Bobcat Goldthwait's Misfits & Monsters

An explosive effort that every fan should have! The Misfits - Box Set is a coffin-shaped CD package that exhaustively covers all the releases the late-'70s/early-'80s version of the group put out (the exception being Walk Among Us due to a label-rights situation). The first 2 discs feature, respectively, the material on the 2 collection releases and Legacy of Brutality, Evilive, and Earth A.D.. The third compiles a slew of different demo and recording sessions, including the original trio lineup (with Danzig on electric piano). The fourth presents the planned-but-never-released-as-such Static Age for the first time. The accompanying booklet features a great band history from then-roadie/photographer and future Danzig bassist Eerie Von, complete lyrics for every song, a slew of amazing photographs from concerts and other shoots, and an exhaustive discography.

From the creator of the popular blog The Monsters Know What They're Doing comes a compilation of villainous battle plans for Dungeon Masters.

Of Monsters & Men are Icelandic group that meshes chamber pop with dramatic, highly composed indie rock. After two years of touring, writing music and developing their sound, the award winning band is back with a more complex and compelling sound that is sure to excite their fans and draw in listeners across the world.

Hailed as "a feast" (Washington Post) and "a modern-day bestiary" (The New Yorker), Stephen Asma's On Monsters is a wide-ranging cultural and conceptual history of monsters—how they have evolved over time, what functions they have served for us, and what shapes they are likely to take in the future. Beginning at the time of Alexander the Great, the monsters come fast and furious—Behemoth and Leviathan, Gog and Magog, Satan and his demons, Grendel and Frankenstein, circus freaks and headless children, right up to the serial killers and terrorists of today and the post-human cyborgs of tomorrow.