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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...

Pittsburgh metallers Hero Destroyed have been trying to track their forthcoming LP, 'Throes,' since late January, but Mother Nature's been screwing everything up. You see, in recent weeks, the entire Northeast has been bombarded by blizzards, and the lads in Hero Destroyed have been s…

Legendary shredder Slash has partnered with Guitar Center for the Guitar Center Presents Your Next Record With Slash promotion, where an emerging, unsigned band will have the chance to record a three-song EP with producer Mike Clink, who's worked with Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe a…

The 2010 Grammys have come and gone, with Taylor Swift and Beyoncé walking away the night's biggest winners, but friend of Noisecreep Rob Halford and British metallers Judas Priest finally took home the bronze statuette for Best Metal Performance, edging out fellow nominees Slayer, Megadeth, Ministr…

As they get older, they get better! Aussie legends AC/DC picked up the Grammy statue for 'War Machine' from 'Black Ice' for Best Hard Rock Performance, beating out the likes of Nickelback, Alice in Chains, Linkin Park and Metallica.
No one from the band was there to pick up the Gr…

Last weekend, this scribe jetted off to Japan to catch the final two dates on Dir En Grey's 'Uroboros' tour, which nearly razed Tokyo's infamous Budokan arena over two nights. But when the shows weren't going down, I had a nice opportunity to see the city...

How about some good news? Hot buzz for the New Year? Soundgarden are to reunite. No, it doesn't look like it's a hoax either. The Seattle grunge heroes' Web site has this less than cryptic message: "The 12 year break is over and school is back in session...

HIM lead singer Ville Valo is admittedly miserable yet hopeful. 'Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice,' which will be released by Sire Records on Feb. 9, is nearly wrapped up and he's gearing up for the buzz kill. "We're still working on bits and bobs in the cover ar…

Over a year has passed since Deftones bassist Chi Cheng was severely injured in a serious automobile accident, and, sadly he remains in a semi-conscious state. According to his family, he is "slowly making progress," but is in need of financial assistance to help pay medical bills …

Drumroll, please! The 52nd annual Grammy nominees have been announced, and the Best Metal Performance category contains absolutely no surprises -- except, perhaps, for the exclusions that we could argue until we're blue in the face about, so let's not even go there...