Kim Kelly
Mutilation Rites Keep to the DIY Side of the New York Underground
New York City and Brooklyn in particular have rapidly developed into a metal mecca of a certain kind -- 'hipster metal' dominates, while the underground is left to its own diabolical devices. The N.Y.C. black metal scene is full of bands that embrace technicality, progression and more often than not, pretension...
Burzum’s Varg Vikernes Does Not Care About Black Metal
Burzum -- the name itself means 'darkness,' and the mere mention of mastermind Varg Vikernes heralds an intense reaction, be it negative or positive. There are few more polarizing figures within extreme metal than Vikernes, who is now almost better known for his violent past and extreme ideologies than for his music...
Harvey Milk Bassist Breaks Bass Head in Baltimore
"Here's the part where we ruin the set with fifteen minutes of stuff you've never heard before," Harvey Milk bassist Stephen Tanner drawled as he fiddled with the thick strings of his battered instrument before tearing into a handful of bottom-heavy new basslines...
Lightning Swords of Death Bring Evil Black Metal to the City of Angels
"A lot of people are shocked at the concept of a band even trying to practice the art of legitimate black metal in L.A., but black metal isn't about a charting of our ancestry or worshipping Norse lore," Autarch told Noisecreep. "To us, it is about magic and the occult, things that we've been studying since we were in junior high...
Misery Index Looking Forward to Touring With Magrudergrind
It seems like Relapse death squad Misery Index are always on the road, hitting that pavement hard to spread their biting social commentaries and politically-informed diatribes to the unwashed masses. They've recently announced a February/March tour with like-minded crucial moshers Magrudergrind, and they're gearing up to launch an attack on Noisecreep's home base, New York City, on March 20...
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At the Gates Guitarist Directed Band’s New DVD Himself
On Feb. 6, Noisecreep gate-crashed New York City's famed Brill Building like the hoodlums we are to attend Earache's invite-only screening for the new At the Gates DVD. The mammoth, three-disc set is entitled 'Flames to the End' after the haunting instrumental closer on their genre-defining classic album, 'Slaughter of the Soul,' and will be out on Feb...
Anti-Flag Pay Tribute to a Fallen Fan
The photo you're looking at right now shows a handful of New Jersey high schoolers hanging out with the members of Anti-Flag backstage at Philadelphia's Trocadero on Feb. 3. The band answered the plea of Rebecka Kelly (the brunette on the right with her arm around drummer Chris Head) to dedicate a few songs during the show to one of their biggest fans, Rob Tallon, who had recently passed away at
Down’s Rex Brown Doesn’t Trust the Government Anymore
During a recent conversation with Down bassist Rex Brown -- also known for his time with the legendary Pantera -- Noisecreep asked what he thought about the tragedy in Haiti, and how the government's handling of the situation has differed from the actions in the aftermath of Katrina...
Semen Datura Are Unsure About Future After Releasing ‘Opus Magnum’
"Describing our music is difficult, because if we were able to express it all via words we could sell our instruments!" exclaims Conrath, main axeslinger and mouthpiece for German experimental black metallers Semen Datura. The band recently released their fourth full-length album, 'Einsamkeit,' via cult European label ATMF Records, and have been making waves with a sound that blurs the
Semen Datura Would Rather Listen to Post-Rock Than Burn a Church
German black metal is enjoying a renaissance of sorts. The past couple years have seen stellar new albums from Secrets of the Moon, Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult, Endstille and even the much-heralded return of suicidal black metal pioneers Bethlehem...