Metal Injection

Whoa, Huntress just got a huge seal of approval from a Golden God of heavy metal. The band, who is working on a new album right now, has a new song which was co-written by Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead. 

We knew this was coming, they just had to confirm it. At next week's celebration of Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman's life, the Westboro bapitist church will stage a protest.

It seems as though Tim Lambesis might be getting out of jail for the time being. The San Diego District Attorney’s Office has granted Tim Lambesis a new bail hearing tomorrow, May 17th. Lambesis had plead not guilty to one count of solicitation of murder after attempting to hire a hitman to murder his wife.

How do you know that this ongoing Tim Lambesis trial, where he is being held after attempting to hire a hitman to murder his wife, is a big story? It's not just national news outlets that covered the story, but now infamous Taiwanese animation studio, Tomo News has gotten in on the action with an [...]

Unless you've been completely offline for the last day, you know that As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis was arrested yesterday, May 7th after trying to hire a hitman to murder his ex-wife. The hitman ended up being an undercover cop. Moments ago, his bandmates broke their silence on the issue:

It's been 12 hours since news broke of As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis' arrest for trying to hire a hitman to murder his estranged wife. Lambesis actually was talking to an undercover cop who arrested him. This morning, new details have surfaced.

In the 80s, metal feuds started on the Sunset Strip, today on Facebook. Five Finger Death Punch frontman Ivan Moody posted this on his page earlier today:

When I first started playing bass in high school, my friend Thomas and I made it a point, as all metal youngsters do, to learn songs by our favorite bands. The two of us spent years slaughtering songs by Metallica, Black Sabbath, and, of course, Slayer. As a metal fan, it is hard to not address the [...]

Children of Bodom are in full promo-mode for their upcoming album, Halo of Blood. Alexi Laiho was out partying at the Revolver Golden Gods and even presented an award. The band will be rocking Mayhem Fest and now we have another new taste of music.

Machine Head have been looking for a bassist for a little while now, and even had some big names like Christian Olde Wolbers formerly of Fear Factory try out. Now they're getting down to the wire.

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

Katatonia frontman Jonas Renkse and Pineapple Thief frontman Bruce Soord teamed up to create the band Wisdom of Crowds. It's precisely as awesome as you think it's going to be.

Tesseract are kicking the promo of their new album Nocturne into full gear. They premiered a new song last week and this week we get another new track.

Scion A/V have done it again. Today, they release a free EP featuring Earache Records thrash stalwarts Vektor, and we have a track premiere:

Here's either the best news you've heard or all day or the worst! It really depends on what bands you wanted to see and if their schedules conflict.