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.  

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.  

The DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT has released their new CD/DVD set, The Retinal Circus, today in the USA via InsideOut Music! Featuring a three hour plus performance that spans Devin Townsend’s entire career, the live show takes place at London’s historic Roundhouse venue and includes a full choir and theatrical cast, visual and aural enhancements unlike any concert Devin has done to date, several special guests, circus performances and more.  

The revolution has started. KILL DEVIL HILL are proud to announce the release of ‘REVOLUTION RISE’, the band’s sophomore album and Century Media Records debut. On-sale today in North America, ‘REVOLUTION RISE’ is available now in your favorite record stores, via iTunes (featuring exclusive bonus tracks “Revolution Rise” and an acoustic version of album closer “Life Goes On”), and at Amazon for the digital sale price of $7.99. Exclusive and unique bundles are also available through both CM Distro and the KILL DEVIL HILL online store.  

TÝR will be joining Children of Bodom on their “Halo of Blood over North America” tour in early 2014. The tour will embark on February 14th in Quebec City and wraps up on March 28 and 29 with back-to-back shows at Irving Plaza in New York, NY. Additional supporting acts are TBA with announcements coming soon. Tickets and premium packages are available now exclusively at SHOWstubs.com. General tickets will go on sale on Friday, November 8th at 10:00am local time.  

HAMMERCULT has released the first in a series of teasers for their new studio album Steelcrusher. Steelcrusherwill be released as CD and colored vinyl version on February 4, 2014 in North America via Sonic Attack / SPV  

Chicago’s DIAMOND PLATE are due to kick off a US tour supporting Bay Area thrashers DEATH ANGEL tomorrow – Saturday, October 19th – at the world-famous Whisky A Go Go in Hollywood.  

This January, Deadpool goes where no Deadpool has gone before – to the…dead? Marvel is proud to present your first look at Night of the Living Deadpool #1 – from Cullen Bunn, the writer behind the trilogy of Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Deadpool Killustrated, and Deadpool Kills Deadpool and artist Ramon Rosanas!  

This January, experience the next epic from the Godfather of the Zombie Apocalypse himself – George A. Romero! Marvel is proud to announce Empire of the Dead, an all-new comic series written by George A. Romero with stunning art by Alex Maleev and gorgeous NYC-themed variant covers by Arthur Suydam!  

With the release of their self-titled debut LP still fresh, having infiltrated store and distro shelves for public disbursement on September 10th, via Six Weeks Records, Portland punks TRANSIENT will embark on their massive American tour in support of the platter this weekend.  

You’re a legendary, pioneering rock star,  you’ve headlined sold-out gigs all over the world, indulged in every rock’n’roll decadence imaginable, survived drug addiction and alcohol abuse, crossed paths with the likes of Madonna, Courtney Love, Robert Plant and Johnny Depp, and released a revealing and critically-acclaimed autobiography.  You’ve done all this and lived to tell the tale…so, what do you do next?  Well, if you’re Ministry’s Al Jourgensen, you join forces with British dark-artist Sam Shearon, a.k.a. “Mister-Sam,” to create a series of comic books and become a super hero yourself.  

“DREAM THEATER,” the milestone new album from Roadrunner Records group Dream Theater, has made a spectacular debut atop Billboard’s “Hard Rock Albums” chart, while simultaneously entering at #7 on the overall Billboard 200. This marks the GRAMMY-nominated group’s third consecutive top 10 debut, and also sees “DREAM THEATER” making top 5 chart “Cambria”,”serif”;”>debuts in Japan, Germany, Italy, Canada, Argentina, Switzerland, Holland, and Finland, as well as top 10 debuts in  Denmark, Austria, and Norway with career high debuts in the United Kingdom and Australia. “DREAM THEATER,” which was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios in Glen Cove,...