Ever since separating with Slayer, Dave Lombardo has been keeping himself busy with new projects and pre-existing ones. Dead Cross is the next project in line for him, and the result will surely appease anyone in favor of the more extreme side of music.  

Entertainment Tonight confirmed that Amber Heard, who has been recently rumored, is now confirmed to be playing Mera, wife to Aquaman. While details are currently under wraps Heard confirms that she will be a part of 2017’s Justice League film, as well as Aquaman in 2018.  

  Back in the early nineties, when the Seattle Grunge Sound was tearing through the Metal community, there was one band that was still plowing through and actually gaining traction, as band after band released music that was stalling at the gate. The irony was that this band also hailed from the state of Washington, but sounded nothing like their contemporaries coming from the same area. The band was Queensryche, and as anyone who knows Queensryche, this band has a unique a sound as any.  

Writer Joshua Williamson (BIRTHRIGHT) and artist Mike Henderson (Venom, Carnage) will launch a new story arc in their hit horror series NAILBITER this May.  

UK tech-metal band Monuments are currently scheduled to be returning to US soil for the first time in a little over a year this month. However, the band made an announcement on their Facebook yesterday afternoon, signaling some changes to their live show on this run.  

Long running metal icons, CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, will kick off an epic North American live takeover next month. The first leg of the journey kicks off on April 6th in Huntington, West Virginia and will run through April 15th in Poughkeepsie, New York with support provided by Mothership. The following evening the band will play a special one-off show with Eyehategod in Richmond, Virginia.  

This spring, Salt Lake City’s Visigoth will embark on their first national trek with headliners Night Demon! The heavy metal quintet will be touring in support of their recently released debut, The Revenant King, which delivers “real-deal old-school goods with power and swagger to spare” (Revolver Magazine). For a preview of their epic live show, be sure to check out the new video for “Dungeon Master” and “Mammoth Rider”, shot at the “Frost and Fire Festival” last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faLX38R6YBU  

Only the strong will survive. 20th Century Fox has released a brand NEW trailer for X-MEN: APOCALYPSE! Check out the trailer below, and get another look at Director Bryan Singer’s new X-Men film starring, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Oscar Isaac, Nicholas Hoult, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Sophie Turner, Olivia Munn, Lucas Till, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Alexandra Shipp, Josh Helman, Lana Condor, and Ben Hardy.  

Critically acclaimed writer/artist Farel Dalrymple (The Wrenchies, It Will All Hurt) will release a new edition of POP GUN WAR: GIFT this May.  

Wait, really? Yes, really! 2015’s overnight sensation is slicing and dicing her way into hearts and minds as well as her very own ongoing series! Hold on and hang tight world, because she’s THE UNBELIEVABLE GWENPOOL – and her first issue is coming at you this April from writer Christopher Hastings and artist Gurihiru!  

The Marvel Universe is at a crossroads. A new power has emerged, one that can predict the future—for good or ill— and the heroes of the Marvel Universe are faced with a choice: Wield the power of “predictive justice” to change the future as they see fit, or reject it and allow tomorrow to unfold unaltered.  

As one of the leading bands in the NWOAHM, Killswitch Engage’s 7th release manages to impress and keep the band’s uplifting brutality going strong into 2016. Not without some flaws, Incarnate shows the band improving, all the while being sure to keep their fans happy.