For a sophomore album, Myrkur’s Mareridt is shaping up to be a formidable force this year. Along with an accompanying video for the new song, Myrkur is also reaching for new ground on “Ulvinde,” and fans will no doubt be pleased with the result.  

Devil You Know, the metal group fronted by Howard Jones, always had a fun aesthetic to their band, despite being focused primarily on heavy riffs at the speed of light. Much to everyone’s surprise, the band has decided to rename themselves. Why? That’s a good question.  

Images and Words is not only a notable album for Dream Theater, but one for progressive metal and the greater metal scene. Widely agreed upon as a classic, the album sparked an interest in Dream Theater when “Pull Me Under” became a hit single. Now, in celebration of the album, Dream Theater are bringing over their tour to North America, playing it in it’s entirety live.  

Fan-favorite writer Zack Kaplan (ECLIPSE) teams up with all-star artist Andrea Mutti (Rebels, Prometheus) for a gritty new science fiction series, PORT OF EARTH, coming this November from Image Comics and Top Cow Productions.  

New Jersey-based progressive death metal outfit UNCURED have unveiled a brand new track, titled “Stygian Valley” as the band prepares for a heavy touring schedule through the rest of 2017. Led by 17 year-old guitar prodigy Rex Cox, alongside his 19 year-old brother, Zak Cox (lead guitars), plus the dynamic rhythm section of Jon Kita of Diecast (bass) and Liam Manley (drums) to round out the group, UNCURED will kick-off a lengthy US tour alongside DevilDriver, 36 Crazyfists and Cane Hill on August 18th.  

Hiss Spun is turning out to be an interesting album for Chelsea Wolfe. Building off of the dark nature of her previous release, Abyss, the album goes from there yet builds an identity of its own, with an undeniably metal aesthetic draped over it. To up the ante, Chelsea Wolfe has released the next single, “Vex,” from the forthcoming album, and it’s a weird one.  

Today, Thrice is pleased to announce their fall co-headline tour with Circa Survive. The band recently wrapped their summer dates, sharing the stage with Deftones and Rise Against. After a short break and two performances at the Sonic Boom and Louder Than Life festivals, Thrice will be back in November playing their last shows before returning to the studio to start recording their tenth album.  

Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of Washington, D.C.’s GENOCIDE PACT. Hailing from the chaotic realm that is our nation’s capital, GENOCIDE PACT has been making pulverizing, relentless death metal since their inception in 2013. Praised by No Clean Singing as “titanically heavy” and Cvlt Nation as “suffocating in the highest, complimentary form of the word, Genocide Pact craft death metal that harkens to the greats while pushing forward to something even greater.” GENOCIDE PACT recently completed recording their sophomore full-length entitled Order of Torment. The album will see its release in early 2018 via Relapse.  

The band’s rendition of Grand Funk Railroad’s classic “We’re An American Band” already receives over One Million Views online.  

Fans were blown away by their work in DARTH VADER, and we fell in love with a rogue archaeologist in DOCTOR APHRA. Today, Marvel is proud to announce that writer Kieron Gillen will continue to bring his exciting storytelling to a galaxy far, far away along with artist Salvador Larocca, when Gillen takes over as the writer for Marvel’s ongoing STAR WARS title this fall.  

Today SEGA® revealed that Sonic the Hedgehog™ and his friends have joined forces with IDW Publishing, the leading publisher of licensed comic books, to begin a thrilling new chapter in the Blue Blur’s adventures in 2018.  

It’s been a while since the world has heard from Cannibal Corpse. The legendary death metal act has been hard at work on a new studio album, their fourteenth full LP, and have announced a forthcoming release date sometime this fall. What’s more excited? The tour coming with it.