Music

 



Follow-ups/Corrections
Brent Hinds- Is hitting the ground running. He played his first show post-Mastodon with his long time side-project, Fiend Without a Face, this last week. Now he is promoting a show with ALL of his current projects, West End Motel, Dirty B & The Boys, and Fiend, at The Garden Club at Wild Heaven West End in Atlanta, GA on April 18.
https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/brent-hinds-announces-a-show-with-all-three-of-his-bands





New Music/Video
The Haunted- Announce first new record in 8 years, Songs of Last Resorts. Due out May 30th on Century Media. First single is out now called Warhead.
https://blabbermouth.net/news/the-haunted-announces-first-new-album-in-eight-years-songs-of-last-resort-shares-warhead-music-video
Garbage- New album announced, “Let All That We Imagine Be The Light.” Eighth studio album.





Tours/Festivals
Korn- Canadian tour with Gojira and Loathe. Sept 17 through Oct 1.
Garbage- Happy Endings Tour. Sept 3 in Orlando through Nov 2 in Phoenix. Support from Starcrawler. Tickets on sale April 4. https://blabbermouth.net/news/garbage-announces-summer-fall-2025-north-american-tour
Chevelle- Support from Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society. From Aug 7 in San Antonio TX, through Oct 2 in Airway Heights WA. Presale tickets on sale now, general tickets on sale march 28.
https://www.bandsintown.com/a/303-chevelle





Reg ‘ol News
Kevin Smith VS Gwar - Kevin Smith will be hosting the intergalactic scum at his movie theater Smodcastle Cinemas, in New Jersey for a special screening of the documentary “This is GWAR.” After the screening Smith will host a Q&A with the band. Aug 30th. $25 or $100 for a photo op.
https://www.smodcastlecinemas.com/ticketing/40B6A8A7-9669-C668-B00D4AC47286DFA7
Matty Matheson- Starts a new hardcore band called Pig Pen with Alexisonfire guitarist Wade MacNeil. First show was Mar 25. “A few old friends got together.”
https://loudwire.com/the-bear-matty-matheson-hardcore-band-pig-pen-alexisonfire/
White Cobra Records- Chimaira’s new record label. To celebrate they have reissued their self- titled album from 2005, which includes a handful of bonus tracks. Pre-orders for the reissue are live now, and will stay open for a month.
https://metalinjection.net/upcoming-releases/chimaira-kicks-off-their-new-record-label-with-a-deluxe-reissue-of-their-2005-self-titled-album





Suggests
Chimaira- The Impossibility of Reason is the second studio album by the American heavy metal band Chimaira, released on May 13, 2003. It is the first album to feature Matt DeVries on rhythm guitar. The album is a noted for its groove metal-oriented sound, especially when compared to the band's previous releases which were considered closer to the nu metal genre.[9] Upon release, it debuted No. 117 on the Billboard 200 charts. To date the album has sold around 200,000 copies in the US.

 

Gaming/Tech

 



Follow-ups/Corrections
Palworld- In a move that seems to be specifically to push Nintendo’s buttons, Palworld now offers a Photo mode, as well as crossplay. https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/palworlds-latest-update-includes-crossplay-photo-mode-and-other-new-features/





Trailers
Surprise Revival- Painkiller has made a return to gaming 21 years after its original release date. https://youtu.be/0zzOJF0MEsI  Looks a bit like modern Doom. Out this fall.





Reg ‘ol News
What COULD Have Been- Monolith Studios (John Tobias’ developer home until the studio got shuttered recently) was working on a race car game in the early days of the pandemic called WB Racers. Would have featured characters from across the WB IPs.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/warner-bros-was-working-on-a-mario-kart-like-crossover-game/





Suggests
Gemini 2.0 Experimental- Go play with it… its free. And maybe check out 2.5 for your conversational needs.
https://aistudio.google.com 

 

Comic Books/Books

 



Reg ‘ol News
The Amusement Park- George A Romero’s lost film is getting turned into a graphic novel by Storm King Comics, and JOHN CARPENTER! Carpenter and Jeff Whitehead are writing the project, with artist Ryan Carr. June 10th.
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/storm-king-reveals-first-look-preview-of-george-a-romeros-lost-film-graphic-novel-the-amusement-park-exclusive/
Weapon Exile- The current Weapon X-Men story has evolved the character of Baron Wolfgang Von Strucker into a new villain. Issue 2 fully reveals the Wolverines of Mass Destruction (WMD) that Von Strucker has uploaded his consciousness into. Joe Casey has also revealed that this arc will see all of the other WMDs eliminated, and the last one standing will evolve into a more unique autonomous villain for the fan favorite X-Man. The proper Weapon Exile will be revealed in April for issue number 3.
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-villain-baron-von-strucker-wolverine-weapon-exile/
Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories –Tides of Terror- Kit Fisto is returning to the universe far far away for a horror story. The new four-issue miniseries on Dark Horse — from writer George Mann (Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – The Nameless Terror) and artist Luis Morocho (Marvel’s Voices: Community) — is a standalone story set on the never-before-seen planet Tordus, where Kit Fisto dives into an ocean “full of murky intrigue and ancient abyssal nightmares.”
https://comicbook.com/comics/news/star-wars-kit-fisto-mace-windu-comic-dark-horse-tides-of-terror/





Suggests
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (2006)
Forget the movie (though it has its moments). The book is a masterpiece of speculative fiction. Presented as a collection of interviews documenting the global zombie apocalypse, it's incredibly well-researched and paints a chillingly plausible picture of how society, geopolitics, and the human spirit would react. It's gritty, intelligent, surprisingly moving, and feels disturbingly real. Essential zombie canon.

 

TV Shows

 



Follow-ups/Corrections
Animated Smallville- The animated sequel series looks to have been shelved for the Live-Action movie… Alfred Gough, co-creator/producer, appeared on the Talk Ville podcast speaking with Welling and Rosenbaum, speaking hopefully that it is still in the cards though.
https://cosmicbook.news/smallville-animated-sequel-shelved-for-superman-reboot
Severance- Season 3 officially announced.
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe- The Big Bang Theory spinoff series has a name, AND is in the scripting phase. John Ross Bowie, who is reprising his Big Bang character Barry Kripke, Kevin Sussman (Stuart Bloom), Lauren Lapkus (Denise) and Brian Posehn (Bert Kibbler). Not OFFICIALLY greenlit yet, but the actors are in holding contracts.
https://deadline.com/2025/03/sftsu-big-bang-theory-spinoff-cast-table-read-max-greenlight-1236