Marvel is pleased to announce, that in collaboration with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, an all-new graphic fiction adaptation of the legendary John Carter novels with John Carter: The Gods Of Mars #1 hitting comic shops everywhere March 2012!  

Sewage death metal vets Funerus will be joining Goreaphobia, Acheron and Mutant Supremacy tomorrow night (12/17/2011) when they step in as a last minute replacement for Funebrarum at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, NY.  

Goregrind overlords EXHUMED are pleased to announce four Brazilian shows this Winter with Aborted. This will mark the band’s first time ever in the country. The short but epic run will commence on February 17, 2012 and hit Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre.  

Joe Simon, legendary comic book writer, creator and artist has passed away at the age of 98, according to his son’s Facebook posts. Simon’s most notable co creation (with Jack Kirby) Captain America, was recently featured in the Marvel Comics movie Captain America: The First Avenger.  

IRON SAVIOR, currently one of the most popular German heavy/power metal bands return with their new album this January. Following their acclaimed Megatropolis album over four years ago, the Hamburg-based are ready to douse fans with their scorching classic metal thunder once again with the release of their new opus, The Landing, with a confirmed North American street date of January 17, 2012 via AFM Records.  

 Image Comics and Top Cow Productions are proudly spotlighting the landmark 150th issue of their iconic original comic book series this week with an over-sized issue full of extras. WITCHBLADE #150 also marks Ron Marz’s 70th consecutively written issue of one of the longest running comics with a single female lead, and a major turning point in the life of Sara Pezzini.  

IMAGE EXPO, the one-of-a-kind celebration commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Image Comics and celebrating creator-owned comics, is announcing many new guests! Joining the Image Comics partners Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, and Jim Valentino and Image founders Rob Liefeld and Whilce Portacio, are the following stars of creator-owned comics.  

French death /black metal band SVART CROWN will hit the road accross Europe with  ULCERATE in February 2012 on “The Burning Winter Tour 2012”.  

  San Diego area brutal death metal/slam band Pathology will be embarking on a 2-week headlining west coast headlining tour in January. The quintet is touring in support of their latest album, Awaken to the Suffering, released in September on Victory.   

Having just completed a massive thirty-six date North American tour supporting Mayhem, the ABIGAIL WIILIAMS  touring machine will continue on the road this week for six headlining dates, beginning in Wilmington, Delaware tonight. Taking only a few weeks off after this run of dates, ABIGAIL WILLIAMS hit the road on another set of headlining performances on their way to provide direct support for Dark Funeral’s North American assault engulfing all of February, immediately followed by a full tour with Deicide through the end of March! A full list of tour dates is posted below.  

Pioneers of the Swedish d-beat/crust movement, WOLFBRIGADE have signed with Southern Lord Recordings for the release of their next three crushing full-length releases of malevolent darkness, the first being finalized to strike in the first few months of 2012.  

The Best Buy Theater in Times Square began to fill up on Tuesday night as up and coming band For Today opened up the show.