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There's plenty of metal and hard rock set to hit store shelves this April, which looks like it could be this year's most extreme month yet. Early next month, Asking Alexandria scream their way into our hearts with 'Reckless and Relentless,' while Varg Vikernes pumps out a new full-length slab of Burzum's patented blackness entitled 'Fallen...

Last year, when Noisecreep was a neophyte site, we interviewed filmmakers Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell, who filmed an unflinching and compelling look at the black metal scene -- the documentary 'Until the Light Takes Us' -- which included pre-release interviews with formerly jailed, polarizing black metal maven Varg Vikernes...

Mutilation Rites not only boast some of the coldest, most evil riffs that New York City has to offer -- they're also fortunate to count one Michael Dimmitt amongst their ranks. Besides slinging the axe in Mutilation Rites and Rabia, and having been a part of Disassociate, he also works in film...

Burzum -- the name itself means 'darkness,' and the mere mention of mastermind Varg Vikernes heralds an intense reaction, be it negative or positive. There are few more polarizing figures within extreme metal than Vikernes, who is now almost better known for his violent past and extreme ideologies than for his music...

Black metal is ugly music for ugly people. Jagged chords, Jesus-punching lyrics, subterranean production values and spine-tingling death rattles, all overlain with the stench of decay and lingering misanthropy -- that's what black metal is made of (if you're doing it right, anyway)...

For better or worse, every band remembers its first show. For the members of Kongh, their first show was one they will likely never forget. "This was back in 2005 when the band was just a two-piece, me and Tomas ," vocalist/guitarist David Johansson told Noisecreep...

Vikings and metal go hand in hand, so it's no surprise director Tony Stone chose a hard rocking soundtrack for his new film, 'Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America.' The film features acts such as Burzum, Dimmu Borgir, Morbid Angel, Judas Priest, and more...

FEEBLE SCREAMS FROM FORESTS UNKNOWN: In a recent interview with a Norwegian magazine, Dagbladet, Burzum mastermind Varg "Count Grishnakh" Vikernes has revealed that he has already written nine songs for an upcoming Burzum album, which he hopes to release next year...

HOT OFF THE PRESSES: Perhaps the most controversial figure in extreme music, Varg Vikernes, (aka Count Grishnackh) has confirmed that, after spending 16 years locked away in a Norwegian prison, he has finally been released. Vikernes is now living in Bø, Norway, with his French wife and young son, and has been quoted as saying, "I'm ready for society - and I have been for many years. I hav...

Man, what a gorgeous weekend we had here in New York, despite what every single meteorologist told us heading into the holiday. What an awesome job that must be, huh? You can be wrong all the time, and still, no one fires you. Must be nice. Anyways, we've been away for three days now, which means we've got three days of metal news to catch you up on...