Salt Lake City’s Visigoth have released the debut single from their upcoming full length album, due out in early 2015. The purveyors of true heavy metal have unleashed Dungeon Master across all digital music outlets! Download now via iTunes or Amazon MP3, and stream on Spotify! The band will also be joining King Diamond and Jess and the Ancient Ones as the openers for the October 26th show at The Complex in Salt Lake City, UT!  

Good news for fans of 2012’s Dredd film; a mini-series is on the way. Spearheaded by executive producer Adi Shankar and available for free online; this series will focus on the Dark Judges. That’s right, those Dark Judges. Read more after the cut.  

Tucson, Arizona metal henchmen LETHAL DOSAGE today begin their latest live expedition into human populations in search of debauchery of all forms, as the Completely Meaningless Party Tour kicks off in Anaheim, California. With support from Evasion on all dates, the band will smoke out Ventura, San Jose, Las Vegas, and Tempe, before blazing their hometown on October 11th.  

Dark Horse announces the next series from visionary artist and designer Dean Motter: Mister X: Razed. The intrigue in Radiant City never sleeps in this tale that is both Christmas story and murder mystery. With the start of a new series, Mister X: Razed serves as a great jumping-on point for new readers!  

Black Map, the Northern California trio from members of Dredg (Mark Engles), Far (Chris Robyn) and The Trophy Fire (Ben Flanagan) have unveiled the cover art for their debut full-length, …And We Explode, which is set for an Oct. 28 release via San Francisco label Minus Head Records.  

This January, there’s a new heroine on the block – and the Marvel Universe will never be the same. Prepare yourself for an all-new adventure starring the nuttiest super hero in the world in THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #1, a new ongoing series from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (Original Sins, Adventure Time) and rising star Erica Henderson!  

3 Doors Down will stage the 11th annual The Better Life Foundation concert on Saturday, November 15 at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The long-term mission of the foundation is to make a positive change in the lives of children in need of food, shelter, and medical assistance, and to enhance the lives of children and young adults with special needs. Operating with the mission statement, “Changing the World, One Life at a Time,” 3 Doors Down has committed their energies over the past decade to make a tangible contribution for those in need through this annual event, and continuous efforts to generate funding to support these goals.  

Lotta bands. Lotta tours. Support live music! We have a list of several bands touring around the World assembled here, so that you might be able to find some high quality heavy in a venue near you! Check out the list after the break  

Spock’s Beard will be performing at the B.B. King Blues Club and Grill on Monday, October 27th. This follows their Saturday evening appearance at the first annual Progtoberfest in Chicago, IL on October 25th.  

White Empress, the new band founded by former Cradle of Filth guitarist Paul Allender, has launched a video breakdown of the first five tracks off its new album Rise of the Empress on YouTube at: http://youtu.be/XXuHcYSCiXU.   Rise of the Empress, which released earlier this week on Peaceville Records, can be purchased now through the label’s web-store at: https://www.burningshed.com/store/peaceville/ and digitally through iTunes at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rise-of-the-empress/id914080798. “Rise of the Empress is what metal has been so desperately wanting for such a long time,” Allender told Revolver. “Something to wake it up from the mundane normal safe scene we are all in now. It’s... 

This October, peer into the mind of one of the Marvel Universe’s most vicious villains as he becomes…its greatest hero?! Today, Marvel is proud to present your first look at AXIS: CARNAGE #1, the new limited series spinning out of the highly anticipated Avengers & X-Men: AXIS!  

Hannover, Germany’s Cripper have debuted their brand new song, “Tourniquet,” along with the cover art for their upcoming album “Hyëna,” at metalblade.com/cripper. The album will be released on CD and digitally in North America on November 25th. In Europe, “Hyëna” will be available as a limited CD+DVD Digipak as well as on vinyl in different colours. The bonus DVD features the entire Cripper show from Metaldays Open Air 2014, plus a lot more. More details on the bonus DVD will be revealed shortly!