RobZombie.com Musician and director Rob Zombie recently premiered his latest movie ‘The Lords of Salem’ at the Toronto Film Festival. It generated quite a buzz and a bidding war for the right to distribute the horror flick. Anchor Bay paid a cool $2 million to distribute ‘The Lords of Salem,’ and now Zombie has unveiled a teaser trailer for the movie, which is set for a 2013 release. Zombie recently spoke to Loudwire Radio about ‘The Lords of Salem,’ which was spawned several years ago when he was in Massachusetts for a wedding. He was in the hotel lobby and bought a book about the Salem Witch Trials to read and kill some time. “It just got me thinking about it and I just came up with this idea for the Salem, a very rough idea,” Zombie recalls. “And I kind of jotted down a few notes and forgot all about it. And then, about seven years later, the opportunity came up to make a film but, the only stipulation was — I mean, the budget was the first stipulation but, they just wanted something with a supernatural edge and I remembered this idea and that’s how I sort of dug it out of mothballs and brought it out and started working on it.” The plot of the movie revolves around some radio DJs (one who is played by Zombie’s wife Sheri Moon Zombie) that play a heavy metal song on the air that arrived in a mysterious box. They end up unleashing a coven of 17th century witches. Zombie’s bandmate John 5 composed the music for the movie. Zombie is currently in the midst of the Twins of Evil tour with Marilyn Manson. The U.S. leg of the tour wraps up, appropriately enough, on Halloween. As far as the next Rob Zombie studio album, he also told Loudwire Radio it is finished and should be released sometime after Christmas. Watch the Teaser Trailer for ‘The Lords of Salem’
Mark Metcalfe, Getty Images The Dillinger Escape Plan have been busy writing for their new disc, the follow-up to 2010’s ‘Option Paralysis’ and now the band is targeting a November time frame to hit the studio with producer Steve Evetts. Guitarist Ben Weinman says the overall writing process for the new disc has been very inspired by the bands of his youth, drawing on his deep-rooted punk and hardcore influences. “Billy and I have just been listening to old hardcore records blasting through my house and then going down to the dungeon and just bashing,” Weinman reports (via ThePRP.com ). As far as the lyrics go, Weinman also offered some insight into that, saying, “Greg also seems to be in a very dark place lyrically. I think it’s going to be pretty creepy. If these songs don’t put some holes in the wall, I don’t know what will.” In addition to focusing on new music, Weinman is also using his voice to encourage people to go out and vote in the upcoming election. In a new video for the ‘Why I Vote 2012 / I’m Voting For’ campaign, Weinman and Wyclef Jean join forces to tell the public why they should vote. Check it out below. Ben Weinman and Wyclef Jean on ‘Why I Vote 2012′ ?
Epitaph Records Stop what you’re doing immediately and check out this awesome news. Extreme hardcore heroes Converge have released a full stream of their insanely anticipated eighth studio album, ‘All We Love We Leave Behind.’ For those of you who are still reading this, we’re assuming that you’re already listening to the album and somehow remembered that you were reading words a short time ago, so for everyone still with us, lets go a little bit in-depth about the new Converge record. Produced by Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou, ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’ is a perfect continuation of Converge’s constant evolution while still sticking to their roots. The album holds the same intensity and nuances found on previous Converge albums, but the overall product doesn’t at all begin to play off of their prior material. It’s still Converge, but it remains incredibly fresh and surprising even to the more devoted followers of the band. In a recent interview with JohnLongbottom.co.uk , Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon explains the process in creating ‘All We Love We Leave Behind.’ “We put a lot of emotional investment in writing our material,” begins Bannon. “It takes a lot of time, emotionally and psychologically to actually write the music and write the lyrics, so when you’re recording you just try and record the best piece of music to fit your vision. We’re definitely perfectionists, this is our craft. Some people don’t understand that and just hear our music as a lot of noise, they don’t necessarily understand what’s going on, apart from perhaps the loud volume, but there’s a lot of method to what we do.” Listen to Converge’s ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’ in full below. Converge, ‘All We Love We Leave Behind’ Full Album Stream [button href=”http://loudwire.com/converge-fault-and-fracture-top-21st-century-metal-songs/” title=”Converge: Top 21st Century Metal Songs” align=”center”]
Kevin Winter, Getty Images Guitarist Daron Malakian ( System of a Down , Scars on Broadway ) sat down for an interview with KROQ recently, with the conversation turning towards politics and religion. After a slight dejection from Malakian, the guitarist found himself diving into the topic, sharing his views on President Obama’s first term, how organized religion can destroy the personal experience, global terrorism + much more. Malakian spoke about President Obama’s first term and compared the ‘cult of personality’ honed by Obama to that of Bill Clinton. “Anybody who thinks that Obama was gonna come and fix that mess in three or four years is nuts,” says Malakian. “I mean, that by itself… You’ve gotta give him a little bit more time. I think he’s doing an alright job. I ain’t got no beef with Obama. But I’ll tell you this much: he is a politician, like everybody else, and he’s a damn good one. Because he can really make you like him. [It’s the job of politicians] to bulls–t people and to make them like you, and he is king at it. He might be a little better than [Bill] Clinton, actually.” Later