Interviews

Along with Parkway Drive and the Amity Affliction, Sydney's Thy Art Is Murder is one of Australia's most popular heavy acts. Don't believe us? The group's sophomore album, Hate, came in at #35 on the Top 40 Aria chart, making it the highest debut of any Aussie death metal band in history...

The Los Angeles-based, theatrical thrash metal outfit Butcher Babies are thrilled to be a part of the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival. The band, which includes singers Heidi Shepherd and Carla Harvey, Henry Flury on guitar, Jason Klein on base and Chrissy Warner on drums, offered a taste of what they will be bringing this summer when they played a set at the Mayhem Fest press conference

Charles Epting Las Vegas powerhouse Five Finger Death Punch continues its amazingly successful march with the announcement that they'll be playing the main stage on the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour this summer.

Since vacating his spot as lead guitarist in Anthrax on January 4th, Rob Caggiano's stock-in-metal has only gone up. The New York-bred guitarist, who has also made a name for himself behind the boards, producing records for the likes of Cradle of Filth, A Life Once Lost, singer-songwriter Jesse Malin, themselves, hit the metal world's collective radar when he headed to Denmark shortly after leavin

Jason Newsted is in the fourth decade of his career as a full-time musician and he's not showing any signs of slowing down. "I'm spending 90 minutes a night on my Facebook page answering each and every message I get there from the fans. I'm a people person...

Richie Wise, Kenny Aaronson and Marky Ramone; three names very synonymous when it comes to the landscape of popular music in the past forty years. When we think of Richie, we think of his production work with everyone from KISS to Gladys Knight...

Biffy Clyro, who are huge in their native U.K., are back with their latest album, Opposites. It could very well be the album that helps the band break through in the U.S., where they've been a cult favorite so far. Noisecreep spoke to bassist James Johnston about Biffy Clyro's status as one of rock's best-kept secrets, the larger story behind Opposites, which is a double concept album, and VW t

Deep Purple is one of the most influential bands of its generation. Since forming in England in 1968, the group has gone on to be considered to be one of the prime pioneers of both heavy metal and hard rock. On April 30, Deep Purple release their first studio album since 2005...

Hailing from Paris, France, pop punk favorites Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! just kicked off their first U.S. headlining tour, a short, five show run that leads right into a couple of major tours supporting A Day to Remember and headlining with For All Those Sleeping and Upon This Dawning...

After speaking with Vanna vocalist Davey Muise for 20 minutes, it becomes abundantly clear that everything about the band is visceral. It's about the live experience, about the interaction between the band and the fans, the vibrations between the people playing the instruments and the ears processing them...