Wicca, the forthcoming 7-inch vinyl EP from Lima, Peru’s MORBID SLAUGHTER, is now available for pre-order through Boris Records.  

Image Comics is pleased to reveal the Tommy Lee Edwards and Rob Liefeld covers for the hit Mark Millar and Goran Parlov series STARLIGHT.  

For the past few weeks, metalheads worldwide have undoubtedly been enjoying the “sneak peak” title track from Judas Priest’s forthcoming ‘Redeemer of Souls’ album. And on Monday, May 19th, the official leadoff single from the album, “March of the Damned,” will be released to rock and metal radio, and will be available for purchase via all digital sales providers.  

This summer, the fire-breathing goliath, Godzilla faces a ravaged earth in the brand new mini-series Godzilla: Cataclysm! Like the previous critically acclaimed Godzilla mini-series, Godzilla: The Half-Century War, this new five-issue series explores a self-contained journey of epic proportions!  

Boris Records has made End of Man, the upcoming 7″ vinyl release from Atlanta Black Metal Force HELLGOAT, available for streaming ahead of its May 31 release date.  

From the Eisner-nominated writer Derek McCulloch (STAGGER LEE, Gone to Amerikay) and artist Anthony Peruzzo comes DISPLACED PERSONS, a riveting tale of murder, love, crime, friendship, betrayal, and just the slightest bit of time travel.  

MARTYRDÖD has completed recording their new album, Elddop, at Studio Fredman, the follow up to the powerful declaration of political rage that was their 2012-released Southern Lord debut, Paranoia.  

TÝR will be returning to North America in the fall of 2014 with Switzerland’s Eluveitie! Estonia’s Metsatöll will be the opening act for the tour. Tickets will be on sale soon, and details will be posted to the bands’ sites when they are available. The tour will begin on September 19th in Baltimore, MD. The confirmed list of dates are available below.  

Dave Sim’s masterwork Cerebus ran for an impressive 300 issues between 1977 and 2004. Starting with issue #26, Cerebus got a taste of High Society, a storyline that concluded with issue #50, and which critics and readers alike recognize as the point at which Cerebus became a vehicle for political commentary. High Society is also widely considered a great starting point for first time Cerebus readers.  

Long-running Oregon doom metal conjurors and recent Neurot signees, YOB, are pleased to unveil the first taste of their forthcoming new long player. Titled Clearing The Path To Ascend, the trio’s latest audio exploration was recorded at Gung Ho Studio in Eugene, notorious for its reserve of vintage equipment, alongside longtime collaborator/iconic sound-sage Billy Barnett, who mastered YOB’s Atma, The Great Cessation, The Unreal Never Lived and The Illusion Of Motion. Mastering was handled by Brad Boatright (Sleep, Beastmilk, Nails) at Audiosiege Engineering. The result is a wholly cathartic, sonicly enormous, riff-soaked sound collage of dark and light.  

Czech metal label Lavadome Productions is proud announce the June 6 release of The Gates of Hell from beastly NYDM trio DAY OF DOOM.  

It’s no secret that I happen to love my doom/stoner/drone/acid rock/metal. I have a soft spot for those bands that worship the Heavy Gods with their overdriven fuzz waves, washing like the tides against the walls inside my skull. Its cathartic and emotional, depending on the band I have on. One we should all be familiar with is the legendary Corrosion of Conformity, aka C.O.C. They have given us innumerable odes to the heavy, and have continued that tradition with their current offering, “The Nectar“, streaming online.