in the interview, Malakian continued with the political discussion, bringing religion into the mix. “I’ll be honest with you: politically, I have no issue with people, but my beef sometimes is with religion at the end of the day,” Malakian explains. “And that offends people, I guess, more than telling people what to do. But I just think a lot of people… Politicians use religion and they get their troops riled up with religion. And it’s not just here with Christianity, it’s… Those dudes, like [Osama] Bin Laden, these dudes are all politicians themselves.” He continues, “They use the simple-minded and the poor and they promise them things and that’s how they rile up their troops using religion. And we don’t see that as the same as our politicians, but they play the same games with their people over there as the politicians play with the people over here to get them riled up, to go to war… ‘You’re fighting for freedom.’ I just think religion is something… It could be a beautiful thing for the individual, but when it becomes organized, that’s when religion starts taking a kind of ugly turn to me.” Scars on Broadway are set to embark on a North American tour with Deftones . The trek kicks off Oct. 9 in Ventura, Calif. [button href=”http://loudwire.com/system-of-a-down-drummer-john-dolmayan-exits-scars-on-broadway/” title=”Next: Drummer John Dolmayan Leaves Scars on Broadway” align=”center”]
Epochal Artist Records Look for the re-emergence of Trapt this fall, as the band has announced the release details of their new album, ‘Reborn,’ and booked a string of dates to support the effort. ‘Reborn’ is due Nov. 20 from Epochal Artist Records in association with EMI, and the disc will be available in both standard and deluxe edition packages. The deluxe edition will come bolstered with five acoustic recordings of songs from the new album, plus the never-before-released fan favorite, ‘Avelyn.’ Singer Chris Taylor Brown, who co-produced the disc with Matt Thorne, states, “This record is really a new sound for Trapt. With ‘Reborn’ we really wanted to use new sounds and textures as well as experiment with delays, reverbs, synths and many other techniques we have learned over the years or have heard in our influences. Lyrically, this album is as deep and thoughtful as any album that Trapt has done in the past.” The group has chosen album opener ‘Bring It’ as the lead single, and the song has been packaged as a double single with ‘Love Hate Relationship’ at iTunes . Trapt also shot a video for ‘Bring It’ in Las Vegas recently, and the clip will arrive in the coming weeks. Speaking of Las Vegas, Trapt will head to Sin City for the start of their North American tour in support of the ‘Reborn’ album. The trek launches Oct. 24 at Vinyl in Las Vegas, with dates booked through the end of November. Trapt’s ‘Reborn’ Track Listing: 1. ‘Bring It’ 2. ‘Love Hate Relationship’ 3. ‘Experience’ 4. ‘Eye of the Storm’ 5. ‘Livewire’ 6. ‘Going Under’ 7. ‘Too Close’ 8. ‘Strength in Numbers’ 9. ‘Get Out of Your Own Way’ 10. ‘When It Rains’ 11. ‘You’re No Angel’ Trapt’s Fall 2012 Tour Dates 10/24 — Las Vegas, Nev. — Vinyl 10/26 — Riverton, Wyo. — The Armory 10/27 — Wheat Ridge, Colo. — Copperfield 10/29 — Colorado Springs, Colo. — The Black Shield 10/31 — Fargo, N.D. — House of Rock at the Hub 11/1 — Rochester, Minn. — Wicked Moose 11/3 — Flint, Mich. — Machine Shop 11/4 — Detroit, Mich. — Sound Board at Motor City Casino 11/7 — Joliet, Ill. — Mojoes 11/8 — Libertyville, Ill. — Austin’s Saloon 11/9 — Fort Wayne, Ind. — Piere’s 11/10 — Columbus, Ohio — Al Rosa Villa 11/20 — West Hollywood, Calif. — The Roxy 11/21 — Scottsdale, Ariz. — Pub Rock Live 11/23 — San Jose, Calif. — Musik Ink 11/24 — Sacramento, Calif. — Ace of Spades 11/27 — Santa Rosa, Calif. — Last Day Saloon 11/28 — Modesto, Calif. — Fat Cat 11/29 — Chico, Calif. — Senator Theatre 11/30 — Reno, Nev. — Knitting Factory
Season of Mist Apart from being a great street punk band, the Casualties are extremely cool dudes. Entering our midtown Manhattan office building in punk rock garb and curious about where they could grab a beer, guitarist Jake Kolatis and bassist Rick Lopez came in for what turned out to be a fascinating conversation. The band members spoke to us about their latest album, ‘Resistance,’ tour exploits in countries all over the world including Thailand and how punk and metal fans should unite to form a single, strong bond of powerful subcultures. Check out our exclusive talk with Jake and Rick of the Casualties. The Casualties Talk to Loudwire
Williams Street Dethklok are back and they’re coming to kill you … but they’ll probably wait until after their third full length album, ‘Dethalbum III,’ comes out. Before you go out and buy ‘Dethalbum III,’ do yourself a pre-demise favor and check out the band’s new video for ‘The Galaxy.’ Dethklok told the story of an Egyptian pharaoh with a flaming ding-a-ling in their ‘ I Ejaculate Fire ‘ video, but in the new clip for ‘The Galaxy,’ vocalist Nathan Explosion has been taken capture by evil space robots and chained inside their death metal-hating space ship. Determined to save their singer, Toki Wartooth, William Murderface, Pickles and Skwisgaar Skwigelf fly their own ship through the stars, ready to intercept Nathan Explosion from the menacing androids. Suddenly, the band’s spaceship is attacked by hoards of enemy drones! To fight off the impending ambush by doing what they do best; playing some brain-melting metal. Dethklok plug their instruments into the ship’s defense systems and battle their enemies by shredding and blasting them away. But what happens to the captured Nathan Explosion? You’ll have to watch the video to find out. Dethklok are set to blast off on a headlining fall North American tour with Machine Head , All Shall Perish and the Black Dahlia Murder . Dethklok, ‘The Galaxy’ [button href=”http://loudwire.com/brendon-small-talks-dethkloks-cancelled-tour-new-album-metalocalypse-more/” title=”Dethklok Mastermind Brendon Small Talks ‘Metalocalypse'” align=”center”]