Testament

American Carnage isn't just another metal tour featuring legends Megadeth and Slayer sharing the stage and being flanked by Bay Area thrash lords Testament. Testament are offering exclusive VIP packages. The VIPs come in limited quantities, yet they include some worthwhile items...

It's time to rejoice, since Nuclear Blast Records is launching its 'Rock Band' Network for all 'Rock Band' XBox 360 network users -- aka gaming nerds -- that love metal, and there is no shame in that. Music from the Bay Area factors heavily into this first round of songs, including Testament, Death Angel and Exodus...

The wheels for the seven 'Big Four' Sonisphere tour dates went into motion slowly but surely. First, Slayer signed on to do some shows with Megadeth in Australia and Japan. Then, the bands booked the North American Carnage dates, which were postponed when Slayer frontman Tom Araya needed neck surgery...

Holy Grail, the Los Angeles metal scene's latest screamers for vengeance, are repressing their debut seven-inch, 'Improper Burial,' on white vinyl. The repressing is extremely limited to only 500 copies, which are bound to go faster than illegal substances in prison...

"Paul Gray was always super-fun to be around," Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian told Noisecreep the day after the Slipknot bassist's body was found in a hotel in Urbandale, Iowa. "He was always smiling and he was always all about the music." Ian spent time rehearsing with Gray in 2005 for the 'Roadrunner United: All Stars' tribute concert to celebrate Roadrunner Records' 25th anniv

Six days after the death of one of metal's greatest legends, Ronnie James Dio, tributes were still flooding onto Internet sites, bootleg videos were being posted on YouTube and fans were recalling their favorite albums, songs and bands that Dio was a part of...

Blatant Disarray make no bones about their love for late '80s metal. The North Carolina combo just released 'Everyone Dies Alone,' their debut album for Tribunal Records, and it recalls the heyday of Bay Area thrash. But that doesn't mean they are mere revivalists...

As Slayer frontman Tom Araya hinted at on our April 5 ''Creep Show' podcast, the band will perform its classic 1990 album 'Seasons in the Abyss' in its entirety on the upcoming Canadian Carnage and American Carnage dates. Megadeth, who have been performing 1990's 'Rust in Piece' on their recent tour will continue to play the disc in full on the Carnage shows...

Outside of a few exceptions, Connecticut has never really pumped out that many higher profile metal bands. But its proximity to musical hotbeds New York City and New Jersey has meant that The Constitution State has always had a flurry of bands coming through on tour...

Ex-Spineshank vocalist Jonny Santos is leading the charge for the Los Angeles metalcore band Silent Civilian, whose second album, 'Ghost Stories,' is scheduled to drop May 18. Aside from Santos, the album features an entirely new lineup than the musicians who played on the band's 2006 debut, 'Rebirth of the Temple...