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Noisecreep readers who prefer their metal served a la 1986 should get on board and devour Ravage. The Massachusetts quintet's 'The End of Tomorrow' was just released and features some of the most dynamic, anthemic metal we've heard in years...

Fans of melodic hardcore and punk are in for a world of hurt on September 29th when Strung Out releases their new album, 'Agents of the Underground.' The California veterans are celebrating their 20th year of operation, but the record shows no signs of the band slowing down...

Sometimes simple is better. And while that adage didn't apply to guitarist/vocalist Bill Steer's previous bands, Carcass and Napalm Death, it's certainly apropos for his current musical focus, Firebird. Just look at the artwork adorning their new album, 'Grand Union...

The second participant (i.e. victim) for our new column, 'Your iPod Is Showing,' is Dimmu Borgir guitarist Silenoz. One of the most commercially successful Norwegian black metal bands, Dimmu play pummeling songs suffused with enticing melodies and Wagnerian keyboard swells...

Enough with the lists, folks. Is it just us, or does it seem like everybody's obsessed with them these days. Numerous metal and hard rock sites (including Noisecreep) have been rolling out these lists ... the best albums of this decade, the best thrash bands, the best death metal bands, the best death metal albums ...

The two most commercial songs on the Autumn Offering's third album, 'Fear Will Cast No Shadow,' 'From Atrophy to Obsession' and 'Silence and Goodbye,' helped the band get onto radio and MTV, and expanded their fan base significantly. Many musicians would consider that a good thing...

Zoltan Bathory just doesn't get it. The Las Vegas resident and Five Finger Death Punch guitarist says he's read some online criticism of his band and he's confused. The fact that he's Hungarian has nothing to do with it. He just wants to know why his band's been slapped with the "sell-out" label...

Slipknot are without question one of metal's biggest bands. They have amassed an army of fans rivaling that of KISS, and those fans – affectionately dubbed 'Maggots' by the band – are fiercely loyal. It was almost a year ago that they helped Slipknot defeat rapper The Game for Billboard's coveted sales crown. And now, t...

You've got to hand it to White Wizzard bassist Jon Leon for staying true to his vision. Longing to bring metal back to its pre-'90s glory days of headbanging songs and good times, he formed White Wizzard in 2007 and quickly went into the studio to record a batch of songs...

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