Technical blackened death metal trio SOLACE OF REQUIEM has announced a partnership with various charities that help promote arts, education, music and free-thought to children in need. The band will donate 10% of all online clothing sales to one of the following – The Dreaming Zebra Foundation, Camp Quest or the International Child Art Foundation.  

This December, meet the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning’s newest faculty member…Peter Parker?! That’s right, it doesn’t take an X-Gene to sculpt young minds from the hallowed halls of the JGS, and ol’ webhead is joining the payroll this December in SPIDER-MAN & THE X-MEN #1! Rising star creators Elliott Kalan and Marco Failla settle Peter Parker into his role as the JGS’s newest Guidance Counselor. Keeping young mutants on the right path might be a reward unto itself, but Spidey has other plans.  

It’s the story that has the whole world talking, and today Marvel is proud to reveal your first look inside DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 – the penultimate chapter in the blockbuster four-issue event kicking off this week! Experience the end of an era as superstar creators Charles Soule & Steve McNiven take Kitty Pryde and Wolverine back to Japan for one last adventure.  

God Hates Astronauts #1 is easily my favorite book this month. A loaded statement for sure, since this month has seen only one Wednesday. That’s a whole three new comic book days away from the end of the month; and here I am already declaring this one is the best of the whole crop? Absolutely. God Hates Astronauts is a tour de force, I honestly can’t think of a book that made me smile ear to ear before the book even started. What makes this such a great title? Why am I so eager to sing the praises of a book that seemingly comes out of nowhere? Why is there a man with a flaming cow head on the cover? Let’s get this all sorted out after the cut  

Melodic hardcore kings HEART IN HAND have revealed that their brand new album, entitled A Beautiful White, will be released on November 3rd in Europe and on November 4th in North America (digital only) via SOAR/Century Media Records.  

The final recordings from defunct Bay Area brutal crossover act CRUCIFIED dubbed the Dead Of Sleep 7″, is out now via Get This Right Records.  

On their recent Southwest US trek, Tucson-based sludge metal bandits GODHUNTER and Oakland’s cinematic doom outfit SECRETS OF THE SKY were selling a limited-to-100 copies, tour-only, cassette-edition of a new split release between both acts. On this combined effort, entitled GH/0ST:S, both bands supply brand new material, showcasing even further experimentation into each of their respective crafts, with forty minutes of material, including a crushing new opus from each band, as well as a haunting, thematic accompaniment bearing the ghosts theme.  

In the aftermath of the universe shaking INFINITY event, Thane, Son of Thanos will rise. But will he be hero, or villain? Today, Marvel is proud to bring you a first look at THANOS: A GOD UP THERE LISTENING #1, representing the hit Infinite Comics series in print for the first time. Shipping weekly in October, fan-favorite writer Rob Williams along with artists Paco Diaz, Iban Coello and Neil Edwards explore Thane’s tragic journey following the events of INFINITY.  

This week, Gascony, France-based THE INSPECTOR CLUZO will embark on the final handful of shows in their massive Gasconha Rocks World Summer Tour 2014, the ongoing trek taking the drum and guitar duo through twelve countries on three continents this Summer season.  

“The Prisoner promises to tell an original story that will add a lot of depth to a character we already know and love” – ComicBook.com Critics and fans agree, the next chapter in Stephen King’s fan-favorite epic is a hit. Today, Marvel is proud to announce that THE DARK TOWER: DRAWING OF THE THREE – THE PRISONER #1 has sold out at the distributor level (though copies may still be available at retail level) and will immediately return to press via a second printing!  

King Diamond would like to welcome Jess and the Ancient Ones as the opening act for the North American tour this fall. The occult rock group from Kuopio, Finland, was personally selected by King Diamond himself to be the openers on the tour.  

VIZ Media’s Haikasoru literary imprint brings a fantastic anthology of short stories inspired by the Land of the Rising Sun to readers across the English-speaking world with the release on September 16th of PHANTASM JAPAN: FANTASIES LIGHT AND DARK, FROM AND ABOUT JAPAN.