Interviews

Halestorm are having a banner year in 2013 and it's only April. The Central Pennsylvania band took home the Grammy for Best Hard Rock + Metal Performance for "Love Bites (So Do I)" in February. Now, they are performing at the 2013 Revolver Golden Gods with Metallica of all bands ...

"We definitely didn't write the song to stir up a fucking hornet's nest. No one in the band claims to be an expert on religion, but the title of the song comes from something that a lot of people actually believe in," laughs Alice in Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell referring to The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, the title track to their excellent upcoming album...

Several days ago in Las Vegas while Noisecreep was visiting the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp, we had the pleasure of running into Lita Ford. The legendary bombshell rocker (and former member of the Runaways) was participating as a counselor at this edition of the camp which also featured appearances by all five members of Def Leppard...

Noisecreep recently visited the Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas and we brought you a story about a nine-year-old shredder named Benjamin Bluestein. The pint-sized guitar slinger from Atlanta was back in Sin City this past weekend (April 6) to pay a visit as Def Leppard visited the legendary camp...

While at Norway's Inferno Festival last weekend, Noisecreep had the pleasure of running into Moonspell vocalist Fernando Ribeiro. The Portuguese band was there for their second performance at the famed festival, and they delivered a breathtaking performance for the huge crowd in attendance...

No matter how many times I've caught them live throughout the years, Suffocation is one of those bands I'll never tire of. At least year's Inferno Festival in Norway, I was hoping that after seeing Autopsy turn in a crowd favorite performance, that the promoters would bring in a band like Suffocation to the main stage, and my wish came true last weekend...

Since 2004, Los Angeles-based The Ghost Inside has been climbing the hard music ranks and with last year's You Get What You Give, they finally broke big. Produced by A Day to Remember vocalist Jeremy McKinnon, the album debuted at #88 on the Billboard top 200 ...

At last weekend's Inferno Festival in Oslo, Norway, hometown heroes Satyricon treated the capacity crowd to a two-hour set which featured songs going all the way back to the early '90s. After a brief touring hiatus while Satyricon were locked away in the studio working on new material, Inferno Festival was a triumphant return for the influential black metallers...

Just a few days ago, Noisecreep had the pleasure of sitting down with Megadeth's Dave Mustaine at Universal Music Enterprises' Santa Monica offices to discuss the band's upcoming Super Collider album. Although Noisecreep only got to hear a few finished cuts from the record (which arrives in stores this summer), the early indication is that it's going to end up on many year-end lists come December.

Sludge merchants Black Tusk and Dead Yet? recently released a split where they had a little fun. They covered each other's songs" Black Tusk covered "Fearing Your Mind" while Dead Yet? covered "Facedriver." Noisecreep caught up with Black Tusk drummer James May to talk about the release and the culture of underground covers, as well as what else his Savannah, Georgia-base