Modern metal giants Soulfly will be returning to North American soil this winter in support of their critically acclaimed seventh album, 'Omen.' The tour will kick off in Hollywood, Calif. and hit select cities across the nation before looping back to Houston.
Frontman and metal icon Max Cavalera will be joined by his longtime bandmates and new bassist Johnny Chow (Cavalera Conspiracy) for the Soulfly tour dates.

The album was hailed by Revolver as "harder, angrier and catchier than its predecessors," and featured guest appearances by Dillinger Escape Plan's Greg Puciato and Prong's Tommy Victor.

A Plea for Purging are gearing up for another tour. This fall, the band will hit the open highways with Oh, Sleeper, the Bled and LetLive in tow. Vocalist Andy Atkns checked in with Noisecreep, saying, "All the boys in Plea and I are stoked to get back out on the road with our dudes in Oh, Sleeper. I've been jamming the Bled for years and we're stoked to meet the dudes in LetLive. We're most excited to get back out on the road and party with all the kids across the nation."

Atkins isn't kidding when he says A Plea for Purging want to party on this tour. "I'm trying to get 500 stage dives a night," Atkins said. "So bring your boogie boards, goggles, snorkles and fins! First diver off the stage in a wet suit gets a free shirt. Let's party!"

If you missed the black metal historical documentary 'Until the Light Takes Us' -- which featured notorious musicians like Gylve 'Fenriz' Nagell, Varg 'Count Grishnackh' Vikernes, Jan Axel 'Hellhammer' Blomberg and Kjetil 'Frost' Haraldstad -- when it enjoyed a 20-week theatrical run, your day just got a little darker. The DVD will be released on Sept. 28 in a standard, single-disc configuration, a limited two-disc edition, a Blu-ray version and as a digital download.

'Until the Light Takes Us' grossed $130,000 during its theatrical run, which might seem healthy to the outside observer. But it wasn't like cash rained down on filmmakers Audrey Ewell and Aaron Aites for their labor of love. "The film did well theatrically, especially for an independent documentary about a subject that many thought would be too niche to succeed in a time when so many films are failing at the box office," Ewell told Noisecreep. "The theatrical release had a separate budget from the production budget, and yes, the people who put up that budget did make their money back and a little extra. We the filmmakers didn't see any of that of course."

"We thought it was a joke all the way up until we got on the plane," Iron Thrones guitarist Steve Henningsgard confessed to Noisecreep. "Bands like us don't win things." Of course he's speaking of the Minnesota-based act winning Scion and Metal Insider's No Label Needed contest earlier this year.

Henningsgard admitted everything that came as the prize was surreal -- the crash courses in press, pictures and business all aided the four-piece, but for Henningsgard, a producer himself, the part that he took home was new skills he learned from working in the studio with Will Putney (Suicide Silence, Four Year Strong).

Comedian Brian Posehn is metal's favorite funnyman next to 'That Metal Show' hosts Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson, and he is about to hit the road on more stand up dates to support his latest album, 'Fart and Wiener Jokes.' I don't know about you, but I like nothing more than jokes about genitalia and flatulence, but Posehn is way more dynamic than the title of his album might suggest.

If Posehn is coming to your town and you want to giggle so hard you almost pee your pants, don't miss his set.

Nothing is a harbinger of the autumn season like a Danzig video. Noisecreep is proud to premiere the video for 'On a Wicked Night' from the 'Deth Red Sabaoth' album. It's dressed in black and red tones, featuring plenty of close ups of Danzig singing his face off. He is flanked by a gloomy riff and a hot woman with ginormous breasts and dagger-shaped nails. She turns into the Grim Reaper and carries a goat's head. It's vintage Danzig.

Tickets for Danzig's upcoming tour will be go on sale tomorrow, along with the official announcement of dates. Be sure and check www.danzig-verotik.com and www.blackestoftheblack.com for more info.

HM Magazine, which spotlights the best and brightest in Christian music -- as in alternative and edgy metal, not church hymns -- has published its top 100 Christian metal albums of all time.

It was an undoubtedly arduous undertaking, and editor Doug Van Pelt took Noisecreep through the list and the process all the while espousing the virtues of the bands and albums that made the list and why. The issue hits streets Sept. 3.