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To the general public, multi-talented entertainer Richard Christy is best known for his work on 'The Howard Stern Show,' but metal fans should already know there's another side to Christy that relishes the onstage life -- not the booth of a radio studio...

It takes a special person to write gore metal lyrics. To get in touch with that part of your brain and thought processes requires a specific skill set, in addition to having a strong, vomit-prone stomach. It's a talent that Abscess drummer/vocalist Chris Reifert posseses in spades...

Before he formed Life of Agony in 1989 with vocalist Keith Caputo and guitarist Joey Z, bassist Alan Robert was going to school to be a professional illustrator. Then the band got a record deal and he scrapped his art career for a life of rock 'n' roll...

What started as just a CD release party for new band Charred Walls of the Damned -- featuring Richard Christy and Tim 'Ripper' Owens -- on Feb. 2 became a party to celebrate iconic metal legends Judas Priest's winning of a Grammy. The scenario: a bunch of old friends jamming a song by one of their favorite bands of all time at a local bar...

Charred Walls of the Damned, 'Charred Walls of the Damned': The lineup is a who's who of heavy metal: Tim 'Ripper' Owens on vocals; producer extraordinaire Jason Suecof on guitars (and he shreds); Steve DiGiorgio of Testament/Death on bass; and Howard Stern show sidekick Richard Christy, who got his start in Death and Iced Earth, on drums...

The word supergroup gets thrown around a lot, but most of us can count on one hand the number of groups who truly deserve the distinction of being 'super.' So when it was announced that Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth) had joined forces with Tim 'Ripper' Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Testament) and producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, All That Remains) to form a new proje

When it comes to music, Sigh frontman Mirai Kawashima doesn't believe in boundaries. Since he formed the band in 1990, Kawashima has explored elements of jazz, psychedelia, orchestral music and the avant-garde within a foundation of thrash and black metal...

"I see why people would put us in that category, and there is a death metal and a hardcore influence there," Through the Eyes of the Dead guitarist Justin Longshore told Noisecreep about the band's categorization as 'deathcore...

Metal fans around Virginia Beach, Va. are in mourning and taking their sorrows to social networking sites. Keith Chapin, singer for the band Download, was fatally shot early Saturday. He was 35. Chapin's brother, John Mittlestadt, was also shot...

"When I grew up, I was a total black metalhead." Impious drummer Michael Norén tells Noisecreep, explaining the inclusion of Gorgoroth, Dissection and, perhaps, the Black Dahlia Murder on his 'Your iPod Is Showing' list. "The people living in the small community where I was born and raised -- 72 inhabitants to this day -- miles away from civilization, were scared to death of me. Es