Heavy/Doom metal progenitors SAINT VITUS will start their first U.S. headlining tour in 19 years on September 14th in Little Rock, AK. The Scion A/V–sponsored tour supporting their critically-acclaimed new album ‘Lillie: F-65’ circles the US for five weeks, ending in San Antonio, TX on October 19th, and also sees the legendary quartet join DOWN at the Best Buy Theater in New York City on September 28th.
Montreal extreme metal veterans CRYPTOPSY have announced November 20th as the U.S. release date for their forthcoming self-titled album. Already a contender for many a critic’s top ten of 2012 list, Cryptopsy marks a furious return to the band’s tech-minded roots. Cryptopsy will be released in the U.S. by Cryptopsy/Defen Society in association with Revulotion Harmony/Candlelight Records. Pre-orders for the album are available through the band at www.Cryptopsy.ca or by visiting this location.
Reprise Records’ Green Day announced today that they are working with Nokia and AT&T to launch Nokia Music, a new music streaming service offering consumers free and unlimited access to playlists and songs from a global catalogue boasting 17 million tracks. To celebrate the launch of Nokia Music, the multi-platinum selling and Grammy® Award-winning band have created a series of exclusive playlists and will shortly announce a very special kick-off concert.
Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the jaw dropping covers to Avengers #1, Avengers #2 & Avengers #3 by superstar artist Dustin Weaver! This December, the most popular heroes in comics together on one unbeatable team, twice a month – only in Avengers! From the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman and Jerome Opena, the Avengers “go large,” expanding their roster and their sphere of influence to a global and even interplanetary level. When Captain America puts out his call – who will answer?
Grammy-winning alternative rock band Deftones have announced the November 13th release of their seventh studio album, entitled KOI NO YOKAN. To support the release they will hit the road on a nationwide headlining tour, with special guest Scars On Broadway, which kicks off October 9th in Ventura, CA and will conclude on the West Coast mid November. Tickets on sale next Friday, September 7 via Ticketmaster.com.
Michael McKean just can’t stay away from the fanboy realm. The versatile star of film, television and stage continues to deviate from his mainstream roles to appear in all forms of super hero entertainment, this time lending his voice to the egomaniacal Dr. Bartholomew Wolper in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.
