"Joel McIver Interview

Joel McIver Interview

When it comes to metal and hard rock books, there are a handful of authors that seem to write the vast majority of them. Joel McIver is one of those prolific writers, and has written some notable books over the years about artists including Metallica, Slayer, Machine Head, Randy Rhoads, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and many others. His latest collaboration is with Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson on My Life With Deth. He also worked with Max Cavalera (Soulfly, ex-Sepultura) on My Bloody Roots, which will be published in early 2014. McIver fills us in on those two projects, several others he's currently working on, the future of print magazines, his favorite albums of 2013 and other topics.

"Slayer: Tom Araya Reveals Why Dave Lombardo Left

Slayer: Tom Araya Reveals Why Dave Lombardo Left

Tom Araya: prepping for a new Slayer album in 2014

Slayer frontman Tom Araya has shed some further light on the surprising departure of drummer Dave Lombardo earlier this year.

"METALLICA On Justin Bieber: "Are we Beliebers? Yes."

METALLICA On Justin Bieber: "Are we Beliebers? Yes."

The internet might just explode due to this story. Last week, we posted that video of Justin Bieber humming the solo to Metallica's "Fade To Black" and there was mass amounts of butthurt. Metallica themselves were interviewed recently, and I guess the story got back to the interviewer, because they asked Metallica about Bieber, and shocker… James Hetfield says: ...

"10 Metal Songs for Your Halloween Playlist

10 Metal Songs for Your Halloween Playlist

Heavy metal’s favorite holiday is tomorrow. Whether you’re putting together the soundtrack for a crazy party or just trying to get some songs together to make it through the day at work, it’s time to finalize your Halloween playlist. Of course you HAVE to have the Misfits on there, which is why we gave them 

Bad Religion - "Hark The Herald Angels Sing" (Full Album Stream)

"Halloween: The Top Ten Most Metal Horror Movie Icons Ever

Halloween: The Top Ten Most Metal Horror Movie Icons Ever

Pumpkin. Puuuuuumpkin.

"It’s Official: Metallica To Play Antarctica

It’s Official: Metallica To Play Antarctica

What?

Metallica have announced the much-speculated news that they’ll be making another bit of history by playing Antarctica this December. Although the way they’re doing it is not exactly, um, straightforward

"5 Horror Movies with Very Metal Cameos

5 Horror Movies with Very Metal Cameos

There’s only a few more days ‘til Halloween, and, for many metalheads, this is the time of year when custom horror movie marathons are assembled.  Everybody watches the classics like Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or Friday the 13th, but it doesn’t hurt to throw in a few obscure movies, too.  Don’t be surprised, 

"Warbringer Interview

Warbringer Interview

California thrashers Warbringer have had a lot of different members during their lifespan. Their latest album IV: Empires Collapse is the first for bassist Ben Mottsman and guitarist Jeff Potts

"Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “iTunes And Streaming Has Destroyed Music”

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “iTunes And Streaming Has Destroyed Music”

Kirk Hammett: Fired up

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has poured more fuel on the never ending internet vs music debate, suggesting that his buddy Lars may have been pretty on the money with the infamous Napster debate back in 2000.

"Reinventing Metal: The True Story Of Pantera... Book Review

Reinventing Metal: The True Story Of Pantera... Book Review

Pantera's career is chronicled in Neil Daniels' latest book Reinventing Metal: The True Story of Pantera and the Tragically Short Life of Dimebag Darrell. Daniels spoke with several former band members along with those close to the group for a thorough look at both their musical endeavors and personal relationships.  The band's compelling and tragic story is told very well by Daniels.

"Trivium Interview

Trivium Interview

Trivium's latest album is Vengeance Falls, which was produced by Disturbed/Device frontman David Draiman. Before a recent concert in New York, I sat down with guitarist Corey Beaulieu and bassist Paolo Gregoletto for a conversation about the new album, working with Draiman, the current state of the music industry, upcoming tour plans and other subjects.

"Varg Vikernes To Be Tried For ‘Inciting Racial Hatred And Exalting War Crimes’

Varg Vikernes To Be Tried For ‘Inciting Racial Hatred And Exalting War Crimes’

Varg Vikernes

Controversial black metal artist Varg Vikernes is to stand trial in France on charges of inciting racial hatred and exalting war crimes on the Internet.

"Alter Bridge: “We Don’t Care About Fitting Formats”

Alter Bridge: “We Don’t Care About Fitting Formats”

Alter Bridge: taking over the UK in October

We chat to Alter Bridge in our immense current issue, out now, about amazing new album Fortress and the band’s unbelievable rise to being one of the biggest rock ‘n’ roll bands in the world today.

