Later this month, God Forbid will release a video for the song "War of Attrition," from their new album Earthsblood. Click "more" to watch a teaser of the clip: Read more...

Just two days before launching a tour with Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Children of Bodom and Municipal Waste, God Forbid have announced that guitarist Dallas Coyle has quit the band. In a statement, his brother, guitarist Doc Coyle, said there was a "mutual disagreement" that "became angry on both sides, and [Dallas] decided to sit out the tour the day we were supposed to leave."

His ex-bandmates assumed the rift would be temporary, then, according to Doc, they "learned later he did not want to tour anymore at all." (Click "more" to read the rest of the story and listen to HeadbangersBlog.com's podcast interview with Doc Coyle, in which he described the musical differences he was having with his brother before the split.) Read more...

photo by Jon Wiederhorn

If you didn't catch the last "Headbangers Ball," you missed video debuts by Static-X, Lamb of God and These Arms are Snakes. Whether you were there or not, here's your chance to vote the best of the batch back for next week's show. Choose ONE video and please include a comment about why it deserves the honor of returning to the ball. Remember, past winners of "Your Vote Counts" are ineligible, so only pick from our list. One vote is allowed per IP address. Polls are open until 3 p.m. Wednesday. Click more to see this week's choices and watch the videos. Read more...

For this blog, I wanted to show you how I turned some ordinary photographs of Lamb Of God into the apocalyptic images that grace the cover and feature pages of Revolver magazine's April 2009 issue, on newsstands now!

The concept for these images goes in line with the overarching theme behind the band's new album Wrath, which is, in short, all things end-times: plagues, pestilence, locusts, hail, blood red skies and rivers, etc.

For the cover specifically, the direction was to place the band in a swarm of locusts, with a sky of deep red looming in the background. For this image, I was able to keep most of the photo intact, and just add the locusts. I also wanted to add a horizon line comprised of steeples and old-world architecture. All in all, this image was pretty cut and dry. The most tedious part of the process was accurately cutting out the locusts, and placing them into the image.

(Click "more" to read how Ryan Clark turned the members of Lamb of God into harbingers of the apocalypse for the cover and inside magazine art.) Read more...

If you're like us than you can't get enough Lamb of God. And if you can't get enough Lamb of God, you'll be downright f--kin' giddy to find out that the band's upcoming album, Wrath, is now streaming in its entirety. Click "more" to hear it all. Read more...

Obviously, heavy metal ringleaders Lamb of God have a lot in common with groups like Death Cab For Cutie, Belle and Sebastian and TV on the Radio, so it makes perfect sense that their newest song "Broken Hands" is streaming exclusively on Spin.com (if there was an emoticon for 'we're being sarcastic as f--k,' we'd put about 10 right here!!!)

Anyway, someone for some reason decided that was a good place to premiere the song and we're absolutely positive that the 36 metalheads who read their site will be completely stoked. We hate to contribute to their traffic, but you gotta hear this thing. Click "more" to stream "Broken Hands." Read more...

Here it is. The first video from Lamb of God's upcoming album Wrath, which comes out February 24. The clip, "Set to Fail," was shot on January 9 in the band's hometown of Richmond, Virginia. Guitarist Mark Morton recently talked about Wrath and "Set to Fail" in our exclusive HeadbangersBlog Lamb of God podcast interview.

Now click "more" to watch "Set to Fail." Read more...

The "Your Vote Counts" ballots are in and tallied and in a landmark victory Satyricon has been elected to return to "Headbangers Ball." The group's video for "Black Crow on a Tombstone" will air on MTV2's "Headbangers Ball" Saturday night between 2 and 3 a.m. Also, check out our podcast interview with Satyricon frontman Satyr. Click "more" to find out who else will be on the show. Read more...

When Richmond, Virginia quintet Lamb of God began recording their last album Sacrament in 2006, there was friction within the ranks. Some of the members were dealing with personal issues that bled through into their band activity, and tensions were frequently high. "We weren't really firing on all cylinders," admits guitarist Mark Morton.

Fortunately, Lamb of God were still able to battle through their demons and frustrations and craft a fierce and surging slab of vindictive groove metal. In retrospect, it seemed like the animosity that was plaguing the band during the Sacrament sessions inspired ferocity and venom and the music offered release for their pain. With that in mind, Lamb of God had some concerns when they got back together in the studio to start writing their new album Wrath (out February 24). Having navigated their issues and obstacles, the members were getting along as well as ever, and while they were excited and generally happy, they were a little worried that their newfound contentment would dampen their fire. They couldn't have been more wrong. (click more to listen to our podcast interview with guitarist Mark Morton). Read more...

Last week, Doc Coyle, guitarist for God Forbid, told us that his band was lined up for what he called "one of the biggest tours this year," but he wouldn't tell us the other groups involved. And when we asked if the headliner rhymed with Slam of Mod he said, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Liar, liar, pants on fire!

Starting April 2, God Forbid will, indeed, hit the road with Slam of Mod -- err, Lamb of God. God Forbid will actually be in a rotating support slot with Municipal Waste. Direct support on the bill will come from As I Lay Dying and Children of Bodom. Not a bad way to spend a romantic spring evening.

The No Fear Energy Music Tour will launch April 2 in Phoenix, Arizona and will run through May 15 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Click "more" for dates and videos. Read more...