As previously announced, guitar virtuoso and musical genius Devin Townsend has been hard at work on the new DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT and Ziltoid2 records for the past few months, preparing the world for Ziltoid The Omniscient’s triumphant return and the follow-up to the critically acclaimed Epicloud! In support of this forthcoming epic double album due out in October, Hevy Devy will join ANIMALS AS LEADERS for a co-headlining tour in November/December with MONUMENTS as support.
There has been a lot of debate about the picture of Gal Gaddot released at San Diego Comic Con. Some fans of the decades old heroine are reeling with fiery anger about her appearance. Some are claiming that she’s too thin, not tall enough, or not ethnically approriate to play the Amazonian princess of power. Others are extremely pleased with the remade costume saying that it screams warrior and exudes girl power. As the differences clash there has been one thing that has become completely evident, DC comics better be stepping on eggshells to make sure that this famed female hero is done right.
Metal, Rasta, Punk infused heavyweights (Hed)p.e.’s new record Evolution has debuted on Billboard’s Top 200 this week at #105!! (Hed)p.e. who recently signed to Pavement Entertainment have been receiving rave reviews on the long awaited record. Additionally, the band is continuing to tour in support of the release with Powerman 5000 and later with Dope.
This coming November, the Marvel Universe’s newest star is about to show you why she’s the most dangerous in ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN #1 – the newest ongoing series launching as part of Avengers NOW! The star-studded creative team of Kieron Gillen, Marguerite Bennett, Phil Jimenez and Stephanie Hans show you a side of Angela you’ve never seen before, as she cuts a bloody swath across the Marvel Universe!
This September Stephen King’s fan-favorite Dark Tower epic returns to Marvel for an all-new beginning in THE DARK TOWER: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE – THE PRISONER #1! But first, Marvel is proud to officially unveil a brand new variant cover to the first issue by Eisner-award winning storyteller Skottie Young! Depicting the iconic Gunslinger Roland Deschain rendered in Skottie Young’s inimitable style – no Dark Tower fan should miss out on this hilarious variant cover when it hits comic shops next month!
UK drone/doom duo OMMADON, is set to release their monolithic new album, V, this month. OMMADON aim to achieve sonic annihilation of the self in their perpetual quest for heaviness. The fifth effort from the duo, both ex-members of Snowblood, continues in their quest to produce raw, heavy doom. Delivering two mammoth tracks of unadulterated sonic oppression, the appropriately titled fifth full-length, V — which clocks in at nearly ninety chest-caving minutes — was recorded completely live on The Hill Of Maud in the highlands of Scotland. Split across four sides of vinyl, the 180 gram double LP was mastered by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Eyehategod, High On Fire etc.) and worships at the altar of Teeth Of The...
This September, Tankcrimes will reissue the debut full-length from Oakland-born punishing sludge power trio, BRAINOIL. As long time contributors to the underground punk and metal scenes with members having collectively done time in Laudanum, Stormcrow, Watch Them Die, Destroy!, Dead Language, Grimple, Pig Heart Transplant and more, BRAINOIL‘s sludge style is chock full of up-tempo crust-inspired breaks and monstrously baked breakdowns undoubtedly suited for diehards of Black Cobra, Iron Lung, Iron Monkey, Dystopia, Whitehorse, Buzzov*en and El Dopa. Originally released on Life Is Abuse Records in 2003 but sold out for over five years, the monolithic Brainoil was recorded by Dan Rathburn at Polymorph Studios (Tragedy,...
