Baroness

Savannah, Ga. psych-prog band Baroness explored various techniques to make their new disc, 'Blue Record,' different from their 2007 debut 'Red Album.' They worked with a different producer, modified their songwriting approach and spent more time in the writing room...

The best part of working at this job is bringing you exclusive content. Like yesterday, when we brought you the title track from Devin Townsend Project's forthcoming LP 'Addicted,' something like a month before the record is released. Sadly, we can't share the whole disc with you...

Obsession has its price. A few years ago, Baroness frontman John Baizley was becoming so consumed by his music that he was getting oblivious to everything else. When he wasn't on the road touring, he was curled up in his house writing, practicing or making sketches for the band's artwork...

Any remnants of summer have come to pass as fall is in the air and the cold sets in. Nevertheless, the metal still forges on. This month, tons of new releases are coming in from familiar favorites such as Lita Ford, Powerman 5000 and Pearl Jam...

As some of the leaders of the new school of thrash metal, the boys in Athens, Ohio quintet Skeletonwitch play swift, staccato riffs and rapidfire beats colored with gargling death metal vocals and some epic, atmospheric rhythms reminiscent of the best Viking power metal...

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...

It's going to be quite a day for some of us here at Noisecreep. We're going bicoastal today, with some of us jetting out to California for the kickoff of this summer's RockStar Mayhem Tour, and others of us hanging here in New York to catch the 10 for $10 Tour...

Paste Magazine has brought us a rather hilarious update from the dudes in Baroness, who are in the midst of the recording their forthcoming LP in Plano, Texas, with producer John Congleton. And while not the most serene of environments, the band does seem to be making progress on the follow-up to 2007's 'Red Album...

Maryland rock vets Clutch hit the road this week for a 15-date tour with Wino and Maylene and the Sons of Disaster. Look for that tour to hit parts of the Midwest and the south before wrapping up in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Immediately following the tour, the members of Clutch will be performing as The Bakerton Group at Washington DC's 930 Club...

By now, everyone has heard about last month's Scion Rock Fest - the stacked (and I mean STACKED) lineup, the various stages, the suspiciously green-tinted air during High on Fire's set, the unexpected blizzard that left tons of attendees and bands stranded...