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As part of Linkin Park, Chester Bennington writes lyrics that both he and his band mates can relate to and feel comfortable singing. But in his own project, Dead by Sunrise, a collaboration between himself and Julien K that Bennington is fronting while on some down time from LP, the vocalist is holding nothing back, especially lyrically...

Welcome to Thursday, kids. The week is nearly over, and the metal and hard rock news just keeps on coming. We still don't know if Zakk Wylde will remain Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, although he says things are all good through his Twitter account, and we're still reeling from last weekend's RockStar Mayhem kickoff...

In trying to describe the artwork he envisioned for the debut album by his new project, Dead by Sunrise, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington tells Noisecreep he had a few key words in mind. "I wanted something that looked dark, mysterious and beautiful, but comfortable at the same time, and captured a gothic feel ...

It's going to be quite a day for some of us here at Noisecreep. We're going bicoastal today, with some of us jetting out to California for the kickoff of this summer's RockStar Mayhem Tour, and others of us hanging here in New York to catch the 10 for $10 Tour...

Alice in Chains are providing fans with a little taste of their forthcoming album. After the jump is the video for "A Looking In View," a seven-minute-long song taken from 'Black Gives Way to Blue,' the band's first album since the death of frontman Layne Staley, which is slated for commercial release on September 29...

One of the most highly anticipated movies of the summer is the sequel to Transformers, 'Revenge Of The Fallen.' Based on the toy line that was widely popular in the 1980s, Transformers' latest installment has returned with one of the most badass trailers of the year...

Brad Delson isn't following Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington into the cinema, but he will be filling in this week for film star James Franco ('Pineapple Express,' 'Milk'). According to the 'L.A. Times,' Delson, who graduated from UCLA in 1999 with a degree in communication studies, will be taking over the speaking duties at Friday's commencement ceremonies for Franco...

Not that this has anything to do with metal or hardcore, but we here at Noisecreep have been watching the events at E3 unfold out west with great anticipation. See, we have a game room here at our disposal (yeah, it pretty much rules), and lately, we've been rocking the revamped 'Punch-Out' for the Wii, which happens to be our favorite system...

Glam rockers Steel Panther are hoping to break the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest-running show. "We play Monday nights in Hollywood," said singer Michael Starr. "We cannot stop playing that show because we're trying to break a world record here...

For Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, there couldn't have been a more perfect task than co-writing the theme song and contributing to the score of the forthcoming action film "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." "Transformers were some of my favorite toys when I was young," Shinoda told Noisecreep...