Stay Thirsty Media Editor-in-Chief, Sarah L. Myers, has issued a new interview with ROB ZOMBIE. An excerpt follows:

Q: What’s been your process recording this new record?

A: "Well, I haven’t started the record yet so the process remains to be seen. But the previous process has just been gathering as much material as possible. A lot of times what happens is you go to make a record, I’ve literally gone into a recording studio with nothing. No songs, no lyrics, nothing. Totally starting a new record. But there’s times it’s just been acquiring songs, song ideas, lyrical ideas, and all kinds of stuff I’ve been gathering together for quite some time. It’s been awhile since I’ve made a record. So I’m hoping that going into the studio with a wealth of material will make a huge difference. And also this is the first time that I’ve really gone to the studio in a long, long time, for a solo record with a real clear direction of what I’m trying to accomplish. That record (1998’s Hellbilly Deluxe) has a real direction, of what it looked like, sounded like, and be like, and after that the records got a little looser (in the way they were) recorded, kind of ‘whatever happens happens’ kind of vibe to them. Sometimes you can’t really dictate the flow of a record. Songs are taking on a life of their own. You just kind of go with the flow. But this time my goal really was to make a very heavy, groove-oriented, dark, bizarre record and not vary off that plan."

Read the full interview at this location.

Those in attendance at the first Rob Zombie/ MEGADETH show tonight, Friday May 11th, at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ will be witness to the premiere of the first trailer for Zombie's upcoming and eagerly awaited new film, The Lords Of Salem.

The film finished post production a few weeks ago. It is Rob Zombie’s third independant film and his first since he directed Halloween 2.

The plot synopsis for The Lords Of Salem is as follows:

Heidi, a blond rock chick, DJs at a local radio station, and together with the two Hermans (Whitey and Munster) forms part of the “Big H Radio Team.” A mysterious wooden box containing a vinyl record arrives for Heidi, a gift of the Lords. She assumes it’s a rock band on a mission to spread their word.

As Heidi and Whitey play the Lords’ record, it starts to play backwards, and Heidi experiences a flashback to a past trauma. The arrival of another wooden box from the Lords presents the Big H team with free tickets, posters and records to host a gig in Salem. Soon, Heidi and her cohorts are far from the rock spectacle they’re expecting.

The original Lords of Salem are returning and they’re out for blood.

Rob Zombie guitarist JOHN 5 has scored the music for The Lords Of Salem.

The film stars: Patricia Quinn, Maria Conchita Alonza, Clint Howard, Dee Wallace, and Billy Brago.

It is expected to be released later this year via Alliance Films.