German Black Metal heathens INFESTUS are set to release E x | I s t, the long awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed Chroniken des Ablebens (2008) on May 19th, 2011 in North America (May 18th elsewhere) via Debemur Morti Productions. Album artwork and track list will be revealed soon.    

The face of black metal as we know it is set to change today (2.15.2011) as Nordvis Produktion unleashes the melancholic majesty that is Towards The Shores Of The End upon the world. Featuring two of today’s most compelling acts in UK’s FEN and Sweden’s DE ARMA, this split promises to deliver some of the most cerebral and darkly emotive music set to tape.  

Mortal Music will release No Closure from Chicago’s WITHERING SOUL on March 8. MVD Entertainment Group will handle distribution.  

Superstar artist Gary Frank pays tribute to the Blue Beetles of the past on the variant cover of DC UNIVERSE LEGACIES #10:  

Super villains are appearing out of thin air, ambushing the DC Universe’s young heroes. There’s a new smart phone app that let’s users photograph and track superheroes. Could there be a connection?  

We’ll close out today’s posts with a question for SOURCE romantics: who’s your favorite couple in the DCU? While you ponder that very question, check out a few pages from THE ALL-NEW BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND BOLD #4, featuring some all ages appropriate romance–and the wedding of Wonder Woman and Batman.  

Someone once said “Valentine’s Day is just a made-up day. But so is Wednesday. Also, I think gravity is made up.”  

You might have noticed it’s Valentine’s Day. Maybe you have big plans for tonight or maybe you’re avoiding the holiday and wish I hadn’t brought it up. The DC Universe is full of interesting couples: Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Aquaman and Mera, Barry Allen and Iris West, the Hawks. Hey, Catman and Huntress have a big date coming up, so we’ll see where that leads…  

Now THIS is quite a predicament we were left at on the last page of Wonder Woman #606 – how do you fight an army of undead soldiers?  

Spider-Man’s sold-out ascent through the Big Time is about to get even more colossal as acclaimed writer Dan Slott and red-hot artists Stefano Caselli and Javier Pulido induct the wall-crawler into the newly minted FF only in Amazing Spider-Man #658 and #659 this April!  

THE HUMAN ABSTRACT will be releasing their next full length entitled “Digital Veil” on March 8, 2011 via eOne Music. Preorders are now live at MerchNOW [], offering numerous added incentives not offered in stores. The track listing and cover can be seen below. 1. Elegiac        2. Complex Terms 3. Digital Veil  4. Faust           5. Antebellum 6. Holographic Sight   7. Horizon To Zenith 8. Patterns      The band will be part of the Atticus Metal III tour with Darkest Hour, Born Of Osiris, As Blood Runs Black and more running from February 25-March 27. Dates can be found below. Visit http://www.facebook.com/atticusmetaltour for more info. 2/25-Washington, DC @ 930 Club (Darkest... 

IMAX Corporation and DreamWorks Studios announced today that the suspense thriller, I Am Number Four, from director D.J. Caruso, will be released in the immersive IMAX format on Friday, February 18.