Metal Injection

It's been almost two weeks since the tragic passing of Jeff Hanneman due to liver failure. Last week, the band announced the official cause of death being alcohol related cirrhosis and that a memorial will be held in his honor later this month. The band just released all the details surrounding the memorial:

Slayer have just released an official press release with a lot of answers to lingering questions.

Heaven Shall Burn is a name that is pretty renowned across the Atlantic. They definitely have a good name for themselves in German metalcore; actually, they may have the only well-known name in German metalcore. But with their long career, they’ve been criticized before in sticking with their usual sound in their preceding releases without [...]

The metal world is still shocked about the news that broke yesterday that Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman of Slayer passed away due to liver failure at the young age of 49. Musicians everywhere have been paying tribute, and here is a roundup of their kind words for the influential guitarist:

"Epic" is thrown around WAY too much when talking about extreme music. But, screw you, Deafheaven's new track "Dream House" is EPIC! 

Greetings once again all you metal nerds. This was a rough week. Rough in a sense that there was almost too much good stuff to talk about from so many genres, subgenres, subsubgenres, etc. I could have gone on and on with this week's WEEKLY INJECTION, but alas, the fancy beer I can't pronounce is [...]

At SXSW 2013, we asked members of Sannhet, Call of the Void, Deafheaven, Inter Arma, Ken Mode, Howl, Today Is The Day, Vygr, Iron Reagan what their drink of choice is.

HEAVEN SHALL BURN – Hunters Will Be Hunted (OFFICIAL VIDEO) feat. Denise Rombouts. Taken from the album "VETO". Century Media 2013.

The Revolver Golden Gods Awards are only two weeks away, which is insane. Today, the organizers announced a new performance scheduled as well as presenters. 

A behind the scenes look at the recording of Sunbather, the amazing new record by Deafheaven, coming June 11th, 2013 from Deathwish Inc.on 2xLP, CD, and digital. Directed by Bryan Proteau. Edited By Bryn Owens.

This song is a fast and aggressive comment on humanity's greedy way of letting short-term decisions destroy itself, without considering the consequences. Metaphorically described through bestial ways of torture and humiliation of the human body, leaving no other option than death. It's the first track from our second album 'Chained In Blood', available through Rakamarow [...]

At SXSW 2013, we ask Vygr, Deafheaven, Call Of The Void, Howl, Inter Arma, KEN Mode, Iron Reagan and Sannhet what their favorite piece of gear is as musicians. What's yours?

At SXSW 2013, Howl, Call of the Void, KEN Mode, Inter Arma, Today Is The Day, Vygr, Deafheaven, Sannhet and Iron Reagan talk about the musicians that influenced them. Answers range from Peter Steele to Luciano Pavarotti. Who inspired you to play?

Post-post-post-post-black metal outfit, Deafheaven, have just released the cover art and official track listing for their upcoming LP, Sunbather. The album is due out June 11th via Deathwish Inc., and to call it anticipated is a huge understatement.

Yesterday, an interview with Exodus guitarist Gary Holt surfaced where he said he would absolutely not leave Exodus, and then shortly after Exodus announced they would be dropping off Maryland Deathfest for a personal matter. It was easy to make the connection that the reason the band dropped off was because Gary might have had [...]