Where bands were born, and where they died - this country is spiked with locations that mark where hard rock and metal history was made. Here's our first of several tours that will take you to the sp ...Read More »
Why do rock stars have to have all the fun? Isn't it enough that they get to travel the world and play music for a living? Nope, they have to have it all. Those greedy bastards! Anyway, do you need ...Read More »
Massachusetts deathly metalcore miscreants Within the Ruins are bringing the pain again with Elite, their long-awaited third album, tomorrow. Their first record for the folks at eOne/Good Fight Music ...Read More »
Beyond the goofy glitz of 'Gangnam Style,' mountains of scorching spicy kimchee, and futuristic video game culture, South Korea has offered an unsung chain of hammering and haunting metal bands for ov ...Read More »
Demon Hunter gained national attention recently over the fact that the Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden revealed that he listened to the band's music on his missions and that he wore his Demon Hun ...Read More »
Like many who were born between the release of The Godfather and the end of the Vietnam War, I never had a chance to witness the 'classic' incarnation of those kings of horror rock, the Misfits, which ...Read More »
Oh, the side-project. They're always a chancy proposition – and quite often a bad idea. Metal royalty has certainly seen its share of the good, the bad and the 'what the fuck' varieties. For ...Read More »
Comprised of singer Dominique Lenore Persi, keyboardist Ben Rico and brothers drummer Gil Sharone (ex-Dillinger Escape Plan, Otep) and bassist Rani Sharone (Otep), Stolen Babies a ...Read More »
Canadian hard rock stalwarts Danko Jones recently announced that they'll be heading out a tour of North America alongside Volbeat. The trek will kick off on March 6 in Dallas, Texas and conclude in P ...Read More »
This Sunday, all eyes will be on New Orleans as the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers battle it out in the Super Bowl. In addition to the game, people also tune in for the ultra-pricey commerc ...Read More »
Is a live album really ever live? Most are manipulated in some way, either in the mixing stage or the overdubbing of guitar leads or vocal passages. The greatest of them all, KISS seminal Alive! , c ...Read More »
I've never understood why people spend so much time at the end of each year debating the merits of music released by the best-known names in metal. Although it happens, only rarely does a band with a ...Read More »
asasWidely regarded as one of the best vocalists in the rock and pop worlds, Perry was nicknamed 'The Voice' by Jon Bon Jovi in the '80s. American Idol judge Randy Jackson was a member of Journey on ...Read More »
Yeah, so much for the big Mayan Calendar fake-out. We're already a couple weeks into 2013 and things are lookin' pretty promising as all manner of metallurgists amass in studios the world over. Whil ...Read More »
Now as 2012's last embers crackle and fade, we can honestly say it was a pretty stellar year for metal. From metal's mainstream to the underground to its sundry sub-sects; everyone from Deftones to B ...Read More »
2012 saw many triumphs in the world of metal and hard rock, but there were also many losses and tragedies. In memoriam, Noisecreep is taking a moment to remember those musicians who passed away this ...Read More »