Mike Gitter
Profound Lore Records Founder Chris Bruni on His Path to Success
It somehow makes all the sense in the world that Chris Bruni, the proprietor, sole employee and prime mover behind Profound Lore, one of the most prolific labels on today's metal landscape, is also a conservatory trained pianist. "I've never played in a band but I have an understanding of music," says the soft-spoken Bruni from his home outside of Toronto, Canada
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Best Metal Albums of 2012 (So Far)
Now that we're more than half way through with 2012, Noisecreep finally decided get a list up of our favorite albums released so far this year. As you'll see below, the list includes everything from veterans of the Bay Area Thrash scene, to younger underground bands...
Enabler Vocalist Jeff Lohrber Hates Modern Metalcore With a Passion
Enabler vocalist/guitarist Jeff Lohrber hates modern metalcore with a passion. "Everything that's popular these days is void of guitar riffs, void of soul. It annoys the living piss out of me and I feel like I have to do something about that...
The Power of the Riff Founder Greg Anderson on the Festival’s History
Greg Anderson knows how to throw a festival. He also knows how to fuck up your hearing while setting the (often slow) tempo for metal's sounds to come. "I always thought putting labels on bands was really cheap and somewhat belittling," Anderson waxes enthusiastically from the office of his record label, Southern Lord...
It’s Casual Frontman Eddie Solis Loves Public Transportation, Local H
There's a movie called Bad Ass that recently hit Red Box. In it, the great Danny Trejo plays a Vato who has to bust some heads trying to make trouble on the bus. Like Trejo's character in the film, fellow Los Angeles bus rider Eddie Solis is also a victim of fate...
Black Sabbath, 1983-1995: the Good, the Bad and the Awful
The true father of heavy metal shouldn't need defending. Neither should anything that's come from those steel-tipped digits. While his former bandmate, Ozzy Osbourne has lived in the public spotlight, Tony Iommi has remained rather private...
xxx ALL AGES xxx: Exclusive Chat With Director Drew Stone on His Boston Hardcore Documentary
Boston hardcore had its class reunion in August 2010 when filmmaker Drew Stone – then known for music videos and action sports films including 12:00 NYC Street Outlaws – staged a reunion of classic Boston bands including DYS, Jerry's Kids and Gang Green at Club Lido in Revere, Mass. Not only d...
Revelation Records 25th Anniversary Show Recap (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
"Truthfully, we did this to document a scene that we thought was going to be extinct in 20 years," states Youth of Today/Shelter frontman Ray Cappo, who co-founded Revelation Records 25 years ago in New Haven, Ct. with his friend Jordan Cooper...
‘Prometheus': Heavy Metal Musicians Weigh In on the Sci-Fi Flick
There was probably more anticipation for Prometheus, Ridley Scott's "prequel" to his 1979 sci-fi/horror classic Alien than any film this year. Now that it's out, nerds unite! We meet the Space Jockeys. We find out what the HR Giger-designed ship was doing on that doomy rock of a planet: LV-426...
Dr. Know’s Kyle Toucher on Reviving the Legendary Punk Band, Working Special Effects on ‘Battlestar Galactica’
Whether onstage grinding out punk-influenced riffs or in front of a computer screen creating epic starship battles, Dr. Know's Kyle Toucher knows one very key thing: "It's a very simple equation Give the fans what they want – and then exceed their expectations. They...