Fear Factory

Lava-spewing volcanoes look pretty damn cool on album covers, but the past week has taught us that volcanoes and metal don't always mix so well. As anyone who doesn't live in a torch-lit cave knows by now, an Icelandic volcano erupted April 15, spreading clouds of ash across much of Europe and grounding hundreds of planes...

Foxy Shazam got their start on a Ferret Music imprint, a decidedly boutique label that built its hard-earned reputation on the backs of metalcore bands. While Foxy Shazam aren't classifiable as metal, they do have fans in that world and cross over a wee bit...

Winds of Plague give new meaning to the term Herculean touring schedule. The band is back on the road, putting miles on the odometer alongside Fear Factory, Dirge Within and Periphery. The band will also enjoy a slot on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival all summer long, as well...

Dirge Within are headed out on tour with Fear Factory and Winds of Plague as part of the Fear Campaign 2010 tour after a brief respite from the road during the holidays. "When we got asked to do the tour I was flattered that Dirge Within would be going out with one of the originators of extreme modern metal," guitarist Shaun Glass told Noisecreep...

New York hardcore pioneers Sick of It All have returned with 'Death or Jail,' the first new song from their upcoming album, 'Based on a True Story,' which comes out April 20. The band wrote the track about friends who have pursued a path of self-destruction that landed them either behind bars or six feet under...

Demon Hunter vocalist Ryan Clark and his brother, guitarist Don, have been playing in bands together for years. They also work together as graphic designers with their own firm, so Ryan is not fretting over his brother's recent departure from their almost-decade-old band...

In the early days Fear Factory had to put up a fight against critics and naysayers for their misunderstood industrial metal sound. "We started out playing backyard gigs and downtown warehouse parties with all these local death metal bands who thought we sucked," guitarist Dino Cazares told Noisecreep last month...

Want to put some metal back in your summer festival plans? Canada has the answer in Heavy MTL, a two-day festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau at Île Saint-Hélène, Montréal. Heavy MTL is set for July 24 and 25. Heavy MTL was first held in 2008, and organizers took a hiatus from the event in 2009. This year, Heavy MTL is b...

Considering many modern metal fans came of age with Korn's 1996 album 'Life is Peachy,' it's not surprising that some are unfamiliar with the significant contributions made in the mid '90s by pioneering industrial metal band Fear Factory. Not only don't they know about the band's innovative combination of crushing death metal riffs with futuristic industrial samples, they're unaware that vocalis

It should come as no surprise that Cypress Hill's new album 'Rise Up,' which is out April 6, will feature guest appearances by System of a Down guitarist Daron Malakian, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello and Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda...