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We've made it to another Friday. And today, a bunch of us will be getting together in one of AOL's recording studios to do our very first podcast. Pretty soon, you'll be able to not only read our words, but hear our unusual voices. Unusual because we're sure we sound nothing like you might imagine...

The Queens, N.Y.-bred metal band Emmure played only a week on this year's Warped Tour, but it was enough to make singer Frankie Palmeri a fan of the festival. "Warped Tour was excellent," Palmeri told Noisecreep. "We got to play in front of tons of people...

"We're from Quebec, which is the only French speaking province in Canada," Despised Icon vocalist Alex Erian told Noisecreep. "Our background and culture is different from the rest of our country." In honor of the chilly landscape the band calls home, Erian enlightened Noisecreep about some of the best things about being Quebecois...

The sun is shining brightly, and we couldn't be more thrilled. For us New Yorkers, the last two weeks have been super soggy, and its nice to have a break from the rain, if only for a day or two. Also, it means we won't have to lug our umbrellas to the Porcupine Tree listening party tonight (more on that in the coming days)...

So, a stage prop breaks your nose and knocks you on your a-- on national television. What do you do? Try to glean as much press from the incident as you can, while people still care. That seems to be Poison frontman Bret Michaels' agenda this week...

Man, its looking like an Urfaust day. New York City is blanketed in a thick fog, and a hard rain's been pummeling the pavement all night long, with no signs it's going to let up anytime soon. Considering we're going to be in the office all day, that's cool, so long as Mother Nature clears the skies by this weekend...

Phew, what a week! But it's finally over, and now, we've got the entire weekend to unwind. And like most busy weeks, this one's also ending with a deluge of news, from album announcements to band splits. So, rather than drag ass, let's get right to the good stuff...

Mastodon - 'Crack The Skye' - Reprise/Warner With the follow-up from their release 'Blood Mountain', 'Crack The Skye' has arrived! Produced by Brendan O'Brien (Bruce Springsteen, Killswitch Engage) the bar has been raised by Atlanta, GA's Mastodon and coming at you this week...