Justina Villanueva
Cleric Will Satisfy Your Experimental and Progressive Metal Cravings
I usually go to four or five shows a week. It's how I discover many of my favorite bands and meet lifelong friends. Sometimes I see bands that are less than stimulating. Sometimes I see bands that are great. But, it's not so often that I see a band that makes me want to start a fan club for them...
Orphaned Land Feel at Home in New York
In New York City on March 8, three very big and important metal shows were simultaneously going on around Manhattan (yes, all in the same borough). One included one of the most-sought-after bands to reunite this decade: Coalesce. They played with the southern doom masters Harvey Milk...
Old School Circle Pits Remind Kreator Frontman of ‘Endless Pain’
"Good evening New York City. We are Kre-a-tor!" frontman Mille Petrozza told Nokia Theater on March 6. Kreator were in New York City celebrating their 25th anniversary. It's their second round back in less than a year -- the German band last toured North America in April 2009 with Exodus and Warbringer...
Middle Class Rut Drummer Beats Up Inanimate Objects at Shows
"We wanna thank Alice in Chains for getting us out of Sacramento," Middle Class Rut guitarist Zack Lopez graciously said before the band played their last song on March 9. The California-stationed duo was one hell of an opener, even though they only played for half an hour...
Voivod’s Comeback Is One of the Most Appreciated of 2010
A Saturday night in New York's Times Square is usually a pretty scary scene for the average metalhead. But on March 6, metal pioneers Voivod were in town. In my hood, that always changes everything about anything.
The band hit the stage and dove right into their self-titled song 'Voivod' with barely an introduction...
Alice in Chains Sell Out Two N.Y.C. Concerts in a Row
Alice in Chains is one of those '90s radio bands that I thought I'd never get to see growing up. That kind of a show would be way too expensive for my lunch-money-counting butt, and my disco-loving parents wouldn't (and still don't) understand anything rock-related...
Inswarm Don’t Need a Drummer to Be Heavy
Feb. 28 at Public Assembly was the kind of show where the between-song banter was minimal -- as in someone would say the name of their band and play an entire set without saying anything else to the crowd -- but the decibel quality was at its peak foor Inswarm, Hallux, Malkuth and Radiation Blackbody...
Triptykon Artist Vincent Castiglia Paints With His Own Blood
It was summer of 2008, when Thomas Gabriel Fischer -- founder of Hellhammer and Celtic Frost -- announced his new project called Triptykon. Around that time New York based artist Vincent Castiglia was exhibiting his work at the H.R. Giger Museum Gallery in Switzerland...
Psyopus’ Chris Arp Self-Releases Instructional Guitar Booklet
Tech metal titan and guitar virtuoso Chris Arp (Psyopus, Assjack) just self-released an instructional booklet of guitar techniques and exercises. When Noisecreep learned about the Rochester, N.Y.-based guitarist's booklet, we decided to get a little more info from the mastermind himself...
East of the Wall Release Split With Rosetta, Tour With Goes Cube
On Feb. 20, East of the Wall played their record release show with split-mates Rosetta. But this Noisecreep writer was not at that show. Instead, this Noisecreep writer was at a show where East of the Wall only played a 30-minute set. Everyone wanted more at New York City's Lit Lounge on Feb...