STEPHEN PEARCY—the voice of RATT—has teased his upcoming sixth solo album by rolling out a snippet of the song “Drive.” The track was written by PEARCY and features one of the album’s many special guests on lead guitar—someone whose name will soon be revealed. PEARCY and early RATT bassist (circa 81’) Matt Thorne co-produced the album, which will be released on PEARCY’s own Top Fuel Records (exact release date is TBA).
Eisner Award nominated artist Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse, Fell) will join the team as interior artist on James Tynion IV and Martin Simmonds’ bestselling thriller series The Department of Truth for an all-new story arc. This savage new chapter will begin next month with The Department of Truth #36 out from Image Comics.
Revered Philadelphia punks Poison Ruin have expanded their signature approach to grim mythmaking and scythe-swinging aggression in bold new directions, offering up a new body of songs that strike one as equal parts natural, undeniably of this world, and phantasmal. Hymns from the Hills is meticulously composed, a dense sculpture of rhythmic and tonal juxtapositions that regularly shift without warning, persistently commanding attention yet denying the comfort of predictability.
Home Front hit the road next month in support of their timeless new album which cemented them as one of punk and hardcore’s most revered current bands. Watch It Die was released via La Vida Es Un Mus to high acclaim from the likes of NPR, The Needle Drop, Stereogum, Bandcamp, Paste, Alternative Press, See-Saw, New Noise Magazine, just to name a few. In addition to their select dates with Angel Du$t and Beton Arme next month, today Home Front announce a headlining run across East Coast, Midwest and more with support from Bootlicker.
This year, celebrate Pride Month with one of comics’ most iconic super hero families in WICCAN & HULKLING: RAID OF ULTRON #1, an all-new Marvel’s Voices one-shot hitting stands May 27. The special spotlights fan-favorite couple Wiccan and Hulkling along with their amazing—and complex—family including Scarlet Witch, Vision, Speed, and Viv Vision. Bringing together an incredible lineup of superstar LGBTQIA+ talent and rising stars, WICCAN & HULKLING: RAID OF ULTRON #1 will feature stories by Wyatt Kennedy, Josh Trujillo, Marvel’s Stormbreaker Luciano Vecchio, Zoe Tunnell, Rachael Stott and more! The saga will spotlight the importance of re-centering community in times of darkness as Wiccan and Hulkling...
Few live albums capture spectacle, danger, and pure heavy-metal theater the way Lizzy Borden – The Murderess Metal Road Show does. Recorded at the height of the band’s rise, this ferocious live set documents Lizzy Borden in full command—blades flashing, crowds roaring, and American metal exploding from the Sunset Strip straight onto wax.
2026 marks a powerful cultural intersection: the 40th anniversary of Run-DMC and Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way,” the 35th anniversary of Public Enemy and Anthrax’s “Bring the Noise,” and the 33rd anniversary of the landmark Judgment Night soundtrack that hard-wired rap-rock into the mainstream. As these milestones reignite conversations about creativity, collaboration, and cultural fusion, WHEN ROCK MET HIP-HOP: How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, the Beastie Boys & More Shattered Boundaries and Rewired Culture by Steven Blush arrives as the definitive chronicle of how rock and hip-hop collided and reshaped the cultural landscape forever.
This summer, the Avengers undergo a transformation the likes of which hasn’t been seen since Avengers: Disassembled in ARMAGEDDON, a new Marvel Comics event from Chip Zdarsky. The superstar writer is currently laying key groundwork for ARMAGEDDON in his acclaimed run of CAPTAIN AMERICA as well as WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON, a prelude series launching later this month. Today, fans can see what’s to come in both titles this May, just before ARMAGEDDON arrives the following month.
In a major crossover between the comic and film worlds, Blumhouse-Atomic Monster is adapting the breakout supernatural thriller comic book series, THE EXORCISM AT 1600 PENN. An IDW Publishing original horror from creator and writer, Hannah Rose May, and artist, Vanesa Del Rey, the acclaimed series will make the leap from page to screen in what is a landmark collaboration between one of horror’s most influential studios and one of the genre’s boldest emerging storytelling voices.
Progressive rock group EchoVerse introduces the next chapter of the band with their forthcoming sophomore album, Fall Towards The Sky, due out on March 27th, 2026. Along with the album announcement comes the first single and video for “Radical Rebirth,” blending Christian spirituality with modern progressive and hard-rock influences.
MEGADETH have good reason to celebrate. The Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum metal titans’ self-titled final studio album—released last week (January 23) to worldwide critical acclaim—has exploded onto the charts at #1 on the Billboard 200 in their native U.S. (highest previous position #2). This debut also marks the band’s 9th Billboard Top 200 album.
