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10 Best Heavy Metal Compilations

Metal compilations have been pumped out in extraordinary numbers since around 1980, but few are worth paying for and listening to regularly. K-Tel put out a comp of mainstream metal called Masters of ...Read More »

Record Store Day Heavy Metal Guide

If you're as big a vinyl fiend as the rest of here at Noisecreep, you are more than likely primed and ready for tomorrow, April 20th; also known as Record Store Day. The past few years have seen this ...Read More »

Powerviolence: An Extremely Angry 200+ Song Playlist

Metal and hardcore spent the 1990s bouncing around between glory days and rock bottom. Miles apart from high-maintenance death metal gods and pop punk pariahs, the resolutely distrustful and scornful ...Read More »

10 Heavy Metal Albums You Need to Check Out This Spring

Spring is upon us and its gearing up to be banner year for all things hard, driving and metallic. Already, the Mayhem Festival tour is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever, Iron Maiden is set ...Read More »

10 Bands That Should Have Been Huge, Part 2 (BY POPULAR DEMAND)

After we posted a list of ten bands that should have been phenoms rather than footnotes, up came the cry of “What about Handsome? What about Dragpipe? ” from none other than editor Carlos ...Read More »

10 All-Time Best Heavy Metal EPs

While they haven’t exactly gone the way of the CD Single (ie. pretty much extinct, if we’re talking physical CD Singles), the EP (Extended Play) seems to be a dying breed. Used to be that ...Read More »

10 Underground Bands You Need to Check Out As Picked by Noisem

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Rock 'N' Roll Graveyards: Touring the Final Resting Places of Our Late Heroes

They are perhaps the ultimate monuments to music - the final resting places of some of rock's most iconic fallen heroes. Metal, hard rock, punk – all across United States you can find sites that ...Read More »

Mellotrons in Metal: 7 Great Songs Featuring the Strange Organ

Recently, my wife directed MELLODRAMA: The Mellotron Story, a documentary about a Californiainventor who unveiled an organ in 1956 that could replay the sounds of other instruments using magnetic tape ...Read More »

10 Bands That Should Have Been Huge

A favorite conversation 'round the Noisecreep office often starts with the words 'Does anyone else remember the Rock City Angels? ' These were the unsung heroes of metal and hard rock major label-dom: ...Read More »

5 Best Places to Party in Michigan As Picked by Wilson

Wilson is a hard rock band from Michigan. There are two things you should know about them right off the bat: 1. They kick all kinds of ass (on tape and in person) 2. They take their partying very s ...Read More »

Hot Rock Star Daughters, Part 2

Rock stars love dating supermodels. We know. . . what a shock! But the way the rest of the world benefits from this is that we're blessed with their beautiful offspring. Yes, the physical union be ...Read More »

St. Patrick's Day Massacre: 10 Killer Celtic Hard Rock & Metal Tunes

St. Patrick’s Day is one of the biggest party days of the year. And music, of course, is the most important mood setter for any party. Whether you’re spending the holiday hunting the Ha ...Read More »

Heavy Metal Beers: Porters for the Criminally Insane

British heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden just announced their own brand of beer, an upscale English ale named 'The Trooper' after the band’s iconic song (and poster, which provides the artwork). ...Read More »

Dark Sermon Singer Johnny Crowder: Five Albums That Changed My Life

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SXSW Metal: 10 Killer Bands to Check Out in Austin Next Week

The month of March is synonymous with one thing in Austin, Texas: South By Southwest. Each year, hipsters, hacks and industry pros descend upon the Lone Star State's Capital for a weeklong musical bi ...Read More »

Cliff Burton's First Live Performance With Metallica 30th Anniversary: 10 Facts About the Bassist

The date of March 5th in history marks many interesting occurrences in popular culture. In 1965, it was the day The Beatles recorded their first number one single, 'From Me to You'. In 1982, it was ...Read More »

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