Justina Villanueva
The Crinn Enjoy The Ease of Camping Out After Shows
For many bands who tour the DIY route, finding a place to rest your head at night can either be a really fun challenge or an anxiety-ridden horror. Tech metallers the Crinn find it much easier to camp out after shows, rather than look for hotels or even to ask fans for a place to crash...
Easter Tried the Duo Thing for Years, Proud of Bassist Addition
For years, noise rockers Easter were a duo. Just drums and guitar. All it took to make them even better was for guitarist Don Puglisi to put up a flyer in their rehearsal space at Astoria Soundworks. Current bassist Mike Tsouris -- who lived around the corner from the building -- happily responded to their ad and became a strong addition to the band...
Cattle Decapitation Made People at NEMHF ‘Rage’
Cattle Decapitation have played New England Metal and Hardcore Festival a handful of times. Last year, the grindcore band headlined the second stage -- which is a pretty small space. The crowd's response trumped almost everything else that happened on the second stage that weekend...
Handshake Inc. Produce Ludicra DVD to Benefit Guitarist with No Health Insurance
Ludicra have had a pretty rough spring. First their full U.S. tour with Mayhem got canceled. Then, their Decancellation Tour -- which was set up in replacement of the former -- started off with some road bumps when guitarist John Cobbett's appendix burst...
Municipal Waste Plan to Play Forever at NEMHF This Year
This year Municipal Waste will be headlining the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival's second stage. The stage and space is a small fraction of the main stage, where they played last year. "We're gonna play forever. I think. Not really," frontman Tony Foresta told Noisecreep...
Baroness Are ‘Not Rock Stars or Rapists’
"For the next five minutes, all shots are $3.50," a Starland Ballroom employee announced. It was a reminder that I was finally in the warm, crusty heart of central New Jersey. That stuff just does note happen in New York City. While Baroness was still setting up their gear on stage, I overheard a group dedicate a round of shots "to Metal...
The Crinn’s ‘Dreaming Saturn’ Makes Us Free of Our Environment
For two years now -- before there was even a Noisecreep -- I've been chatting with the Crinn about 'Dreaming Saturn.' The band's Nuclear Blast debut was initiated just a little bit before they embarked on a 10-day tour with Psyopus in the spring of 2008...
Junius Prefer the Hardships of Tour Over ‘Real Life’
When Junius played Public Assembly back in March, every member of the band was dressed all in black at the Brooklyn, N.Y. venue. That is not out of the ordinary for touring metal bands. However, with the exception of drummer Dana Filloon, who was barefoot, each member was also wearing black, slip-on Vans...
Tiger Flowers, ‘Drag’ — Song Premiere
The four men who make up Tiger Flowers are really busy these days. They've been tracking songs for their EP, playing a ton of shows -- like playing with Premonitions of War and the Red Chord on April 25 -- and to top it all off they have consuming day jobs...
Don’t Call Atakke’s Songs Happy
Back in September, Atakke played at New York's Europa with Howl and Toxic Holocaust. Just seven months after Noisecreep reported their show, the death metallers were on the same stage again. This time around they opened the minds and clogged the ears of Brooklynites before Castevet, Krallice and Ludicra could get on stage...