ShadowsFall

There are a lot of bands doing the "whole album on a tour" thing, and its kind of awesome. You've got bands like Mastodon playing their new one, 'Crack the Skye,' from back to front on their current tour, and this summer, Mötley Crüe will be doing the same for their 1989 masterpiece, "Dr. Feelgood...

There's a flurry of new and exciting activity surrounding Shadows Fall. While the band is experiencing an incredible period of change, the quintet is relishing it. Vocalist Brian Fair reflected on the band's trajectory and how they got from A to B, telling Noisecreep, "We had an amazing run with Century Media that opened up many doors and taught us even more...

Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner is thrilled that after a decade of working on his Burning Human project, the band's music will finally see the light of day via the blood-spattered, death metal opus, 'Resurrection Through Fire,' which was produced by Obituary/Disincarnate guitarist James Murphy, who also laid down more than a few brain-bashing solos on the platter...

Entering its second decade, the New England Metal and Hardcore Fest has flip-flopped through the years, between being a two or three day event. This year, the organizers, namely our good friend Scott Lee, trimmed the event down to two days, but added a third stage at Chasers, around the corner from the Palladium in Worcester, which spotlighted a crop of local acts and up 'n comers...

Irepress are entering into their 11th year together. But despite a decade-plus of togetherness and making metal, you may not have heard of the band, which plays an artsy, fusion-style of metal. Having sprung from the Massachusetts metal scene in the late 1990s, which was burgeoning with bands like Converge, Shadows Fall and Killswitch Engage, who were just getting their legs under them, Irepress

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"The new Shadows Fall record is a true cross-section of all our influences, past and present," vocalist Brian Fair, who sports knee-length dreadlocks that are the stuff of legends, told Noisecreep. "We tried to hold nothing back and decided to take chances to avoid putting out a safe, by-the- numbers' record...

Jim Florentine (above left) and Don Jamieson may be comedians by profession, but the pair are passionate, dyed-in-the-wool metalheads for life. The duo, who co-host VH1 Classic's 'That Metal Show,' are using their celebrity, fame and very public profession to promote the music they've loved since they were teenagers...