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To simply say that former Vice Records' founder and current Blackened Music Series creator Adam Shore is a busy guy is an extreme understatement. Fresh off the heels of his Brutal Truth/Pig Destroyer/Repulsion show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple this past July -- an ample offering for the Blackened Music Series' elite, growing roster -- Noisecreep sat down with Shore to discuss what else is in sto

One month before Pelican release their fourth album, 'What We All Come to Need,' the Chicago instrumental heavyweights join label mates Sunn 0))), Earth and Eagle Twin for a show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in New York City. This veritable Southern Lord Records showcase is part of the Blackened Music Series, but it effectively previews Pelican's new songs before their headlining tour in October

In support of their upcoming album, 'What We All Come To Need,' Chicago instrumental masters Pelican have announced a massive 28-city North American trek set to roll out this October. Starting in Minneapolis and ending in their hometown, Pelican's main support includes labelmates Black Cobra on most dates, with Minsk and Sweet Cobra among the variety of bands joining them along the way otherwise

Usually after a 30-city tour, a band's last show is the smelliest. However, when Bloody Panda played the last show of the Summon Tour at Union Pool on Aug. 21, the band was in fresh, clean clothes. It must've felt good for them to be home, because their set was one of the best I've seen from them yet...

The guitars hum and soar, but there are no riffs. There are melodies, but they are deep. A listener may have to dig to find one to follow to the end of the song, but when it's found, it's cherished. There are no vocals or drums to clutter the mountains of sound the amps and twisted knobs have created...

There are places you expect to see grindcore shows, like basements and the occasional VFW hall. Then there's the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, N.Y. -- an ornate, 100-year-old building that's more accustomed to hosting family reunions and potluck dinners than a once-in-a-liftime show featuring three generations of grindcore...

Dear Ozzy Osbourne: We know that breakups can be tough. But listen ... it's time to cut the cord already. It's best to end it swiftly ... like pulling off a band-aid. So, why don't you just pick up the phone, or send an email, or have your lawyers call his lawyers ...

Finally, it's Friday. We've got just one more week left in July, and then it'll be August already. Boy, did this summer coast by! Maybe that's because we here at Noisecreep have been working hard all summer, to bring you all the latest heavy metal and hard rock news as well as some of the best band interviews around...

Long before he co-founded experimental noise act Sunn 0))) and their label Southern Lord, Greg Anderson was a fan of Metallica. But as the Bay Area band got more mainstream and Anderson's tastes got decidedly less so, he lost his interest in the multi-platinum quartet...

Yesterday afternoon, the Noisecreep office was graced by the presence of Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott, who is a bona fide riot. He's also crazy tall, which we never knew before. Def Lep's tour with Cheap Trick and Poison kicked off this week, and tomorrow in Hamburg, New York, the band will be honored by city officials...