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Howard Stern fans first became acquainted with Richard Christy in July of 2004, when he joined 'The King of All Media' as a writer on his smash hit morning radio show. By that time, most in-the-know metalheads already knew Christy from his work with everyone from Iced Earth to the legendary Death...

Noisecreep is pleased to report that King Diamond is expected to make a full recovery from open heart surgery. The King underwent triple bypass open heart surgery, which was deemed a success by his doctors. King's wife Livia posted the following news on the King's website, detailing his operation (and the painful process of being catheterized) and how it affects King's music at the present time...

The combination of Halloween and heavy metal is a beautiful marriage made in hell and when it comes down to it, a complete no-brainer. Since the early 1900s, an entire cottage industry has risen around the Oct. 31 holiday. Whether it's books, feature films or the multi-million dollar costume industry, Halloween has made a lot of people rich...

Outside of a few exceptions, Connecticut has never really pumped out that many higher profile metal bands. But its proximity to musical hotbeds New York City and New Jersey has meant that The Constitution State has always had a flurry of bands coming through on tour...

1349 guitarist Archaon has contributed leads to the upcoming third album by Italian melodic black metal band Nefarium, 'Ad Discipulum,' which is scheduled for release on May 11 on Agonia Records. The disc features new drummer Garghuf (ex-Gorgoroth, Enthroned) and also includes guest vocals by Mortuary Drape frontman Wildness Perversion...

Judging from Mnemic's fourth album, 'Sons of the System,' it's pretty clear that the band members have eclectic musical tastes. The way vocalist Guillaume Bideau combines hellfire screams with steely melodic vocals and keyboard samples is definitely reminiscent of Fear Factory, the intermingling of machine-gun beats, blowtorch riffs and angular rhythms is redolent of Meshuggah and the abrupt stac

It seems they don't call Unearth bassist John 'Slo' Maggard 'Slo' for nothing. The cardinal rule of 'Your iPod is Showing' is no cheating. Guilty pleasures and fluke embarrassments are just as revealing to us as cult favorites and credibility markers...

"I can't tell you how many times I said I have enough of this f---ing s---," King Diamond told Noisecreep about the reissues he is and has been working on, which include four King Diamond remasters and visual material for DVDs on tap for next year...

"This process has been an education on technical file compression, aspect ratios and noise reduction," the inimitable King Diamond exasperatedly told Noisecreep about the reissue series he worked on for Metal Blade. The King has clearly been immersed up to his eyebrows with this project, getting his hands dirty and working directly on all aspects of the project and his command of the voc

Two hours before showtime, Nader Sadek frantically moved around the venue making sure everything was perfect, as any anxious artist who is about to display their work. Cryptopsy drummer Flo Mounier's workout playlist pummeled through the speakers...