Traditional metal heroes, WHITE WIZZARD will be playing a FREE SHOW on Wednesday, November 4th (9pm sharp) in Hollywood, CA at Dragonfly. If you’d like to see the band that The Village Voice called “lead players” in the new wave of traditional heavy metal for FREE, all you must do is send an email containing your full first and last names to detkluiber@yahoo.com and you will be put onto a special guest list. In gratitude for this generous gift of free, live metal, the band asks that you return the generosity and show up to Dragonfly with one or more of the approved donation items from the SOVA Community Food & Resource Program. For a full list of approved items go to http://www.jfsla.org/sova/DonateProducts.php. WHITE...
Los Angeles, CA – Monday, November 2, 2009 — It is with great regret that Slayer announces the postponement of its “Canadian Carnage” tour with Megadeth, which was due to begin on November 8. In addition, the band announces the postponement of its appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which had been set for this Wednesday, November 4. More information will be released shortly regarding the rescheduling of the Canadian dates, as well as the ‘Kimmel’ appearance. Slayer’s Tom Araya is currently under the care of a specialist for a back injury, thought to be related to his on-stage activity, and the physician has ordered an immediate surgical procedure to take place in...
November 2009 (Berkeley, CA) – For the past year, SPAWN: ENDGAME has riveted readers with its game-changing story line featuring the death of Al Simmons and Todd McFarlane’s return to illustrating his seminal creation. In November’s SPAWN #196, ENDGAME concludes with a bang as McFarlane shares art duties with fellow Image Comics founder Rob Liefeld. “I was looking for good artistic help, and remembered inking over Rob on his New Mutant covers back in the Marvel days, and most recently a little bit of IMAGE UNITED,” McFarlane said. “I thought it would be a fun experiment to see what Capullo layouts, Liefeld pencils and my inks looked like together on a handful of pages.” In the conclusion...
Death Is A Business And Business Is Good For A Crack Team Of Mercenaries; Staying Alive Becomes Even More Dangerous When A New Young Recruit Joins The Team San Francisco, CA, October 29, 2009– VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, will premiere the exciting new manga series JORMUNGAND to readers across North America next month. The new action adventure by Keitaro Takahashi will be published by VIZ Media’s Signature imprint and will release on November 10th. JORMUNGAND is rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers and will carry an MSRP of $12.99 U.S. / $16.99 CAN. Jonah is a child soldier, born amidst the chaotic...
I love revivals. The idea of taking a long forgotten character or concept and reinventing them for a new audience is intriguing. After all if something was successful before why can’t it be now? While wandering around the Big Apple Comic Con, I stopped by a display of action figures from the sixties. Gary Schaffer and Eric C. Hayes ran the display and had finished production on a graphic novel for the toys known as “The Outer Space Men.” Intrigued by the art and the idea I purchased a copy of the book and found myself pleasantly surprised by what I read. Eric and Gary, along with Rudolf Montemeyer, and Marc Borstel had taken these bendable toys from the sixties and built a story around them.
DAVID BOWIE HOSTS SEASON TWO OF THE GROUNDBREAKING HORROR ANTHOLOGY SERIES – AVAILABLE ON DVD FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME THE HUNGER: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON Produced by Tony and Ridley Scott, All 22 Uncut Tales of Lust and Temptation, Plus David Bowie’s “Making Of” Featurette, Debut in One Terrifying 4-DVD Set from E1 Entertainment IN STORES OCTOBER 13 Port Washington, NY (September 14, 2009) – Just in time for Halloween, E1 Entertainment releases the chilling horror anthology series THE HUNGER: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON as a 4-DVD set. Hosted by legendary music and film icon David Bowie and produced by Tony and Ridley Scott, THE HUNGER: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON features an ensemble cast of familiar...
THE DIRECTOR OF SMOKIN’ ACES AND NARC PRESENTS: A New Target and More Murder, Mayhem & EXPLOSIVE ACTION than Ever… Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball Own The Unrated and rated versions of the movie Exclusively on Blu-Ray™ Hi-Def, DVD & digital download from universal studios home entertainment January 19th, 2010 Universal City, California, October 27, 2009 –Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball, the all-new movie about the adrenaline-pumping world of blood, bullets and badasses, is blasting its way onto Blu-ray™ Hi-Def, DVD and digital download January 19, 2010. Executive produced by Joe Carnahan (Narc), the writer-director behind the shockingly edgy hit Smokin’ Aces, and directed by P.J. Pesce...
San Francisco, CA, October 28, 2009 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, expands its popular SHOJO BEAT imprint with the release of Kyousuke Motomi’s BEAST MASTER manga on November 3rd. The new series is rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 US / $12.99 CAN. Leo Aoi looks like a crazy animal with wild eyes – and no one at his new high school will go near him! He does seem to have a special connection with animals, which intrigues overzealous animal lover Yukio Kubozuka. In reality, Leo isn’t nearly as frightening as he appears, but Yukio finds out that he goes berserk...
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 28, 2009) – Rammstein’s sixth studio album, LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA, has entered Billboard’s Top 200 at #13 (#1 on the Heavy Music chart), marking the German sextet’s highest U.S. debut to date. Worldwide chart positions reaffirm Rammstein’s status as one of the most internationally popular rock bands with seven #1 sales chart positions including their native Germany as well as platinum and gold certifications already awarded for numerous European countries. LIEBE IST FÜR ALLE DA, arrived in stores on Oct. 20 through a marketing and distribution deal with Vagrant Records and Universal Music Germany. The album was produced by Jacob Hellner and Rammstein with recording done at Northern...