Music

Pearl Jam's Drummer QUITS, A New Prog Supergroup & Ice Nine Kills' New Era



 



Follow-ups/Corrections
Unhinged Fest- CANCELLED! 
Summer Slaughter- Malevolence has had to pull out of the tour due to “Unforseen Personal Circumstances.”

 



New Music/Video
Ice Nine Kills- Great Unknown trailer https://youtu.be/pWmEat4l_bE?si=zuHkIEjfGLH1fM7M 
https://youtu.be/QQXvdAHLeMUsong. Moving into sci-fi from horror.
BEAT- The King Crimson supergroup of Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Danny Carey, have announced they will be releasing a live album. https://blabbermouth.net/news/adrian-belew-tony-levin-steve-vai-and-danny-carey-announce-beat-live-album 
Head Automatica- Single Annulment, came out Feb 14… how did I miss this? New record soon?
Mawiza- New track, Ti Inan Paw-Pawkan, features Joe Duplantier from Gojira. Chilean Groove Metal getting a bump from one of the best in the business. https://youtu.be/Lpyl1He4K6A 

 



Tours/Festivals
Spiritbox- Periphery and Honey Revenge to support. Starts Nov 12 in Ontario, CA, through Dec 7 in Wallingford CT. 
https://laylo.com/spiritbox/m/IQy9rN 
https://spiritbox.com/ 
Head Automatica- Weekend Tour. Oct 2 in Birmingham AL through Oct 6 in San Antonio TX.
https://www.headautomatica.net/live 
The Sword- EXTENDING Their tour celebrating 15 years of Warp Riders. Support from Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol for the whole extension. Pink Fuzz will be opening for most of it, with Moon Destroys taking over opening duties for the last 10 dates on the tour.  Starts Aug 17 in Phoenix AZ, though Oct 17 in Nashville TN.
https://www.stubhub.com/the-sword-tickets/performer/337238 
Fuming Mouth- Fall tour featuring High Command and Upon Stone. Starts Sept 19 in Syracuse NY, through Oct 5 in Massachusetts, TBD on the venue.
https://fumingmouth.com/pages/tour 

 



Reg ‘ol News
Pearl Jam- Drummer Matt Cameron has left the band after 27 years on the kit. Seems to be amicable, as both press announcements from the band and Cameron are full of well wishes.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/matt-cameron-exits-pearl-jam-after-27-year-run 
Kelly/Sid Wilson- Sid proposed to Kelly Osbourne backstage at the Back to the Beginning show… weren’t these 2 already married?
https://blabbermouth.net/news/slipknots-sid-wilson-proposes-to-kelly-osbourne-at-black-sabbaths-final-concert 
Chat Pile- Noise Rock heavies have started their own label… kinda. It is a Tape Label, meaning they release only cassettes. The label is called Dungeon Earth Recordings, and the purpose is to release the band’s “lost” recordings. The first act of business was to drop Blood At Night I & II, 2 separate collections of material the band recorded during the making of their Cool World record. The material will also be available on their bandcamp.
https://metalinjection.net/av/full-album-stream/chat-pile-launches-tape-label-dungeon-earth-recordings-drops-blood-at-night-i-ii 

 



Suggests
Back to the Beginning… find as many of those videos and watch them all!!

 

 Gaming/Tech

Helldivers 2 Hits Xbox & The Walking Dead Invades Dead By Daylight



Follow-ups/Corrections
Stop Killing Games- EU Petition has surpassed the 1M threshold. The organization seeks to get more signatures just in case some of the existing ones are invalid. The deadline is July 31. To be clear the initiative is not calling for devs to support their titles in perpetuity, it simply is calling for the sundowning of games so they still can function without a connection to the now defunct servers.
Helldivers 2- FINALLY coming to XBox on Aug 26.
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/helldivers-2-is-coming-to-xbox-on-august-26-172937757.html 



Trailers
Dead By Daylight- Walking Dead! https://youtu.be/K4TdvV46ZS4?si=BrDPnE19iFYUqw4C 


 



Suggests
Brett In Tech -https://www.youtube.com/@BrettInTechYT channel that has lots of cool little helpful bits and tools you might not know you needed.

Comic Books/Books

Did Marvel Just PERFECT The Zombie Universe?



Follow-ups/Corrections
Webtoons- the Penguin Random House partnership is now expanding. It is now creating 2 new imprints, Inklore and Ink Pop, which will publish 14 webtoon titles over the next 5 years. Inklore will focus on the more adult side of romance, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and slice-of-life. While Ink Pop will be the YA/teen versions of that. https://comicbook.com/anime/news/webtoon-inklore-ink-pop-collaboration-webcomics/ 



Reg ‘ol News
Marvel Zombies: Red Band- The Marvel mature label, Red Band, is rebooting the Zombiesphere. This time, instead of Reed of Earth-1610 being tricked by another Reed of Earth-2149 into opening a portal to effectively a zombie world, the first family’s story mirrors their first appearance in ‘61 in that they go to space and get powers. This time though, they get powers AND get infected.
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/fantastic-four-zombie-origin-marvel-comics-perfect/ 
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa- prequel comic for the new animated series. To be published by Oni Press, as a 4 issue mini. Nacelle, the company in charge of the revival, will be at SDCC in booth number 2547, and will be giving away freebies and peeks at the new action figures.
https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/wild-west-cowboys-of-moo-mesa-reboot-revival-series-comic-book-nacelle/ 
Age Of Revelation- New X-Men book set in the near future in a world shaped by Apocalypse’s successor. Will tie in with Spider-Man and Avengers



Suggests
Age of Apocalypse
Imagine a world where Charles Xavier is dead, Apocalypse rules with an iron fist, and the X-Men are scrappy rebels fighting for mutantkind’s survival. X-Men: Age of Apocalypse (1995) is the ultimate dystopian superhero saga, a 30-year-old classic that’s just as brutal and gripping today. Magneto leads a ragtag resistance, Wolverine’s a one-handed badass, and Cyclops is—get this—Apocalypse’s enforcer. This alternate-reality epic spans X-Men Alpha, X-Men Omega, and killer miniseries like Factor X, delivering high-octane action, heart-wrenching betrayals, and ’90s art that pops (shoutout to Roger Cruz and Adam Kubert). With X-Men: Age of Revelation dropping in October 2025, echoing this vibe with Doug Ramsey’s wild new role, there’s no better time to dive into this game-changer. It’s the blueprint for dark, world-shattering X-Men stories, perfect for fans of sci-fi chaos and superhero grit.



Why You’ll Love It: It’s a lean, intense ride with stakes that hit like a Sentinel’s fist. From Jean Grey and Wolverine’s doomed romance to Magneto’s desperate leadership, it’s got all the feels and thrills you’d geek out over at Comic-Con. Plus, it’s a self-contained story—no need to slog through decades of X-Men lore.



Where to Read It:
Marvel Unlimited: Subscribers can access the full X-Men: Age of Apocalypse collection, including X-Men Alpha #1, X-Men Omega #1, and tie-ins like Factor X and Weapon X. Search “Age of Apocalypse” in the app or on marvel.com.



Comixology: Available for Kindle or Comixology Unlimited subscribers, with the X-Men: Age of Apocalypse – The Complete Epic trade paperback or individu