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A lot of great metal songs came out in 2009, which is why it has taken us so long to put together a definitive list of the top 10. In the end, there had to be some omissions, and some may seem to be glaring. For instance, there's nothing from Megadeth's killer new album 'Endgame,' Nile's ferocious 'Those Whom the Gods Detest,' Blut Aus Nord's experimental 'Memoria Vetusta II -- Dialogue with the S

When it comes to running his record label, Cyclopean Records, Iron Age vocalist Jason Tarpey takes an old-school approach. "I'm really old fashioned," Tarpey told Noisecreep. "I handwrite all the labels. I pack everything myself. I'm not very savvy on the Internet...

In early December, Ozzy Osbourne revealed that he was mulling 'Soul Sucka' as the title of his forthcoming record, and the entire heavy metal community let out a collective 'Huh?' Late last month, Ozzy thought better of the move and explained that feedback from his fans forced his hand...

Perhaps it's because they base themselves out of the relatively low-key music scene of Madison, Wisc., but Droids Attack don't seem too concerned with adhering to any sort of standard that their more famous peers may have established. While their music is seriously crushing, as demonstrated on their new album 'Must Destroy,' they don't take themselves all too seriously -- evidenced be their droid

The Grammys haven't always been kind to hard rock, with AC/DC not getting their first award until this year, Led Zeppelin famously never winning one (though they did get a Lifetime Achivement Grammy) and Black Sabbath winning their first in 2000 for 'Iron Man...

Death metal icons Master are celebrating 30 years of headbanging bliss and death metal glory as they recently recorded their newest album, 'The Human Machine,' for Pulverised Records. "It may sound corny, but truthfully, 'It's along way to the top if you wanna rock 'n' roll,'" frontman and founder Paul Speckmann told Noisecreep, referencing AC/DC's classic hit...

Ville Valo personally designed HIM's iconic heartagram symbol -- it meshes the heart and a pentagram and is the perfect visual representation of the band's lovelorn sound -- has enraptured the underground music scene. Fans and fellow musicians who are also fans of the band sport tattoos of the symbol, and that's something that flatters Valo incredibly...

Fans of the classic 'Dracula' movies, rejoice! Sir Christopher Lee has announced plans to record a metal album. The album will be about Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor. Lee says he's a distant relative of the emperor. The album will be called 'Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross' and will be released in March...

"We're not typical in any genre," Leaves' Eyes frontwoman Liv Kristine told Noisecreep about the band's latest, 'Njord,' which is out via Napalm Records. "We're not Viking metal. We're not gothic, doom or pagan. I got into metal from Black Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne...

"Metal music and comics are the choice of escapists everywhere," artist Tim Bradstreet, who got his start designing role-playing games before breaking into sequential art and then covers for comics, told Noisecreep. "And not just the fans, but the musicians themselves, from the Ramones to Monster Magnet to Rob Zombie...