Ice Nine Kills have announced the ICE NINE KILLS: HELL OF A SUMMER TOUR, a brand new US headline run kicking off this August. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will bring the band’s twisted theatricality and cinematic carnage to arenas and amphitheaters across the country, closing out with a homecoming performance at Worcester’s DCU Center as part of the band’s annual Silver Scream Con.  

Season of Mist is pleased to welcome Unverkalt. Formed in 2017, Unverkalt emerged from a desire to give voice to grief, memory and the visceral undercurrents of the human condition. While originally founded in Athens, the band are now based in Berlin, where they forge avant-garde post-metal from emotionally immersive compositions, cinematic textures and a fearless commitment to sonic experimentation.  

Polish death metal legends VADER are pleased to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their classic Litany album, which was released on Metal Blade Records in 2000, with a special vinyl reissue.  

UK death metal outfit INGESTED will return to North America this Fall on a month-long headlining tour. Evisceratour 2025 runs from November 6th in Fresno, California through December 6th in Pomona, California. Support will be provided by Ov Sulfur, Cell, and more still to be announced.  

CATTLE DECAPITATION is very pleased to celebrate the two-year anniversary of their monstrous tenth studio album, Terrasite, with a two-hour “making of” documentary, From This Flesh: A Cattle Decapitation Story.  

Punk rock legends The Sex Pistols (Steve Jones, Paul Cook, and Glen Matlock) featuring Frank Carter have announced four additional dates to their upcoming North American tour. Celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary, this monumental tour kicks off at Dallas’ Longhorn Ballroom on Sept. 16, a fitting location as the historic venue was the location of a chaotic Sex Pistols 1978 concert. The tour -their first U.S. run since 2003- will feature a complete performance their iconic 1977 album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols in its entirety, plus more.  

Skybound Entertainment and Image Comics, in partnership with Universal Products & Experiences, today announced Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man a new four-issue limited comic book series from Eisner Award-winning, bestselling writer James Tynion IV (Something Is Killing the Children, Exquisite Corpses) and acclaimed artist DANI (The Low, Low Woods, Coffin Bound). Unraveling the horrific origins of the iconic monster in an all-new story, this haunting take on The Invisible Man will arrive in comic book shops beginning in August 2025.  

Bestselling writer Marguerite Bennett (Witchblade, writer/creator of Animosity) and artist Eleonora Carlini (Captain Marvel, Vicarious) comes an unsettling black comedy in, Mommy Blog. This thrilling satire will hit shelves in May from Image Comics.  

Multi-platinum-selling rock band, Puddle of Mudd, is ready to shake up the music world with their latest album, Kiss The Machine. The album is out now via Pavement Entertainment and available to stream on all digital platforms.  

Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of GRADIENCE, the uncompromising Danish metal act forging a bold new path with their explosive fusion of black metal, deathcore, metalcore, and trap rap.  

After almost a decade of soul searching through the Canadian wilderness, once again, Anciients have reached the summit of progressive metal. The heavy, heady and heartfelt Canucks just won their second Canadian Grammy for Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year. Now, sage frontman Kenny Cook, steadily pummeling drummer Mike Hannay and new axemen Brock MacInnes and Rory O’Brien are finally returning to the States to bask in the prog metal glory of Beyond the Reach of the Sun.  

Legendary heavy metal supergroup DOWN – featuring vocalist Philip H. Anselmo, guitarists Pepper Keenan and Kirk Windstein, drummer Jimmy Bower, and bassist Pat Bruders – is pleased to announce their official signing with Nuclear Blast Records! The band is currently in the final stages of recording their long-awaited new full-length, slated for release in 2026.