In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the release of their landmark second album The Reason, the Multi-Platinum band HOOBASTANK, have announced they’ll launch a nationwide U.S. headlining tour this fall. “The Reason Tour” will see the band perform the pivotal album in its entirety alongside fan favorites and new songs off their recently released sixth studio album PUSH PULL, available now via Napalm Records.  

Gates of Hell Records (a Cruz Del Sur Music imprint) has announced the forthcoming release of CHEVALIER’s Chapitre II on 12″ vinyl MLP. The sold-out 2018 EP was specially re-mastered for this vinyl release and features an exclusive BROCAS HELM cover version of “Fly High.” The MLP is limited to 500 green vinyl copies and includes one A4 insert. Layout by Annick Giroux.  

The Metal Alliance Tour celebrates its 8th year of wrecking heads and is presented by hot sauce company High River Sauces. Each year this touring festival assembles a package that celebrates the various genres of Metal. It is with great honor to than to announce GOATWHORE, pioneers of the blackened death metal scene, as the official 2018 Metal Alliance Tour headliner.  

After recently completing their massive summer co-headliner with The Black Dahlia Murder, Whitechapel will head out on the road again this November/December, to embark on their “Ten Years of Exile” USA tour, commemorating the 10th anniversary of This Is Exile. Featuring Chelsea Grin, Oceano, and Slaughter To Prevail as support, this trek will also see Whitechapel perform This Is Exile in its entirety, plus a selection of other songs – and will be the last run of shows before the band returns to the studio to finish recording their upcoming album, due out spring 2019 via Metal Blade Records. See below for all dates!  

Finnish melodic death metal masters, OMNIUM GATHERUM, have released their new single entitled “Refining Fire”, taken off their upcoming album “The Burning Cold”, which will be released on August 31st.  

Marvel is excited to celebrate THANOS LEGACY #1 from Donny Cates, Gerry Duggan, and Brian Level with a new variant cover from acclaimed artist George Perez!  

Dee Snider’s For The Love Of Metal, released on July 27 via Napalm Records, garnered high chart positions worldwide!  

This November, UNCANNY X-MEN returns with a new ongoing series and it all kicks off with a massive 10-part weekly story! X-MEN DISASSEMBLED brings together nearly every mutant left on earth in a story that threatens to destroy them – an epic tale of mystery and tragic disappearance, with an adventure so earth-shattering, it could very well be the X-Men’s FINAL mission!  

California rock and party legends Steel Panther continue to add new milestones to their decades old career. Today, the band announced they are getting in to the gear world with the release of their first-ever  

Influential hardcore vets TERROR, will release their much anticipated, 7th full-length album, Total Retaliation, with Pure Noise Records. The band gives fans a taste of the new record today, with the debut of their first single, “Mental Demolition.”  

This September, Image Comics fights censorship with a powerful line of variant covers to benefit Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), the industry’s voice for free speech advocacy and education. All proceeds from this dynamic campaign will support CBLDF’s important legal work on behalf of comics creators, retailers, educators and readers.  

Brazilian death metal brothers KRISIUN are joining Suffocation as a support act on the group’s North America Frank Farewell 2018 Tour. Also on the bill are Cattle Decapitation and Soreption. The tour, the final with Suffocation’s original lead vocalist Frank Mullen, kicks off on Oct. 21st in Wantagh, NY. TOUR DATES: 10.21: Wantagh, NY @ Mulcahy’s Concert Hall 10.22: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Down 10.23: Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques 10.24: Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place 10.25: Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick 10.26: Joliet, IL @ The Forge 10.27: St. Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar and Grill 10.29: Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room 10.30: Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre 10.31: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Music...