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Can you believe its already July? It doesn't feel like July at all. Perhaps that's because we've only had three summer-esque days here in New York since late March. And today, of course, we kick off the month with more clouds. We're hoping the sun breaks through at some point, even though we'll be stuck indoors all day, bringing you all the latest metal news...

Everybody is doing it, or it seems to be the case, but playing one of your band's albums in its entirety is the "deluxe edition version" of a concert. To do this, a band has to have a back catalog that people are clamoring and drooling to hear pounded out live...

"Man that guy is unbelievable. He's a force of nature," Clutch drummer Jean-Paul "JP" Gaster said of Scott "Wino" Weinrich to Noisecreep. Wino has always been a sort of grandfather of the fuzzed out stoner rock sound and doom metal having helped form The Obsessed and being the voice behind the very much worshiped Saint Vitus...

"I think tonight we're going to change the new of the stadium from C-R-E-W to C-R-U-E stadium" said Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee backstage, just before the band's headline set at Rock on the Range 2009. Columbus, Ohio hosted the two-day, 38 band festival of all things rock and Metal. Day one ...

"We're really excited to play one of America's great rock festivals," says Nikki Sixx, Mötley Crüe bassist. Sixx made the statement in a recent press release announcing the two-day Rock on the Range lineup. Around 35 bands will play the festival, slated for May 16 and 17 in Columbus, Ohio. Unlike ma...

Another week is in the books, and for us here at the Noisecreep offices, it was a soggy one, indeed. For a while there, we thought we'd never see the sun again, but heading into this weekend, the skies are cloudless and our mood is good. In addition to being wet, the week was also a busy one, with lots of exclusive interviews, tour updates, album scoops, and all the metal news you need to know, al

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...

It's Wednesday, folks, which means we're halfway through another work week. For some of us here at Noisecreep, it also means we're just two days away from Opeth's gig at New Jersey's Starland Ballroom. Nice! But until then, we're still working day and night to keep you up to speed on all the latest headbangin' happenings...