Congratulations are due to Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD for winning a Juno Award (Canadian equivalent to the Grammy Awards) for “Metal/Hard Music Album Of The Year” for their current studio effort “The Wake”, which was released via Century Media Records worldwide last September.
The enigmatic frontman Jeffrey Nothing has teamed up with fellow former MUSHROOMHEAD guitarist Thomas Church and former Motograter, The Browning drummer Noah “Shark” Robertson; as well as vocalist Ian D Sniesak and bassist Kahler Jakee Hatrix from the band SKIN! The group will hit the road in May 2019 with support from JUNK, featuring actor Billy Blair who has appeared in films such as Rob Zombie’s upcoming horror flick 3 From Hell, as well as Alita: Battle Angel, Machete, Machete Kills, The Last Stand, Jonah Hex, and Sin City: A Dame To Kill For, among many more.
acclaimed writer Donny Cates (Thanos, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange) announced ABSOLUTE CARNAGE – Marvel’s epic summer event! Beginning in Free Comic Book Day Spider-Man/Venom #1 (out May 5), the blockbuster event starts in August (although fans will see the threads reaching as far back as Amazing Spider-Man 252 with connections to almost every Venom and Carnage story since) and re-teams Cates with Venom’s Ryan Stegman and colorist Frank Martin for the deadliest story in the Marvel Universe!
Century Media Records is pleased to announce the signing of legendary metal band DEMONS & WIZARDS for a worldwide collaboration. Founded in 1999 by Hansi Kürsch (Blind Guardian) and Jon Schaffer (Iced Earth), DEMONS & WIZARDS released two highly acclaimed albums Demons & Wizards (1999) and Touched by the Crimson King (2005). Currently, the band is busy recording the highly anticipated third studio album (title TBD), which is scheduled to be released in early 2020.
Atlanta, GA’s metal quartet CLOAK have announced additional U.S. tour dates in support of UADA. CLOAK will be joining the tour on April 14 in Detroit, MI and will remain on the run through April 25 in Seattle, WA. After the tour concludes, the band will next be performing a one-off hometown show as support for GOATWHORE on May 17 in Atlanta, GA. Label-mates WITHERED will also be joining the band for this show.
Ultracon welcomes Pro Voice actor Andy Field who is best known as the “friendly” voice of Hand Unit, the smooth-talking computer guide through Five Nights at Freddy’s: Sister Location, and the tutorial voice in Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria Simulator! He’s also in the fast-paced sci-fi shooter Nelo and makes terrifying sounds for the zombie survival game Contagion.
Sweden’s melodic death/doom metal masters OCTOBER TIDE, feat. ex-Katatonia guitarists Fredrik and Mattias Norrman, premiere the first single from their upcoming, sixth studio album, “In Splendor Below”. The album is set to be released on May 17th worldwide via Agonia Records, while the new track titled “I, The Polluter”
Adult Swim Singles have teamed with grindcore luminaries Pig Destroyer for the 31st installment of the current program. “Cameraman” is Pig Destroyer’s first release since last year’s highly acclaimed album Head Cage, which itself was the first album in six years from the prolific outfit. The new single mines a similar territory as the preceding album; an aggressive and sonically rich Venn diagram of grindcore and noise rock with touches of industrial swagger.
