Making waves in the digital realm today, superstar comic creator Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four, The Red Wing) announced the digital release of not only his new creator-owned Image Comics series The Manhattan Projects, but also the release of an exclusive digital collection of all his previously published creator-owned work through Image Comics. This digital exclusive collection, Test Pattern, is available only on the Comics by comiXology platform —including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire and the Web.  

HELL YEAH #1, the debut of a new Image Comics series by Joe Keatinge (GLORY) and Andre Szymanowicz has sold out ahead of its release today, March 7. The issue has immediately gone back to press and a second printing (JAN128123) will be in stores on April 4, the same day that HELL YEAH #2 (FEB120507) is released.  

“Year Of The Metal Tiger” is the second Ignitor album with Jason McMaster (Dangerous Toys, Watchtower, Evil United) on vocals. Influenced by 80s masters Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Metallica, Ignitor’s music is a blend of classic true metal with the power of today’s greats like Primal Fear, Grave Digger and Brainstorm.  

Czech death metallers BRUTALLY DECEASED kick into 2012 with a vinyl release of debut album entitled Dead Lovers’ Guide. Originally released on CD via Lavadome 17 months ago, the album represents an immense death metal outburst in the best, old school Swedish tradition.  

In April 2012  Mexico’s INFINITUM OBSCURE will set sail towards European soil for their first time since the band’s inception 12 years ago. The ‘CONGREGATION OF THE OBSCURE – European Tour 2012’ , featuring Dead Congregation from Greece and INFINITUM OBSCURE, is presented by Germany’s Iron Bonehead Productions and will range across five European countries (Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and Poland) for a total of seven shows. For more info, visit www.ironbonehead.de  

In April 2012 Mexico’s INFINITUM OBSCURE will set sail towards European soil for their first time since the band’s inception 12 years ago.  

Bury the Light, the highly-anticipated fifth album from US melodic/power metal champions PHARAOH, is now available in North America via Cruz Del Sur Music.  

Chaos Records has announced the signing of Mexico City’s THE SUFFERING. Forming in 1996 for the express purpose of crossing Mexican ancient and Swedish old school Death Metal, THE SUFFERING released one well received self-titled demo in 1998, but are now prepared to unleashed Hell with their full-length debut via Chaos Records later this year.  Featuring ex and current members of CENOTAPH and DENIAL, THE SUFFERING’s long await debut is guaranteed to set the world aflame. We’ll keep you posted on all the evildoings.  

Listenable Records is offering fans a free 22-track sampler, which is now available for streaming and download at sampler.listenable.net. The album, which features tracks from many Listenable’s dynamic and diverse roster of artists – past and present – includes Gojira, Svart Crown, Sarah Jezebel Deva, 77, Hate, Serpent Cult and many more.  Full sampler tracklisting below:  

Earlier this year, San Diego’s brutal death metal/slam outfit Pathology completed a successful 3-week west coast headlining tour that also went down into Mexico for 4 shows.  

More than 20 years after they were originally recorded and for the first time packaged as a domestic release, Goomba Music is proud to offer, In Times of Solitude the pre-amble album from one of doom metal’s pioneering bands, Solitude Aeturnus.  

American black metal outfit ABIGAIL WILLIAMS’ latest tour is now currently underway. Billed as support for almighty death metal legion Deicide on the March Of Death 2012 tour, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS are performing all new material from their recently released third LP Becoming, released worldwide via Candlelight Records in January. With Jungle Rot and Lecherous Nocturne also providing support for the entire trek, this shall prove to be one of the year’s heaviest tours so far as it storms across the continent through the end of the month.