Steve Vai has announced he will host and serve as the musical director for “The Big Mama Jama Jam-a-thon” — an open, improvisational music/art event where the music doesn’t stop for 52 hours — to be held Sept. 28-30, 2018 at Musicians Institute’s brand new venue, LiveHouse, in Los Angeles, California.  

Tribulation have set a Sept. 14 release date for the “Nightbound” 7-inch, featuring the song taken from the band’s early 2018 album, Down Below, coupled with a live recording of the track, as well as a previously unreleased instrumental demo version.  

Death metal legends OBITUARY return to the US in September with Exmortus. The headlining East Coast tour begins September 1st in Carrboro, NC and ends September 16th in Ocala, FL. All confirmed tour dates are available below.  

This November/December, The Black Dahlia Murder will continue its support of their internationally acclaimed Nightbringers album with a new round of tour dates. The run will include a stop at the inaugural Los Angeles version of Decibel Magazine’s Metal and Beer fest. Support along the way comes from friends in Power Trip, Pig Destroyer, Ghoul, Midnight, Khemmis, Gost, Skeletal Remains, Devourment, and Havok.  

Designer Melita Curphy, co-writers Singgih Nugroho and Ryan Cady, and artist Sami Basri (Batgirl, WITCHBLADE) will release DISSONANCE, VOL. 1 this September from Image Comics/Top Cow.  

Redemption released their seventh full-length, Long Night’s Journey into Day – the first to be produced with Jacob Hansen (Volbeat, Primal Fear, Amaranthe, Doro, etc.). Today, the band has released a new track from the album: “New Year’s Day”, a cover version of U2‘s classic song – which can be heard at:  

From executive producers David S. Gover and Greg Berlanti, The Hellblazer is back in an all-new twisted tale of mystery, intrigue and the occult with Constantine: City of Demons, a full-length, R-rated feature film based on the acclaimed DC animated series from CW Seed. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Blue Ribbon Content and DC Entertainment, the action-packed movie will be distributed by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment starting October 9, 2018 on Ultra HD Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, and Digital.  

GWAR has released LP re-issues of the classic albums “Carnival of Chaos”, “Ragnarök” and “This Toilet Earth” via Metal Blade Records.   

HAKEN, one of progressive music’s most exciting bands, have announced details of their much-anticipated fifth studio album titled ‘Vector’, due for release on the October 26th, 2018. The album was produced by the band themselves, and recorded & mixed by Adam ‘Nolly’ Getgood (Periphery, Devin Townsend Project), with the artwork once again being handled by Blacklake.  

The iconic Mega Man video game franchise continues to celebrate its 30th anniversary throughout 2018 with the recently released Mega Man X: Legacy Collection, a new animated series – Mega Man: Fully Charged – premiering in August, and all-new game – Mega Man 11 – hitting consoles in October. UDON is likewise giving the blue bomber some special birthday treatment with prestigious new hardcover editions of two previously sold-out Mega Man art books.  

Celebrate New Comic Book Day with the gift of FREE digital comics! By purchasing any of the print issues below, you’ll have the chance to redeem not only the digital version of the comic you just bought, but also the first chapter in CLOAK AND DAGGER’s all-new crime series by Dennis Hopeless and David Messina!