Fans were surprised and shocked at the news of adult Jean Grey’s return to the Marvel Universe in the upcoming and highly anticipated PHOENIX RESURRECTION (on sale in December), but the 5-issue epic is only be the beginning of exciting new adventures of one of the X-Men’s most beloved characters. Marvel is excited to announce that Jean’s story continues with X-MEN RED, a new series written by Tom Taylor (All-New Wolverine) with art by Mahmud Asrar (All-New, All-Different Avengers Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor).  

WHITECHAPEL will kick off their North American headlining tour this Friday. Commemorating the tenth anniversary of the band’s The Somatic Defilement release, the A Decade Of Defilement tour will run from November 10th through December 16th and find WHITECHAPEL performing select tracks from The Somatic Defilement, some of which have not been played since the album’s release. Support will be provided by Carnifex, Rings Of Saturn, Entheos, and So This Is Suffering. See below for all confirmed dates. WHITECHAPEL – A Decade Of Defilement Tour w/ Carnifex, Rings Of Saturn, Entheos, So This Is Suffering: 11/10/2017 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA 11/11/2017 State Theater – St. Petersburg, FL 11/12/2017... 

Austrian post-black metal band Harakiri For The Sky will make their awaited return in 2018 with the release of their 4th studio album, Arson, which will debut on February, 16th via AOP Records with distribution from Plastichead Distribution (Europe/North America/World) and Edel (Germany/Austria/Switzerland).  

UDON is bringing the original Blue Bomber back to comic shop shelves with MEGA MAN™ MASTERMIX – a quarterly, 80-page comic series presenting Hitoshi Ariga’s classic Mega Man stories in color for the first time. Featuring colors by Josh Perez (Rom VS Transformers), the series launches in January 2018, and joins the celebration of the video game icon’s 30th anniversary!  

He’s been a breakout star since he could bark, a faithful sidekick to his Inhuman masters, and has helped protect an empire. Now, he’s got his own mission to take on — Marvel is excited to announce LOCKJAW #1, a new four-part mini written by Daniel Kibblesmith with art by Carlos Villa.  

Phoenix rises again! And Marvel is celebrating with a series of connecting variant covers from Brazilian artist Victor Hugo, who is bringing his spectacular 3D art to the covers of one of Marvel’s most anticipated new series! Staring this January, Hugo’s art will appear on JEAN GREY #11 as well as issues #2-5 of PHOENIX RESURRECTION, each variant cover coming together to form a connecting portrait of the X-Men’s beloved mutant.  

English feel-good rockers MASSIVE WAGONS have won the first ever Hard Rock Hell Rising Stars award. Having loudly and proudly celebrated its tenth anniversary, the UK’s Hard Rock Hell festival continues to expand and evolve, with one major leap forward being the introduction of the HRH Awards, the first of which was held at Hard Rock Hell’s main arena in Pwllheli yesterday (Wednesday, 8th November).  

Canadian melodic, progressive thrash metal/melodeath act THREAT SIGNAL release advance stream of their fourth studio album “Disconnect”, which will be officially released tomorrow, November 10th worldwide via Agonia Records. Listen to the album here:  

The two-time, GRAMMY® Award-winning group EVANESCENCE will be performing in Brooklyn, NY on Friday, November 10 at King’s Theatre. The same day (November 10), the group will release their fourth and most ambitious album to date titled, SYNTHESIS. The new album is a reimagining of some of EVANESCENCE’s best-loved songs-as well as a couple of new ones–recorded with a full orchestra and electronics combined with the band and AMY LEE’s virtuoso piano and voice.  

Greenville, South Carolina-based outfit WVRM has announced a run of North American December tour dates supporting their newly unleashed EP, Can You Hear The Wind Howl.  

YOB has announced the deluxe reissue of The Great Cessation. Originally released in 2009, the trio’s 5th full-length record is a master lesson in cosmic Doom. Epic, crushing, and heavy beyond words, YOB achieved legendary status in recent years due to their unmatched aesthetic and incredible body of work.  

Horror Pain Gore Death Productions have signed zombie cult Death Metal ghouls MAUSOLEUM and are set to release the deadly double CD collection entitled Cadaveric Displays from The Funeral December 1.