Following two festival performances – Bangers Open Air in São Paulo, Brazil and Sonic Temple Festival in Columbus, Ohio respectively – heavy metal icons ARMORED SAINT will enter the studio next month to begin recording their long-awaited ninth studio album, tentatively slated for a Spring 2026 release through Metal Blade Records.  

This fall, shock rock legend Alice Cooper and heavy metal trailblazers Judas Priest will share the stage for an epic co-headlining tour across North America. Produced by Live Nation, the 22-city run kicks off September 16 at Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, MS, and stops in Toronto, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and more before wrapping October 26 at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands, TX  

Today Skybound and Image Comics announced the all-new comic book series Ghost Pepper, from rising star creator/writer/artist/letterer Ludo Lullabi (TRANSFORMERS, Battle Chasers) and colorist Adriano Lucas (Destro). The debut issue of the exclusive new action series about forgotten heroes, cutthroat food trucks, and saving the world…again, will arrive in comic book shops on July 16, 2025.  

The memories might be fuzzy, but Weedeater always remember a good time. Six years ago, the Cape Fear legends commemorated the 10th anniversary of God Luck and Good Speed by hitting the road with their heavy Appalachian statesmen Bask. Now, they’re ready for a re-up.  

Marvel’s greatest cosmic hero headlines a new epic this June in DEATH OF THE SILVER SURFER! Written by Greg Pak (Planet Hulk, Darth Vader) and drawn by Sumit Kumar (Web of Spider-Verse, Spider-Man: Black Suit & Blood), the five-issue limited series promises a tragic fate for Norrin Radd as a new enemy that even the Power Cosmic can’t overcome rises in might!  

Italian doom metal alchemists MESSA will release their new full-length, The Spin, on April 11th through their new label home of Metal Blade Records.  

SIX FEET UNDER will join Nile for a US co-headlining tour this Winter! The Revenge Of The Underground Tour 2025 begins January 7th in Nashville, Tennessee and runs through February 22nd in Houston, Texas. Support will be provided by Psycroptic and Embryonic Autopsy. Additionally, the tour will include several SIX FEET UNDER one-off shows scattered throughout.  

 “Album ONE Alive!” marks the 40th anniversary of the release of W.A.S.P.’s first album. To celebrate this classic metal album, W.A.S.P. will, for the first time in 40 years, play the entire album from top to bottom, start to finish at headline shows across Europe. In addition, W.A.S.P. will be appearing at a number of European festivals, performing their greatest hits.  

Because Doom demanded it—Tiger Division returns this March! When Doctor Doom’s rule begins in ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM, a new status quo-shifting event starting in February, Marvel’s powerhouse South Korean super hero team will fall in line in DOOM’S DIVISION, a five-issue tie-in comic book series written by Yoon Ha Lee, award-winning writer of the Machineries of Empire series, who made his comics debut in X-Men: The Wedding Special #1; and drawn by all-star artist Minkyu Jung, known for his acclaimed work on Doctor Aphra and Ms. Marvel.  

System Of A Down announces three massive stadium events. Produced by Live Nation, the performances will take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, on August 28 with Korn; Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, on August 31 with Avenged Sevenfold; and conclude at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, ON, on September 3 with Deftones. Special guests Polyphia and Wisp will open for all three shows.  

NAPALM DEATH and THE MELVINS trek across the U.S. this Spring, joining forces for the next chapter of their legendary “Savage Imperial Death March” tour.  

Three-time Grammy-nominated hard rock heavyweights and platinum-selling band Killswitch Engage – Jesse Leach, vocals; Adam Dutkiewicz, guitar; Joel Stroetzel, guitar; Mike D’Antonio, bass; and Justin Foley, drums – are pleased to announce their new album THIS CONSEQUENCE. It arrives February 21 via Metal Blade. Pre-order it here. The band has also shared the video for first single “Forever Aligned.” Watch below…. “‘Forever Aligned’ is one of those songs that is not just about us as humans, our love, and connection, but that connection to the unknown, the greater power, the universe, or God,” explains Leach. “It feels like a really good first song to...