Take Cover is a collection of the Orange County band’s hard to find cover songs recorded over the years that have never been available in a single collection.  “Becoming” (Pantera), “Propaganda” (Sepultura), “London Dungeon” (Misfits), “Planets Collide” (Crowbar), and “Baby Got Back” (Sir Mix-A-Lot) are featured on this 5-song EP, which arrives on digital and streaming platforms on Friday.  

In October, IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM) will celebrate the dynamic artwork of industry icon Jim Lee with the addition of Jim Lee’s X-Men Artist’s Edition to its multiple Eisner Award-winning AE line.  

SKINLAB has released their brand new video for single “Amerikill.” The single is from the band’s latest record VENOMOUS, that was produced by Ulrich Wild, and released on October 25th, 2019, via Art is War Records.  

Multi-Platinum-selling rock band Puddle of Mudd premiere their new lyric video for “Sunshine.” The track comes from the band’s latest album, entitled Welcome to Galvania, which is available through Pavement Entertainment.  

For the better part of the past five years, top-charting masked metal machine MUSHROOMHEAD have been crafting the epic follow up to their monumental 2014 full-length album, The Righteous & The Butterfly – waiting ever-so-patiently to drop their next collection of anthems. The Cleveland collective make their prodigious return with the new full-length oeuvre, A Wonderful Life – the eighth release of their benchmark career – out June 19, 2020 via Napalm Records.  

There are always a lot of questions asked about California rock legends and effects pedal entrepreneurs Steel Panther. Are they sure heavy metal rules? Do they really play their instruments? Could they be my father? While the answer to all of these questions is YES, another question is what would have happened if Steel Panther chose a different genre of music?  

Today Bombs of Hades are releasing their EP “Phantom Bell” via Black Lodge Records & Moondawn. Four tracks strong, crusty death metal to enjoy on CD, vinyl and online! Does death metal without the notorious HM2-pedal even exist? It does in the form of Bombs Of Hades. Not your typical Swedish death metal band, but instead adding a progressive and crusty twist to the genre. On their new EP, creative mastermind Jonas Stålhammar (At The Gates, The Lurking Fear, God Macabre) and his band mates release four new tracks (two of them being covers of Flower Travellin’ Band and Townes Van Zandt) as a taster before the next album is recorded. Purchase or stream the EP HERE. For More Info Visit: https://www.facebook.com/bombsofhades/ https://www.facebook.com/blacklodgerecords  

Celebrating their 25th anniversary in 2020, DARKEST HOUR has rescheduled their North American West Coast Tour. The trek was initially supposed to begin today but was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  

ASKING ALEXANDRIA, one of the most successful rock bands of their generation, have released another new track DOWN TO HELL with an accompanying visualizer video  

Multi-platinum, genre-defining metal band, Slipknot have announced that their Slipknot No. 9 Iowa Whiskey Reserve – voted Best Celebrity Whiskey 2019 by Forbes  

International modern metal upstarts INFECTED RAIN have been busy re-organizing their schedule for the remainder of 2020/2021, preparing to bring their devoted North American fans two tours to make up for lost time! Coming in on the heels of their recently announced fall tour with headliners Eluveitie and Insomnium, the band is thrilled to announce the official rescheduled dates for their previously-announced tour with headliners Swallow The Sun! The tour has been moved to 2021 and will begin in West Palm Beach, FL on March 5, visiting a slew of cities in over a month’s-time before ending in Dallas, TX on April 15.  

IDW Publishing (OTCQX: IDWM) and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced that Sonic The Hedgehog™ comic book fans will get a double dose of fun this summer, as fan-favorite Sonic illustrator Evan Stanley will be taking over as both artist AND writer beginning with Sonic The Hedgehog #33, while a dastardly delicious spin-off miniseries, Sonic: Bad Guys, will debut from writer Ian Flynn and artist Jack Lawrence.