Whitechapel will be back on the road beginning February 28th. The tour will take the Tennessee natives from Memphis through the Midwest on their way to Self Help Fest in San Bernardino, CA. Self Help Fest is scheduled for March 7th at the Nos Event Center and features The Devil Wears Prada, Pierce the Veil, Stick to Your Guns, The Ghost Inside, and more. For tickets and information, visit selfhelpfest.com. The full list of confirmed dates is below, as well as at facebook.com/whitechapelmetal.  

Australian Thrash Metal Juggernaut DESECRATOR has released a video for new single “Red Steel Nation“!  

Nock your arrow and draw back your bow True Believer because Marvel’s Avenging Archer is back for a brand new beginning to the fan-favorite series in ALL-NEW HAWKEYE #1! A brand new ongoing series debuting this March, blockbuster writer Jeff Lemire and Eisner-award winning artist Ramon Perez bring you a fresh new look in to the life of Clint Barton as only this high profile, can’t miss creative team could!  

SWEDEN – Swedish master of melancholy, Katatonia, has announced a new concert film, Sanctitude, to be released in North America on March 31, 2015 (March 30 UK & RoW, April 3 Germany) via Kscope. Sanctitude will be released in four formats:  

He’s a person just like we are….only he’s also a duck. This March, that fine fowl returns to the pages of Marvel Comics in HOWARD THE DUCK #1 – the new ongoing series from writer Chip Zdarsky (Original Sins) and artist Joe Quinones (Savage Wolverine)!  

What was touted as a major announcement today on the all female The View TV show never happened. Maybe an omen for the up-coming project…A-Force. An all female team in the Marvel Universe. USA Today is reporting.  

Kansas-based metallers Ashes in Vein have recently inked a deal with Pavement Entertainment for the release of their debut EP. The self-titled four-track offering of fiery melodic metal will see worldwide digital release on Feb. 24.  

As Secret Wars devastates the Marvel Universe by forging a new Marvel reality on the enormous patch-work planet of Battleworld, Wade Wilson will head back to the original 1984 Secret Wars series for his Warzones! tie-in, DEADPOOL’S SECRET SECRET WARS.  

Royal Thunder offer a first listen to music from the their sophomore album, Crooked Doors (April 7, Relapse Records), with a brief trailer featuring music from the eleven-song release  

The biggest TRANSFORMERS publishing event of the year kicks off this March when Cybertron becomes the battleground for the COMBINER WARS! An all-star creative team is bringing along fan-favorite characters and all-new dangers to this battle royale that will shake both factions to their core.  

Dark Horse Comics has announced that its graphic novels will be included in the SEQUENTIAL iPad app, with the first tranche of titles released today. The move makes SEQUENTIAL the first third-party digital comics app to distribute a full range of titles from Dark Horse.  

The comics industry is abuzz about Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen’s eagerly-anticipated new epic, science-fiction series, DESCENDER, which launches on March 4. The new series has already been optioned for film by Sony Entertainment after a competitive bidding war. Advance praise of DESCENDER #1 has flooded the comics news cycle.