Jay DiNitto
Iwrestledabearonce Treated Like Royalty in Europe
These days, there are metal bands of all kinds operating on all kinds of budgets, from barely-indie level all the way to major label productions. In Europe, though, no matter how big or small you are, a metal band can get the whole nine yards when they tour there -- a situation recently experienced by avant-grindcore band Iwrestledabearonce...
The Great Commission Don’t Mind Touring With Non-Christians
The Great Commission are currently in between tours right now, but earlier in the year while on the Abominable Snow Tour, the Southern Californian band received some criticism because of a few of the bands on the tour. "We've been actually getting a lot of flack from Christians," vocalist and leadman Justin Singh told Noisecreep, "asking why we would tour with non-Christian bands..
Attila, ‘Lights Out’ — Killer Song Lyrics
Killer Lyrics: Now that my secret's out / I have finally gone insane / All my evil schemes and master plans are playing out
Artery Recordings' Attila are a self-described "party metal" band from Atlanta, a city known for CNN, Coca-Cola and the Center for Disease Control...
Istapp, ‘Blekinge’ — Album Art of the Week
Swedish black metal band Istapp will unleash 'Blekinge' this month on Metal Blade Records, their first for the label. The cover was created by the band's bassist, C. Ashuck von Renvaktar, and features a wintery, gray landscape with a large elephantine tree in the foreground, covered in snow and reaching out with claw-like branches...
And Hell Followed With, ‘Proprioception’ — Album Art of the Week
'Proprioception', medically speaking, is the sense humans have of their inner organs and body parts, like your muscles getting tired from heavy lifting. This phenomenon is translated well into And Hell Followed With's art for their new album, aptly-titled 'Proprioception...
The Chariot Brought the ‘Cool’ Factor on Tour With P.O.D.
You might've thought that the Chariot would have been out of their element on a tour with gargantuan rap-metallers P.OD. -- but the Douglasville, Ga. act was picked precisely because they weren't as accessible. P.O.D.'s management was considering doing a large tour with radio-promoted bands...
Of Salt & Swine, ‘Lights Out’ — Killer Song Lyrics
Killer Lyrics: I made this promise / There's no turning back tonight / The sun will never shine on that dolled up face again
Minneapolis deathcore band Of Salt & Swine pound out the brutality on their debut album, 'Lights Out,' on Innerstrength Records. In...
The Ocean, ‘Swallowed by the Earth’ — Killer Song Lyrics
Killer Lyrics: And no one expected the water that now reached up to their throats / Swallowed by the Earth / They disappear and so do we all / Swallowed by the Earth
German rockers the Ocean return with 'Heliocentric,' a concept album with lyrics steeped in the history of science...
Lair of the Minotaur, ‘Evil Power’ — Album Art of the Week
Chicago's lo-fi dirty metal trio Lair of the Minotaur released their fourth full-length this week, bluntly titled 'Evil Power.' Painter and illustrator Scott Jackson graces the release with his talent, though with his strong background in the bright cartoons of old school horror art, one might not immediately attribute it to him...
108, ‘Forever Is Destroyed’ — Killer Song Lyrics
Killer Lyrics: All you embrace I shall erase and leave your broken heart with nothing in its place / Forever is destroyed
New album notwithstanding, there's been plenty of mystery surrounding the status of 108 lately, whether they are truly breaking up or remaining a band...