Music

New Music/Video
Gwar - Return of the Gor-Gor multimedia experience out on July 25. It will be a record and a Graphic Novel telling the story of Gor-Gor the band’s three-ton T-Rex. New Track “Lot Lizard” has been released. 40 years of the scum dogs
https://blabbermouth.net/news/gwar-celebrates-40th-anniversary-with-new-multimedia-release-the-return-of-gor-gor 
Byzantine - New Wave of American Heavy Metal stalwarts are set to release their new full length “Harbingers” on June 13 via Metal Blade Records. First single Floating Chrysanthema out now.
https://youtu.be/MErLAONEDWM 

Tours/Festivals
Judas Priest X Alice Cooper - With Corrosion of Conformity to support. Starts in Biloxi MS on Sept 16 runs through Houston TX on Oct 26. 
https://judaspriest.com/tour/ 
New England Metal and Hardcore Fest - Saturday Sept 20 at the Palladium Outdoors in Worcester Mass. Headliners: Lorna Shore, Cannibal Corpse, Kublai Khan TX. Other notable performances from Bury Your Dead (for their apparent final show EVER??!), Madball, Shadow of Intent, and others.
https://metalandhardcorefest.com 

Reg ‘ol News
Sight for Sound Initiative - Pat Sheridan, guitar for Fit for and Autopsy, is ALSO the Director of Partnerships for NEVEN Eyeware. As part of NEVENS he has just launched a new initiative that will provide, FREE OF CHARGE, eyeware for touring bands. Both prescription and non-prescription options to bands that qualify. How do you qualify? You have to be a US-based touring band and play 75 or more shows a year. 
https://loudwire.com/neven-free-eyewear-touring-musicians-crew-fit-for-an-autopsy/ 
https://neveneyewear.com/pages/sight-for-sound 
Weezer - Still ended up playing Coachella just days after Bassist, Scott Shriner’s wife was not only shot by police, but also arrested on attempted murder charges. Jillian Lauren has since been released on $1M bond
https://loudwire.com/weezer-bassist-wife-1-million-bond-police-shootout/ 
A Killer’s Confession - Joining the likes of Aborted and MANY other bands right now, A Killer’s Confession have lost their drummer mid-tour. Kegan King is being replaced by Daniel Fox, also a former member of Mushroomhead.
https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/04/16/a-killers-confessions-drummer-quit-during-their-tour-ex-mushroomhead-drummer-joins/ 



Suggests
Cytotoxin - Biographyte
Tech-death at its best. Just totally crushing!

Gaming/Tech

Follow-ups/Corrections
Nintendo Switch 2 - Those killer Camecube recreated controllers will ONLY be usable with Gamecube games that will only be available through the “Gamecube Classics” tier of the online virtual console.
Death Stranding 2 - New functionality (presumably for the easiest difficulties) that will allow players to essentially skip boss battles. Once a battle has been lost, there will be an option to skip. In which case the game will provide text like a novel of the battle and move on with the story. This option will also skip the following cutscene that would have played after the boss was defeated. https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/death-stranding-2-boss-fights-reward/ 
Marvel VS Capcom -  Available as of April 16, Capcom is updating BOTH fighting collections. There will now be a versus mode for all games, X-Men vs Street Fighter will give the option to play in one of the 3 competitive builds, new menu button options to help avoid opening menus in the middle of a match, plus new art and music.
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/marvel-vs-capcom-fighting-collection-free-update-local-versus-mode-new-features/ 

Trailers
Marathon - https://youtu.be/ZvJIQoWIQP8?si=PTSEJRcqmxAAmwJ_ gameplay trailer revealed. Looks pretty good. Release sept 23. Not free to play, will that kill it in the era of microtransactions?

Reg ‘ol News
Patreon - The paywall for everyone platform is now testing live streaming. The major rollout is planned for this summer. Future plans for integration with OBS as well. Also going to allow VOD downloads on the platform as an individual purchase or even as a gift from the creator.
https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/patreon-is-testing-livestreaming-with-a-major-rollout-planned-for-summer-130045258.html 

Suggests
Marvel VS Capcom: Fighting Collection Arcade Classics - If you've got any interest in the roots of hyperactive tag-team fighters, or just have some nostalgia for pumping quarters into cabinets back in the day, this is probably on your radar. It bundles seven games, including essentials like X-Men vs. Street Fighter, Marvel Super Heroes, and the notoriously chaotic Marvel vs. Capcom 2. They've added modern necessities like online play with rollback netcode, training modes, and a museum feature with art and music, along with the new VS modes. It's basically a convenient, legal way to access these arcade classics on current hardware without the usual hassle. If you appreciate that specific era of 2D fighters or just want to see where a lot of the genre's mechanics got their start, it's a solid pickup. Saves you time tracking them down individually, anyway.

Comic Books/Books

Follow-ups/Corrections
Ultimate Spider-Man - The March numbers are in. Ultimate Spider-Man holds 2 of the top 3 spots, while Amazing Spider-Man didn’t even break the top 20. Tom Brevoort REALLY knows what he’s talking about.
https://boundingintocomics.com/comic-books/ultimate-spider-man-tops-march-2025-graphic-novel-sales-amazing-spider-man-yet-again-fails-to-break-top-20/ 



Reg ‘ol News
Werewolf By Night - the sequel to the Disney+ special feature is set to be a comic book. Still with Michael Giacchino writing now instead of directing. But as Tom Brevoort has told us, the comics are the idea factories for the live action stuff, so who knows where this will lead.
https://cosmicbook.news/marvel-ditches-disney-plus-werewolf-by-night-comic 
Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe - Follow up to the fairly successful Godzilla VS Marvel from last year, this new 5 book mini starts in July. I guess if it made a little bit of money then SURE! Gerry Duggan (w) Javier Garron (a)
https://cosmicbook.news/godzilla-destroys-marvel-universe-comic-event 
Grant Morrison - The prolific comic book author has revealed a return to one of the Big 2, with a proper announcement to come soon. Morrison said that the team up would be “unexpected” but was with an artist that they “love dearly.” 
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/grant-morrison-confirms-return-to-big-2-comics-marvel-dc/ 
Rebel Moon - The Snyder fanboys are gunna love this. The not-Star Wars series is getting a prequel comic book in Rebel Moon: Nemesis, published by Titan Comics. On shelves July 16 from writer Gail Simone (eek) and artist Federico Bertoni. The book is the origin story of the titular character.
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/zack-snyder-rebel-moon-nemesis-prequel-titan-comics/ 

Suggests
East of West (Image Comics, 2013-2019): Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta. Sci-fi western apocalypse deal with the Four Horsemen reimagined. Dense world-building, typical Hickman complexity. It's a sci-fi western set in a dystopian, alternate-history America where the Civil War fractured the country into seven warring nations. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are real, powerful figures manipulating