Following their recent journey breaking stages alongside labelmates, Inanimate Existence, technical death dealers WRATH OF VESUVIUS, otherwise known as WRVTH, will embark upon another run of live takeovers, this time supporting Ænimus as part of the Dawn Of The Shred tour. Assembled by Sojourner Booking and presented by Digital Tour Bus and Mt. Baker Vapor, Dawn Of The Shred kicks off May 6th in Van Nuys, California and will stomp through eighteen cities, the final show to take place on May 26th in Fresno, California.  

His war has been won. En Sabah Nur stands triumphant over the bones of his enemies. None will be left alive! This July, return to one of the most iconic X-Men stories of all time in AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 – a new Secret Wars series! Be there when writer Fabian Nicieza returns to the post-apocalyptic wasteland he helped create, as brought to life by artist Gerardo Sandoval (Guardians 3000)!  

Bestselling artist Jason Shawn Alexander (Abe Sapien: The Drowning, The Escapists) returns to the drawing and writing table with an all-new series sure to disturb readers in EMPTY ZONE: Conversations with the Dead, which will launch from Image Comics on June 17.  

Bluewater Productions will release a brand new comic book biography on the life of a rock icon as part of their popular Orbit series. Ozzy Osbourne: The Metal Madman, will be released this week and will be available in both print and digital.  

Fozzy have announced that they will be joining legendary rock outfit Slash ft. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators for a handful of select dates this May. The band is currently wrapping up a headlining tour in Europe and are excited to return to the states on the strength of their newest album “Do You Wanna Start A War”, which was released last Summer on Century Media.  

Unique Australian thrash metal/grindcore/punk group, KING PARROT, have released the first track from their upcoming new album “Dead Set”, along with a video starring Phil Anselmo of Pantera fame.  

Australian thrash grind unit and recent Housecore Records signees, KING PARROT, will release their long-awaited new full-length May 19th in North America via Housecore Records. Titled Dead Set, the record was produced by the legendary Philip H. Anselmo, and his recording crew of Michael Thompson and Steve Berrigan at the infamous Nodferatu’s Lair (Down, Eyehategod, Superjoint Ritual et al) in Louisiana and spews forth ten ravaging psalms that showcase KING PARROT‘s signature punk rock spirit and pummeling sonic debauchery.  

SKELETONWITCH has proven time and time again that mixing killer tunes with an unshakeable work ethic remains the key to metal class=”systran_token_word”>success. Arguably the genre’s hardest-touring band, the group will soon support their critically acclaimed 2013 release “Serpents Unleashed” — which has already seen the quintet conquer stages worldwide alongside some of metal’s most reputable acts, including Amon Amarth, Enslaved, Suffocation and Ghost B.C. — with their most extensive European tour to date.  

Bestselling creators Justin Jordan (Luther Strode) and artist Kyle Strahm come together for a contagious new sci-fi horror graphic novel in SPREAD, VOL. 1, which collects the first six issues of the ongoing series.  

Bestselling writer James Robinson (Starman, Fantastic Four) and artist Greg Hinkle are hired to write a reboot of the 1940s action hero Airboy, but what better way to seek a little creative inspiration than a night of debauchery? Robinson and Hinkle team up to star in this metafiction about two comic book creators gone wild in the new series AIRBOY.  

Thrashened Black Metal unit FROSTHELM have release a lyric video for “A Storm of Teeth“, a track from upcoming album The Endless Winter.  

Ark, the new album from Australian Doom Lords, THE SLOW DEATH, is out now on Chaos Records.