With all the excitement building up on The FLash, here comes the gang from Starling City to ramp things up for Barry and the crew. Check out all the action that’s coming up…  

When it was announced that Star Wars was returning to Marvel, everyone thought this would be a hit…but how much of a hit? 5 Printings worth!  

After all the hubbub of a long day, I love to throw on instrumental albums. No one is going to ask me how the hell I can listen to that noise, or how I can understand that guy yelling at me, or why is he saying FUCK so much?! Instrumental albums and bands allow for an open conversation about metal, and can really help people understand it’s all about a lot more than just defenestrating people or Satan being awesome. Today’s selection is the new S/T album from NY in 64 (or NY64, if you see that), so read further if you’re interested.  

In celebration of the release of the first-ever VAN HALEN live album with David Lee Roth, TOKYO DOME LIVE IN CONCERT, and to announce the band’s 2015 Summer/Fall North American Tour, VAN HALEN performed a special concert for Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, March 30, on Hollywood Boulevard, performing some of the band’s essential rock and roll classics. Portions of the concert aired last night on the late night talk show, with additional concert footage airing tonight. Jimmy Kimmel Live airs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. / 10:35 p.m. Central time on ABC.  

What happens when a mutant king achieves all his deepest desires? What happens when a warrior has no more war to fight? This August, return to the hallowed halls of the House of Magnus as writer Dennis Hopeless (Spider-Woman, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad) and artist Kris Anka (Uncanny X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex) bring you HOUSE OF M #1 – a new Secret Wars series!  

Like Death Metal? Like Death Metal you can understand, but still be brutal AF? Look no further than th enew album from Psychomancer, Inject the Worms! This slab of throwback death metal makes the blood-caked hairs on my arms shiver, so check the review after the break!  

Hot Lunch, the San Francisco-based band whose music was described by Thrasher as “a blast of ‘60s acid rock seemingly unearthed after decades of rock ’n’ roll mediocrity,” release the Slappy Sunday EP today via Scion Audio Visual  

From the intertwined throng of musicians who hail from New York acts Grey Skies Fallen, Buckshot Facelift, and others, a brand new musical entity is born with BRAVE THE WATERS, as the duo completes their debut EP for independent release this Spring.  

ABORTED will return to North America for a co-headlining tour with FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY.  Support will be from Archspire, Entheos & Dark Sermon.  The tour will kick off in Albany, NY on May 8th.  Tickets will go on sale this Monday, March 30th! Here are the dates:  

Today it was announced at Seattle’s Emerald City Comicon 2015 that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman has signed an exclusive contract with IDW Publishing, which will see all his new projects created solely with IDW.  

Evergreen Studios reunites bestselling science fiction author, David Weber with comic writer Matt Hawkins (THINK TANK) and artist Linda Sejic for an original Honorverse tale and the return of science fiction heroine, Honor Harrington in TALES OF HONOR: BRED TO KILL releasing in June.  

New York hardcore pioneers AGNOSTIC FRONT are set to release their new album The American Dream Diedone week from today in North America on Nuclear Blast.  Beginning today and running through this Sunday, The American Dream Died is streaming in its entirety.  Listen to the full album HERE, courtesy of Metal Hammer UK.