Heavy metal icon collective DOWN has announced that they will perform a handful of headline dates this May. Kicking things off on May 23 in Birmingham, AL – the band will stop in 7 cities in the Southeast including Baltimore’s Maryland Deathfest, and wrap things up with a hometown show in New Orleans on May 31. Tickets go on sale to the general public on February 16 and include VIP Packages with opportunities to meet the band and hang out at soundcheck. For more information, visit DOWN-NOLA.com.  

Hatebreed has announced their second headlining tour in support of their new studio album, The Divinity of Purpose. The Divinity of Purpose 2 Tour 2013 will kick off on April 9th in Millvale, PA.  Joining Hatebreed on this run will be special guests Every Time I Die, Terror, Job For A Cowboy and This Is Hell (tour dates below).Tickets and VIP Meet & Greet packages will go on sale Wednesday, February 13th at 12:00 PM at Hatebreed.com/vip. Public on sale begins on Friday, February 15th and Saturday, February 16th.  

MR. POTATO HEAD gets ready to slice, blast and smash into action as he takes on the Marvel Universe in a series of collectible toys launching Summer 2013.  

Pasadena Napalm Division, the Houston-based thrash metal outfit that features D.R.I. singer Kurt Brecht and members of Dead Horse, will release their self-titled debut on Apr. 9 via Minus Head Records.  

February 6–The wait is over! Since the release of Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Promise and the recent announcement of The Search, both of which directly follow the hit animated series, the anticipation of thousands of digital-comics fans has been high. Now these fans can follow Aang, Sokka, and Katara as they embark on exciting new adventures, direct from the Dark Horse Comics app!  

McFarlane Toys’ Collectors Club continues to bring fans the most exciting statues ever created and our next resin statue is a true collector’s dream.  Michonne from The Walking Dead’s comic book is the next to join McFarlane Toys’ line of limited-edition resin statues.  

Danish metal band Volbeat has announced that the upcoming studio album Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies will be released on April 9. 2013.  The band has also shared that former Anthrax and The Damned Things guitarist Rob Caggiano has officially joined the band.  Caggiano served as producer on Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, alongside long-time production partner Jacob Hansen, who produced and mixed the band’s prior four albums.   

Peavey Electronics, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of musical instruments and professional sound equipment, proudly announces the expansion of its licensed product line with the addition of products featuring graphics from The Walking Dead, the award-winning comic and TV show.  

IDW Publishing is thrilled to announce another action-packed entry in their line of Dungeons & Dragons comics! This April, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: CUTTER, a five-issue miniseries written by R.A. and Geno Salvatore with art by David Baldeon and covers by Steve Ellis, weaves the tale of a family fiercely divided and at odds with itself, with a legendary sword hanging in the balance!  

IDW Publishing is proud to announce that the Library of American Comics will be collecting comics legend Russ Manning’s classic run with Edgar Rice Burroughs’ King of the Jungle in 2013! TARZAN: THE COMPLETE RUSS MANNING NEWSPAPER STRIPS is a four-volume series. The first three volumes will chronologically collect all of Manning’s daily black & white and full-color Sunday strips from 1967 to 1974, while the fourth volume will collect the remaining Sunday strips, which Manning continued to do until 1979.  

Sweden’s ultimate dark rock/metal band, Katatonia, has announced several headlining North American tour-dates in addition to the group’s supporting run with Opeth this spring. Katatonia headliners are confirmed for Montreal, Canada on April 25, Farmington, N.M. on May 22 and Los Angeles on May 27.  

2013 is looking like another amazing year for metal and leading the charge is this years The Metal Alliance Tour. Back for their 3rd year of wrecking heads, this tour is shaping up to be one of the biggest metal tours in the past decade. This year festival organizers Dan Rozenblum and Steve Seabury of High River Entertainment will collaborate with and showcase their Metal Alliance Tour at this years New England Metal & Hardcore Festival on April 19th at The Palladium in Worcester, MA.