Following a two-year release stretch since their bold self-titled debut LP was issued, Relapse Records this week unveils the release details on the highly-anticipated second LP from New York City-based morbid sludge metal executioners, SERPENTINE PATH. Born from within the smoldering remains of Unearthly Trance in 2011, UT members, bassist Jay Newman, drummer Darren Verni and vocalist Ryan Lipynsky (The Howling Wind) recruited guitarist Tim Bagshaw (ex-Ramesses, ex-Electric Wizard) to complete the SERPENTINE PATH lineup.  

Twelve Foot Ninja has announced plans to embark on a headlining tour of North America. The April/May trek will coincide with a handful of appearances at some of the premier U.S. rock festivals, including Rock On The Range and Carolina Rebellion. The tour will find the Australian group performing in support of its critically acclaimed full-length album, Silent Machine. A full rundown of dates for the tour can be seen below. The headlining run will also come on the heels of this year’s Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which nominated Twelve Foot Ninja for the Best New Talent honor. The group was included amongst fellow nominees Deafheaven, Scar The Martyr, ††† (Crosses), Heaven’s Basement and Issues. Winners... 

This June, prepare yourself for more secrets, more reveals and more impact on the Marvel Universe than could be contained in just one series! Spinning directly out of the events of the highly anticipated Original Sin – ORIGINAL SINS, a new 5-issue companion series set to flip the script on some of your favorite Marvel superheroes as the best and brightest creators in the industry explore the deepest darkest skeletons in their closets!  

The masked menaces in GHOUL today offer up a bloody bits of info of their forthcoming Hang Ten EP. A gore-splattered surf orgy of sound, the limited edition six-song (mostly) instrumental 10″ features guest vocals from Tony Foresta (Municipal Waste, Iron Reagan) as Henchman #1 and the inimitable R.A. MacLean (ex-Deadbolt) as Kreeg, alongside Digestor, Cremator, Fermentor, Dissector and The Moron Cavern-Shackled Choir.  

Portland punk metal day-ruiners, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, will join forces with Savannah, Georgia sludge warriors/labelmates, Black Tusk, for a European campaign of live destruction this Summer. The mayhem begins in Denmark where the trio will systematically devastate Copenhagen before joining team Black Tusk, along with Hamburg doom-sludge quartet Downfall Of Gaia, to ravage eight cities through Germany, Belgium and France including an appearance at this year’s Hellfest.  

The California Groove Machine known as DEVILDRIVER have confirmed that they will be touring North America this summer, alongside co-headliners Whitechapel.  Support on the tour will come from Revocation, Carnifex, Rivers of Nihil and Fit For An Autopsy. Frontman Dez Fafara cannot wait for this tour start: “You all thought winter was over? Well WINTER KILLS continues. We are pumped to tour the USA in further support of WINTER KILLS. It’s an insane line up of great bands and great friends. Come on out.”  

As the world gears up for the premiere of the new FX television program adapting the original novel trilogy The Strain, Dark Horse announces The Night Eternal, the third comics chapter of this ongoing vampire epic, adapted by David Lapham and Mike Huddleston.  

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, delivers a whimsical new breed of pop culture champions with the debut of the latest original graphic novel release from the Perfect Square imprint. UGLYDOLL: MY HERO? launches on April 1st, is rated ‘A’ for All Ages and will carry a print MSRP of $7.99 U.S. / $9.99 CAN. A digital version will also be available beginning on April 1st for $4.99 U.S. / CAN from the Perfect Square App, which has titles available for the Apple iPad® and iPad® Mini. The Perfect Square App is available from the iTunes store. Fans can also find a digital version of the title for the NOOK, Kindle Fire, and Kobo ereaders, as... 

Portland doom miscreants, GRAVES AT SEA, will embark upon a European live incursion later this month with fellow riff worshippers, Sourvein. Set to initiate with what’s bound to be a cataclysmic performance at this year’s Roadburn Fest in Tilburg, the band will punish twenty-four locales with the trek coming to a ceremonious close at Heavy Days In Doomtown in Denmark.  

Pennsylvania instrumental bass and drum trio, KING DEAD, are very pleased to announce the release of their debut EP. Recorded live in their practice/performance space, The Living Room, in Stroudsburg by Dave Reiser of Rock Hard Studios, the self-titled offering features five organic movements of ethereal, desert-styled Spaghetti Western psychedelia that seethe under the bulk of their own swirling, glassy-eyed heaviness. Relays The Obelisk, “At thirty-three minutes, the self-titled and self-released debut from Pennsylvania instrumentalists KING DEAD sits right between an EP and a full-length outing. The trio’s sound is similarly nebulous, hovering between psychedelic post-rock, heavier amplified push and Morricone-via-Earth... 

GOATWHORE‘s forthcoming new full-length, Constricting Rage Of The Merciless, is scheduled for release in North America on July 8th via Metal Blade Records. Fans who catch GOATWHORE live on the road as part of the Metal Alliance tour, set to commence later this week, will get the opportunity to reserve their copy of the CD at the band’s merch booth. Those preorders will include a special limited edition album laminate and exclusive T-shirt. The laminates come with unique preorder codes to be entered online to have the album shipped to the buyer upon release!  

The Used have released their highly anticipated sixth studio release, Imaginary Enemy, today, April 1st. Stream the entire album on Youtube here: http://bit.ly/1h20ICk.You can purchase Imaginary Enemy on iTunes here: http://bit.ly/1k9DKwD. A limited amount of “Imaginary Enemy” Deluxe Editions, including a bonus track and expanded artwork, are available for purchase exclusively at Best Buy and Target. The Used are currently on the road for a co-headlining tour of U.S. and Canada with Taking Back Sunday, featuring special guests Tonight Alive and Sleepwave. The tour is almost completely sold out, with tickets to only 4 dates still available for purchase. For up-to-date information, please visit: http://theused.net.