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Man, last night, the sky over Manhattan was truly metal. Sort of like the cover of an Amon Amarth album, minus the Viking pirates. Violent lightning bolts danced across the heavens, and the stinging rain pounded the pavement, slowly flooding the littered streets...

"It's a blast. We're having the time of our lives!" exclaims John Allen of Charm City Devils when questioned about playing Crüe Fest 2. Picture it: Thousands of sweaty bodies, shoved together in an air tight room, everyone sloshing in spilled beer. As ...

Playing the Detroit area on Aug. 15 has special meaning for Charm City Devils lead singer John Allen. "I love Detroit," the Maryland native told Noisecreep. "I love that area. I love the rock 'n' roll up there. The other thing I love about it is you guys have a Maryland guy as a Detroit Lions new NFL head coach (Jim Schwartz)...

On Friday, we were in Camden, N.J., all afternoon, for the Rockstar Mayhem tour. But being members of the illustrious fourth estate, we spent much of our time backstage. While you were out there watching the bands slay, or perusing glass pipes and T-shirts with cuss words emblazoned across 'em, the real action was happening behind the scenes...

St. Louis' Cavo are stoked. The rockers' single, 'Champagne,' is one of the most-requested songs in the nation, and the act is appearing on the Crüe Fest second stage this summer. "It's like the main rock tour of the whole summer," frontman Casey Walker told Noisecreep. "It...

Life isn't the same for the rich and famous amongst us. Celebs get away with unconventional behavior, while the rest of us eat it up via gossip rags and websites. Enter Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee and Pam Anderson. Rock's hottest dysfunctional couple may be on-again. Or maybe...

A blog posted over at Invisible Oranges this week has us asking this question: Is it possible to love a band but hate their fans? Cosmo Lee wonders in the column if there's some sense of self-loathing involved in hating fans of a band you dig...

It's nearly impossible to read a Municipal Waste review without a mention of their dynamo drummer Dave Witte. The veteran musician has been a vital part of the metal and punk underground since the early '90s. His extensive resume includes work with Human Remains, Burnt By The Sun, Exit-13, Black Army Jacket, Discordance Axis and Melt Banana, among many others...

We're inching closer and closer to the weekend. Just two more days to go. We can't wait for a couple of days off after what's been a rather hectic week here at Noisecreep. We're still trying to make sense of Anthrax's split with singer Dan Nelson...

What do you get when you merge riffologist Angus Young of AC/DC and Mongolian Emperor Genghis Khan? Why, a rock throwback like Angus Khan, of course! "The sound of AK '09 is that of a time machine crashing into a black hole that previously hadn't existed," Angus Khan lead guitarist Screamin' Lord Duff told Noisecreep...