Prog metal outfit THIRD ION, featuring former members of THE DEVIN TOWNSEND BAND and INTO ETERNITY, has released debut album 13/8bit on Glasstone Records. 13/8Bit is available on CD format through the label and in digital format on iTunes. Album artwork comes courtesy of Harley K at Necrographix.  

See the blockbuster movie? Read the book that started it all! Hot off the heels of the announcement of the upcoming sequel, we’re pleased to announce that the original Kingsman: The Secret Service collection will receive a new printing this July with a brand new cover! Catch up on the story that started it all after the action-packed thriller comes home on DVD, Blu-Ray™ and Digital HD™.  

“ I never would have imagined so many worlds that have so many iterations…why do they resonate like this through time and space…what is so special about them? -Deimos Yes folks, they all matter, they all exist, and most of all…..their CONVERGING. DC’s Convergence plot is just what the doctor ordered in balancing the scales through time and space of every DC reality having a place within their own existing reality.  

Tennessee Death Squad COATHANGER ABORTION have debuted a new track from upcoming Comatose Music release Observations of Humanity (June 2)! Check it out after this tiny jump….  

“There was nothing, followed by everything…swirling, burning specks of creation that circled life-giving suns. God Doom…created the light.” -Rendition of Thor. This quote directly hit me after reading up on Marvel’s current “Secret Wars.” What makes this iteration different from writer Jim Shooter and artists Mike Zeck and Bob Layton’s Secret War run from 1984 to 1985?  

Tech-death gurus Cryptopsy have released a 45-second teaser video for their forthcoming EP, The Book of Suffering: Tome 1. Tome 1 is the first in a planned series of EPs collectively titled The Book of Suffering.  

Progressive Canadian heavies NECK OF THE WOODS have released their self-titled debut EP, Neck of the Woods.  

Most reviews in regards to season finales dwell on big spoilers, and cliffhangers that get us in gear for the next season. In regards to the season 2 finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D titled S.O.S and The Flash season 1 finale called Fast Enough, I contemplate the two separate and vital styles between Marvel and DC’s emotionality of characters.  

BABYMETAL–the Japan-based all-girl-fronted “Kawaii Metal” (mix of J-Pop Idol and Heavy Metal) group–have premiered the bonus tracks “Road of Resistance” and “Gimme Chocolate!!” (Live at O2 Academy Brixton, London), both of which are featured on the forthcoming re-release of their 2014 critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. The re-release, available in the U.S. only via RAL/Sony Music Entertainment, will be available digitally tomorrow (5/12) and physically on Tuesday, June 16. Meanwhile, Mexico will see the physical release Monday, May 18.  

VIZ Media, the largest distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, will deliver the series finale of one of anime’s most venerated series with the home media release of INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT on High Definition Blu-ray and Standard Edition DVD on May 26th.  

Slayer have been in the studio for a while recording their new album after signing an exclusive seal with Nuclearblast America. Now, exclusive news coming from the Slayer camp…  

Dark Horse is now revealing new additions to their successful ongoing line of figures based on the hit HBO® series Game of Thrones®!