Norwegian Occult Heavy Metal band MAGISTER TEMPLI have released the exclusive stream of “Slaying Apophis“, as well as an in-depth interview. Get it all at this location!  

eOne Music duo DARK SERMON and BLACK CROWN INITIATE have announced support dates with CATTLE DECAPITATION in September. The dates will serve in support of Dark Sermon’s new LP due out in a few weeks.  

Los Angeles based hip-hop/metal veterans Hollywood Undead will return to the road in North America this fall touring in support of their latest album Day of the Dead.  The 33-date tour will also feature Crown The Empire & I Prevail on most dates.  

Starting in 2016, DC Entertainment will publish the first collections of the New DC Universe (DCU) series that made their debut in periodical form this past June. The DCU now offers an even more diverse and accessible slate of books to a wider group of readers by introducing a more expansive and contemporary line of comics. These collections are a perfect starting point for new readers, and fans of these new series can now purchase the first story arcs in book form.  

Phoenix, Arizona-based death metal quintet, VEHEMENCE, is preparing to return to full-time deployment this year, with new tour dates coming together around their anxiously awaited first new album in over a decade, Forward Without Motion, confirmed for release through Battleground Records in October.  

Burn Halo has announced the Wolves Of War Tour 2015 in the likeness of their forthcoming LP. “I’ve never been more excited to go on tour,” says guitarist Joey Roxx. “I cant wait for everyone to hear the new material and see what we’re going to bring live!” The band is enlisting support from Southern California compatriots HEARTIST and newcomers COURAGE MY LOVE.  

Following their recent North American expedition supporting Superjoint and King Parrot on the successful It Takes Guts tour 2015, Detroit’s favorite punk/metal/noise rock eccentrics, CHILD BITE, take to the streets again later this week for a short run of live abrasions supporting Down! Preparing for liftoff this Thursday August 6th in Louisville, Kentucky the band will antagonize ten locales including a performance at Dirt Fest in Birch Run, Michigan and Gwar B-Q in Richmond, Virginia with the caravan of chaos coming to a close on August 16th in Wilmington, North Carolina. Additional support will be provided by Mountain Of Wizard.  

Their legend echoes through history. Ancient warriors and wielders of the legendary Ebony Blade. Champions of their own destiny. But what do you do when it’s your destiny…to be damned? Find out this November as the creative team of Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and Luca Pizzari (Red Skull) bring you BLACK KNIGHT #1 – a brand-new ongoing series launching as part of All-New, All-Different Marvel!  

This September, the sold out, multiple printing, smash-hit returns for an all-new tale! Journey back into the exciting depths of your own imagination with FIGMENT 2 #1 – the newest series under the Disney Kingdoms line! Continuing the unique collaboration between Marvel and Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney Kingdoms titles bring you new adventures inspired by beloved lands, attractions, characters and worlds of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts!  

As 20 Buck Spin prepares to release Darkness Evermore, the sophomore full-length from Portland-based NIGHTFELL, the label has issued the cover art, track listing and confirmed vinyl release date for the anxiously awaited album.  

Following their maiden trip across the Pacific last year, Australia’s gruesome twosome, DEAD, has washed back onto US soil for another putrid invasion of our Western shores, with a month-long tour beginning this evening. In celebration of the new expedition, the band has unveiled their impressive new major budget “Nakaken” video, hailing from their latest LP, Captains Of Industry.  

This November, Philip H. Anselmo’s Housecore Horror Fest will celebrate its third year of audio and visual bedlam. Set to commence in San Antonio, Texas at the Aztec Theater (201 E Commerce St.) on November 13th -15th, 2015, the horror-themed film and metal gala promises to be louder, gorier and more bludgeoning than ever before boasting two film-screening rooms, multiple vendors, special artist signings throughout the weekend and what’s morphing into one of the most debilitating lineups of the year!