Reactivated Brooklyn hard rock legends LIFE OF AGONY are hard at work on their new album and Napalm Records debut A Place Where There’s No More Pain.  Today the band has confirmed an April 28th release date and have debuted the album’s artwork.  The track listing along with pre-order options will be made available soon.  

It’s the grudge match of the century! Two Marvel mainstays will clash in a barrage of bullets and blades! Lock and load, True Believers, because one humorless anti-hero is about to go head-to-head with one odorous super-zero! Oh yeah, we’re talking about DEADPOOL VS. THE PUNISHER #1 – the brand-new 5-issue limited series coming your way this April! Creators Fred Van Lente (Slapstick, Deadpool) and Pere Perez (Power Man and Iron Fist, Archer and Armstrong) put two of the Marvel Universe’s deadliest on a high-octane collision course that will have you on the edge of your seat!  

Fan-favorite creative team Zack Kaplan and Giovanni Timpano will release the first trade paperback collection of their ongoing gritty sci-fi/horror series ECLIPSE this February from Image Comics and Top Cow Productions.  

Red Hot Chili Peppers have announced additional spring dates on their 2017 North American Tour in support of their 11th studio album, the worldwide No. 1 The Getaway.  

Next year will see Vampirella heading in a new and very different direction! Vampirella was last spotted in 2016 doing what she does best – defending the world from threats both mystic and evil… but she has not been seen since. Vampirella #0 will answer the questions behind her disappearance! The debut issue retails at 25-cents to allow for fans to read at an introductory price and retailers to confidently stock copies on the shelves. Retailers are also able to qualify for Incentive copies by Joseph Michael Linsner and J. Scott Campbell.  

Marvel Comics continues to present this year’s breakout Marvel Super Hero – the Black Panther – through a monthly video series that continues to link the world of comics and hip-hop blending animated comics along with commentary from Black Panther writer, Ta-Nehisi Coates. Additionally, “Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet – Part Eight” is launching the brand new track, “100 Black Panthers” by Kipp Stone.  

Legendary Swedish Black Metal band MARDUK just unveiled dates for the rescheduled North American leg of their “Frontschwein 2017” tour, which includes special guests INCANTATION and SVART CROWN (France).  

EX DEO‘s third albumThe Immortal Warsoffers epic tales, melodic death metal riffs and orchestral anthems that will surely raise fists! Prepare ..Defend …Destroy!    

Strange is the night where black stars rise… Century Media is honoured to announce the release of Abreaction, the new studio album by SVART CROWN, France’s trailblazing death/black metal export and true preservers of the black flame.  

  Legendary Actress, Playwright, Author Carrie Fisher passed today at the age of 60. Fisher suffered Cardiac Arrest several days ago on a flight from London to Los Angeles. She passed this morning at an L.A. hospital.  Carrie Fisher’s daughter released a statement… “It is with a very deep sadness that Billie Lourd confirms that her beloved mother Carrie Fisher passed away at 8:55 this morning” Fisher had just appeared in the latest installment of the Star Wars mythology “The Force Awakens” and was possibly to appear in future installments.        

Image Comics is pleased to reveal a special limited variant cover by series artists Chris Brunner and Rico Renzi.  

After completing a comprehensive European tour together with Century Media Records labelmates Entombed A.D., Canadian progressive sci-fi metal innovators VOIVOD are wrapping up a busy year of promoting their latest release entitled Post Society – EP. VOIVOD has just posted a music video the title track (below).