So with all the buzz about who will be the new Batman in the up coming issue of Batman #41, Free Comic Book Day brings us the answer in the form of “DIVERGENCE”  

What makes the Golden age of comics fascinating? Was it the more simpler time and old fashioned middle town America that was highlighted within the panels? Perhaps it was the politics of the time ranging from World War 2 and the war effort, or the whole “red scare” and its paranoid ideals seeping into American ideals.  

  Chris Barnes is a Heavy Metal vocalist who spent 26 years innovating the Rock movement. From 1988 to 1993, Barnes spent time with his band Cannibal Corpse from Buffalo New York, by which he branched off in 1993 with his current band Six Feet Under stemming from Tampa Florida.  

Currently out and shredding hearts and airwaves, the new release from Royal Thunder, Crooked Doors, is a slab of sad, heavy rock that that tells you exactly what the heart feels in its dark times. WIth copy in computer, Metal Machine brings you the review of Crooked Doors!  

West Coast crust collective, TEMPLE OF DAGON, will unleash their Revelations Of The Spirit EP this June via Black Voodoo Records.  

New Jersey tech-death monsters COGNITIVE will kick-off a string of dates leading up to next month’s ‘Brutal Grooves and Grinding Moves’ U.S. tour.  

Ohio-based hardcore/metal outfit ENABLER will be releasing a limited edition 7″/digital single titled, By Demons Denied. Available on June 2nd, the single will contain an extended version of “By Demons Denied” that will be appear on their upcoming Century Media debut full-length, Fail to Feel Safe, along with two exclusive b-sides, “The Flame” and “Some Things Are Worth Living For”. Artwork for the single was done by Christopher Smith and can be seen above.  

This May, witness the strangest Battleworld has to offer as untold tales of this new, patchwork planet unfold in SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1! Jam packed with two explosive stories each issue, experience the Secret Wars from a completely new side as rising star creators bring you high octane adventure!