Converge

This week, the new Converge album, 'Axe to Fall,' leaked online two weeks ahead of its Oct. 20 release date. For everyone who isn't a member of Converge, who haven't released a new album's worth of material in three years, or Metal Sucks scribe Shaun Hand, this was incredible news...

Most critics and metal fans agree that many of today's metalcore bands were undoubtedly influenced by a handful of albums that reared their heads in the late '90s and early '00s. They are as follows: Converge's 'Petitioning the Empty Sky'; Dillinger Escape Plan's 'Calculating Infinity'; Shai Hulud's 'Hearts Once Nourished With Hope and Compassion'; Cave In's 'Until Your Heart Stops'; and Poison th

For the first time ever, I wish I was in Skindred. That's because the band will be embarking on its first ever tour of India later this month. They'll be playing in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Delhi, and, with any luck, the boys will have some time to do a little sightseeing...

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...

Most hardcore and punk fans view Converge's 'When Forever Comes Crashing' and 'Petitioning the Empty Sky,' which were released in the late 1990s, as neo-classics. But Jacob Bannon, the man behind the vocals on both records, isn't exactly self-aggrandizing about those records or their impact...

Illegal downloading has hobbled the music industry over the last decade, and try as they might, labels and musicians have been unable to quell online leaks and file sharing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Late last night, the publicists for Smashing Pumpkins issued a press release announcing that Billy Corgan, the band's sole remaining founding member, would be releasing a new album call

"I've been a dad for a year and have a little boy," High on Fire drummer Des Kensel told Noisecreep. "This last year for all of us has been a bit hectic and rough, and my kid came along and I had my second surgery in three years." Occupational hazards -- years and years of repetitive motions -- caused the skins beater to need arthroscopic surgery on his shoulder...

Longtime uber-tech, Philadelphia-based death metal band Starkweather have resurfaced. After releasing 2005's 'Croatoan' via Candlelight Records, the band will release a split with France's Overmars and a full-length entitled 'This Sheltering Night' through Deathwish, the label owned and operated by Converge singer Jake Bannon...

Another episode of Noisecreep's ''Creep Show' podcast is in the bag, and we can't wait for you guys to see it. The guys from Anvil stopped by to discuss their album, the movie that helped make them a household name, and what its been like being in one of the most underappreciated metal bands ever...

For their much buzzed-about co-headlining tour this fall, Dethklok and Mastodon have added additional shows in New York and Los Angeles, plus new dates in Norfolk, Va., Charlotte, N.C. and San Jose, Calif., bringing the total number of shows for their epic seven-week trek to 39...