Soulfly will release a digital EP on February 9. The six-track Blood Fire War Hate Tour EP will feature the Conquer album version of “Blood Fire War Hate” and the following songs recorded live in Poland in 2005: “Prophecy, “Downstroy,” the Frontlines,” “Living Sacrifice” and “Mars.” (more…)

The new video by German thrash legends Kreator for the track “Hordes of Chaos (A Necrologue For the Elite)” will premiere here on HeadbangersBlog.com in the days ahead. But for now, we’ve got a bunch of exclusive stills from the video not available on the band’s MySpace.

The video was shot November 2 in Berlin, Germany with director Jörn Heitmann, who filmed Kreator’s “Enemy of God” and who has also worked with Rammstein. The clip depicts the band performing on a hill of bodies while “Gladiator”-style battles rage around them. Click more to see shots from the video and read commentary by frontman Mille Petrozza. (more…)

Pergamum, an Australian band that features two brothers, Michael (guitar) and Jason Alexander (drums), have created a pretty rippin’ video of heavy metal renditions of famous classical music pieces.

In the clip, the dudes cover segments of Bach’s “Toccada in D Minor,” Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata #5″ and “Symphony #5″ and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.” The video quality is very good, the sound is excellent and the arrangements are skillful and clever enough so each piece flows into the next. Click “more” to view. (more…)

We know where she gets the hair, but not the smile

If you figured Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine’s daughter Electra would be a hellraising headbanger? Guess again.

First of all, she’s only a kid, and secondly she clearly prefers real animals to animal rockers. But she’s got some things in common with her old man. At age 10 she’s well on her way to becoming a media darling. Electra currently co-hosts the Animal Planet children’s program “Faithful Friends” with Wanda Goldberg, who is married to retired professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. Electra is in charge of the “Itty Bitty Buddy” segment program and talks to kids about small pets including fish, cats, chinchillas, hedgehogs and hermit crabs.

Before landing a gig on “Faithful Friends,” Electra appeared in a Megadeth video with her brother Justis. “It was funny to watch my dad because he was banging around in his chair and on his knees,” she told Catchannel.com. “I thought he was going to fall over, but he didn’t! All my friends came over for Bible study, and I was like, ‘guys, come check this out!’ because I was so excited. They loved it.”

Click “more” to see Dave’s daughter in action. (more…)

Before we dive into this week’s photo entry by Slipknot percussionist Shawn Crahan (a.k.a. Clown), we have a public service announcement for our readers. The debut EP by Crahan’s other group, Dirty Little Rabbits, Simon, can be pre-ordered alone for $5.99 or with a band t-shirt for $10.99 by clicking here. The link also contains streaming snippets of all six songs on the EP, which comes out January 27. We now return to our regularly scheduled blog.

Crahan new pic, “All of Life and Death,” is abstract and kinda sinister. The image in the center is in the shape of an apple, which may be one reason why the artist refers to the shot as his rendition of “the Garden of Eden.” But there’s more… Much more. Click “more” to see the pic and read Clown’s comments. (more…)