Flash back to Rockstar’s Mayhem Festival about ten years ago. Every year I would attend this all-day event and the tour would cycle in newer bands to open the show up. Sometimes you’d get lucky and some memorable acts would come out of this touring circuit, and yet some years you’d get a band that was only getting their time to shine for five minutes. If you were lucky they’d return another year or go on to do another tour with one of the headliners again during the fall, but that was a rare case. Such is the worry I had with Astronoid, as I’d feared that their first album would be the peak for the band. What with their dreamscape-style atmospheres and adrenaline-charged riffing, it was hopefully not going... 

Stoner death metallers CANNABIS CORPSE will be embarking on an extensive North American tour this spring in support of PSYCROPTIC. The two-month long trek will kick off on April 12 in Brooklyn, NY at Gold Sounds and will conclude on May 8 in Philadelphia, PA at Voltage Lounge. The full itinerary can be found below.  

Failure take their recently released album, In The Future Your Body Will Be The Furthest Thing From Your Mind, on the road this Spring, kicking off a 7-week trek across North America on March 11 in Phoenix.  

IDW Publishing is proud to announce the perfect pairing of acclaimed writer/artist Michael Avon Oeming and pop culture’s enduring icon of law and order in Dick Tracy Forever, a four-issue miniseries debuting in April.  

Madrid (Spain) – Traditional heavy metal rockers FRENZY will release debut album Blind Justice February 4 on Underground Power Records.  

Entertainment One (eOne) has licensed the complete back catalog of Black Label Society (BLS), the hard rock group led by American guitar icon Zakk Wylde. In addition to the band’s last three albums which were released on eOne, the Company has licensed the following titles: Sonic Brew, Stronger Than Death, 1919 Eternal, The Blessed Hellride, Hangover Music Vol. VI, Mafia, and Shot to Hell. Fans can expect these titles in never-before-released formats over the next few years.  

All good things must come to an end… and having a great build up helps! Dynamite Entertainment announces KISS: THE END, a rocking new series to celebrate the legendary eponymous band’s upcoming history-making farewell “End of the Road Tour.”  

Rockers Tremonti have just released another music video for the latest single from the band’s Napalm Records release, A Dying Machine. “Throw Them To The Lions” is an up-tempo metal song, something that Tremontihas come to be known for over their multiple releases through the years.  

Are you troubled by strange noises in the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? Have you or your family actually seen a spook, specter, or ghost? If the answer is yes, then four fearless Ghostbuster teams are here to serve your supernatural elimination needs, courtesy of IDW!  

In April 2019, IDW Publishing will proudly debut the first chapter of Ghost Tree, a four-issue miniseries that takes readers on a journey from the dark forests of Japan to the ethereal realm beyond. Written by Bobby Curnow (Ward’s Valley, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Ghost Tree is illustrated by Simon Gane (They’re Not Like Us, Godzilla) and colored by Ian Herring (Ms. Marvel).  

Image Comics is pleased to announce that New York Times bestselling DIE #1, 3rd ptg covercreator Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine) and artist Stephanie Hans’ Die #1 will be rushed to a third printing in order to keep up with growing demand.  

Grammy-winning hard rock band Halestorm today announced a month-long North American tour, kicking off April 12that Ladson, SC’s 98 Rockfest and running through Columbus, OH’s Sonic Temple Fest, with dates across the continent, including a stop at Mexico City’s Domination Festival in early May. Tickets go on-sale this Friday, January 25th, at 10 AM local time.