"The Lords of Salem" is a song on Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...

's third solo album, Educated Horses

Educated Horses

-Personnel:* Tom Baker - Mastering* Chris Baseford - Engineer* Blasko - Bass, Background Vocals* Kristin Burns - Photos* Tommy Clufetos - Drums, Background Vocals* Drew Fitgerald - Art Direction* Josh Freese - Additional Drums...

, from 2006. It can also be found on Zombie's greatest hits

Greatest hits

A greatest hits album is a music compilation album of successful, previously released songs by a particular artist or band...

 album, The Best of Rob Zombie, Zombie Live

Zombie Live

-Personnel:*Rob Zombie – Vocals*John 5 – Guitar*Piggy D. – Bass*Tommy Clufetos – Drums...

 (Zombie's live album), and the soundtrack for The Covenant

The Covenant (film)

The Covenant is a 2006 American action supernatural thriller written by J. S. Cardone, directed by Renny Harlin, and starring Steven Strait, Taylor Kitsch, Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, and Jessica Lucas...

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The song is based on the Salem Witchcraft trials

Salem witch trials

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft in the counties of Essex, Suffolk, and Middlesex in colonial Massachusetts, between February 1692 and May 1693...

 of the 17th century. An animated music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

, much similar to that of "American Witch

American Witch

"American Witch" is the second promotional single off Rob Zombie's third solo album Educated Horses. The song is about the "witch" massacre of the Salem Witchcraft trials in 1692....

", was made in 2006.

Reception

Although no single was released and it did not chart, the song was nominated for a Grammy award

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...

 for Best Hard Rock Performance for the 2009 Grammy awards. The live version heard on Zombie Live

Zombie Live

-Personnel:*Rob Zombie – Vocals*John 5 – Guitar*Piggy D. – Bass*Tommy Clufetos – Drums...

was the nominated track. Rob Zombie is currently working on a movie titled "The Lords of Salem."http://www.salemnews.com/local/x1078452797/A-real-Zombie-visits-Salem

Personnel

• Tom Baker - Mastering
• Chris Baseford - Engineer
• Blasko
  Rob Nicholson (musician)
  Rob "Blasko" Nicholson is a Heavy metal bassist who was born on November 24, 1969. His influences include the metal bands Iron Maiden, Motörhead, and Corrosion of Conformity...
  
   - Bass, Background Vocals
• Tommy Clufetos
  Tommy Clufetos
  Tommy Clufetos Currently plays drums for Ozzy Osbourne, and previously played for famous rock artists Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper. He also played drums for Rob Zombie, and was featured on the 2006 album Educated Horses, Zombie's first live release, 2007's Zombie Live and 2010's Hellbilly Deluxe 2...
  
   - Drums, Background Vocals
• Scott Humphrey
  Scott Humphrey
  Scott Humphrey is a Canadian record producer and mix engineer. He began his music career as a keyboard player and programmer. He is best known for his work with multiplatinum recording artist Rob Zombie and has co-written, co-produced and mixed all of his records up until 2007's Zombie Live...
  
   - Producer
• John 5
  John Lowery
  John William Lowery , best known by the stage name John 5, is an American guitarist. His stage name was bestowed on him in 1998 when he left David Lee Roth and joined the industrial metal group Marilyn Manson as their guitarist, taking over from Zim Zum...
  
   - Guitar, Background Vocals
• Will Thompson - Assistant Engineer
• Rob Zombie
  Rob Zombie
  Rob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
  
  - Vocals, Lyricist, Producer

External link

Official Rob Zombie website