“Another year, another Star Wars movie” is something I’m going to have to get used to saying. After Episode VII did pretty good at the box office last holiday season, the already-planned Rogue One: A Star Wars Story guaranteed fans that the franchise’s new home at Disney was going to put love and care into each of the installments that they had planned up until at least 2020. Rogue One serves as the first in an anthology series, in which the film details how the Rebels came to have the plans for the Death Star in the first place. So, that begs the question: is this a path worth traveling?  

Latin American metal band, De La Tierra, recently released their new album, II, via Sony Music Latin to mass critical acclaim. Now only a few short weeks after, the band has launched webstore and released the new album on vinyl LP.  

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).  

The spanish metal band We All Fall premieres the video for “Chlidren Of The Grave”, the Black Sabbath classic. The band has released a statement on the matter:  

The war may be over, but wounds are still fresh. Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look inside CIVIL WAR II: THE OATH – the epilogue to the blockbuster event! Superstar scribe Nick Spencer (Captain America: Steve Rogers, Captain America: Sam Wilson) teams with rising star artist Rod Reis (C.O.W.L.) to pick up the pieces left behind after Iron Man and Captain Marvel’s epic clash!  

Inception contains presumed lost 1986 studio recordings, which guitarist Lenny Rutledge discovered recently and which were magically restored, remixed and remastered by Zeuss (Queensrÿche, Hatebreed).  

While touring activities in support of the latest and much praised album “Theories Of flight” by U.S. Progressive Metal pioneers FATES WARNING is drawing nearer, a new official video clip is launched today in order to continue the release’s promotional campaign.  

Known for its adrenaline-fueled anthems that consistently fire-up sports enthusiasts around the world, Thousand Foot Krutch’s “A Different Kind Of Dynamite” has been tapped as the official theme song for the Dec. 18 WWE “Roadblock: End of The Line” pay-per-view event. WWE programming is broadcast in more than 180 countries and 25 languages and reaches more than 650 million homes worldwide.  

n response to the recent trend toward online harassment, Jason Latour and Jason Aaron’s SOUTHERN BASTARDS #16 issue will feature a special variant cover to benefit charity. The proceeds raised by this variant will be split between the SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER and the ACLU.  

Marvel and Funko have collaborated to create the first-ever Funko animated shorts and the final, Chimichangas, was released today! There are three Marvel Funko animated shorts in total and each one is ninety seconds in length. Featuring some of Marvel’s most popular Super Heroes and Villains, including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Loki, Rocket, Groot, the Collector, Deadpool, and Venom, all three Marvel Funko animated shorts are AVAILABLE NOW on the Marvel YouTube page.  

Brian Wood and Andrea Mutti’s historical comic Rebels is getting a second series in 2017. Brian Wood (Briggs Land, DMZ) scripts the series, Andrea Mutti (Rebels, Prometheus: Life and Death) showcases his illustrative prowess, and Lauren Affe (The Paybacks, Ghost Fleet) colors the art. Matthew Taylor (Arcadia, Wolf) creates the beautiful cover art for all eight issues.  

Bazillion Points Books has expanded its comprehensive library with two essential new offerings from the world of horror punk / hardcore and death metal / grindcore. These improved editions of two cult books deal authoritatively with matters near and dear to all dark hearts.