"5 Horror Movies Made Better with Metal

5 Horror Movies Made Better with Metal

Metal and horror go together like chocolate and peanut butter.  They both represent the alluring countercultures of their entertainment niches, and, for whatever reason, there are those of us who need to dabble in forbidden delights that some people avoid or never even discover.  When it comes to horror movies, a well-placed metal song may .

"Documentary on the Mozambique Metal Scene

Documentary on the Mozambique Metal Scene Looks Awesome!

When the idea of a metal scene is brought up, we hardly think of countries that don't receive big tours or aren't brought up in conversations in general. Filmographer Leslie Bornstein isn't one of those people and looked into the idea of the metal scene in Mozambique; the results, named Terra Pesada, are amazing. Bornstein 

"Ereb Altor Interview

Ereb Altor Interview

Ereb Altor are the Swedish band made up of members of Isole. The Bathory-influenced group's latest album is Fire Meets Ice.We caught up with the band's vocalist/guitarist/bassist/keyboardist Mats, who tells us about the new album, the response to it so far, upcoming tour plans and other subjects.

"Metal Music Studies - call for papers

Metal Music Studies - call for papers

Metal Music Studies is explicitly multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary: embracing both musicological research and music theory about metal music, and social scientific and humanistic research about metal music as a genre.  We are interested in original papers on metal music. We aim to receive contributions from researchers and theorists aligned with the subject field of metal music studies, but also researchers and theorists from other disciplines who feel that their interest in a form of popular music marginalizes them from the core debates in their discipline.

"Red Fang Stream New Album ‘Whales And Leeches’ For Free

Red Fang Stream New Album ‘Whales And Leeches’ For Free

Red Fang: bringing the riffs to a town near you

Oregon riff monsters Red Fang are streaming their brand new album in full!

"Lemmy On Recent Health Worries: “It Was Nothing. I’m Over It.”

Lemmy On Recent Health Worries: “It Was Nothing. I’m Over It.”

Lemmy: Living Legend (and Golden God winner!)

Motörhead icon Lemmy has been typically nonchalant about his recent health issues, insisting that we’ve all been worrying about nothing.

DevilDriver Interview

DevilDriver Interview

DevilDriver are currently on tour with Trivium. Before their recent New York show, I sat down backstage for a conversation with guitarist Mike Spreitzer. We discussed the tour, the band's latest album Winter Kills, his other endeavors including producing and the website AllAxesses.com and other topics.

"CARCASS Surgical Steel Interview 2013

CARCASS Surgical Steel Interview 2013

Frank interviews Jeff Walker and Bill Steer, founding members of Carcass, and talks about the success (or perhaps lack of success?) of the band's new album, Surgical Steel, the criticism of Swansong (which is a Metal Injection favorite btw), the drama with Colin Richardson quitting the album process to go mix the new Trivium record ..

"Hirax - Raging Violence

Retro Recommendation: Hirax - Raging Violence

Every Friday I turn the blog over to Dan Marsicano for his Retro Recommendation, giving you a chance to learn about underrated and overlooked gems from metal's past. This week, Hirax are in the spotlight. They were one of the early crossover thrash bands, and are still around today, with a new album set to be released soon. Their 1985 debut Raging Violence is this week's Retro Recommendation.

"Soulfly Interview

Soulfly Interview

Soulfly recently released their latest album Savages. It was a family affair, with frontman Max Cavalera bringing his son Zyon aboard as their new drummer. His other son Igor was also a guest vocalist on a track. I spoke with Cavalera about the new album, Zyon's addition to the band, the status of the next Cavalera Conspiracy album, his autobiography and other topics.

"Finland’s Black Metal Psychonauts Oranssi Pazuzu Stream Mindblowing New Album In Full

Exclusive: Finland’s Black Metal Psychonauts Oranssi Pazuzu Stream Mindblowing New Album In Full!

Oranssi Pazuzu: voyagers into the unknown

One of the most inventive and immersive bands to have emerged from the underground in recent years, Finland’s Oranssi Pazuzu have been redefining black metal, not through the insipid shoegazing of their peers, but by reaching for the stars.

"Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “Lulu Is Some Of The Best Stuff We’ve Done

Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “Lulu Is Some Of The Best Stuff We’ve Done”

Kirk Hammett: proud

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has suggested that Lulu is far from the car crash that many have it pinned as, even going so far as to say that it’s some of his favourite work to date.