their own North East flare and stamina. Every day had multiple amazing things to offer and so many events for con-goers to attend.
There have been very few men in the history of comic book villains who have been able to portray the role of The Joker properly. The role requires a beautifully crafted and enthusiastic individual to be able to soundly portray the qualities that define the character. With the interpretation of DC comics balancing the line of rise and fall of success and failure through out the years, it should come as no surprise that the Arkham Games have completely pounded the nail on the head.
