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Can you believe it's been 25 years since Swedish experimental metal pioneers Meshuggah released their very first EP? It's true, and to celebrate the career milestone, Meshuggah have teased some news for 2014 that could potentially be huge.

Meshuggah just premiered their video for "Break These Bones Whose Sinews Gave it Motion." The song comes off the Swedish powerhouse's new Koloss album. The performance video was directed by Owe Lingvall of Sweden's Village Road Film. Neither the band nor the director can be held responsible for any low-frequency hearing loss or bruising (internal or otherwise) which may result from watch

Founded by Detroit-based guitarist/vocalist Tony Piccoli in the early '00s, Imminent Sonic Destruction's progressive-minded brand of songwriting brings to mind greats like Dream Theater and Queensryche, and the harder charging riffing of Meshuggah and Strapping Young Lad...

It's time to rejoice, since Nuclear Blast Records is launching its 'Rock Band' Network for all 'Rock Band' XBox 360 network users -- aka gaming nerds -- that love metal, and there is no shame in that. Music from the Bay Area factors heavily into this first round of songs, including Testament, Death Angel and Exodus...

Norwegian extreme metallers Keep of Kalessin will release their fifth album, 'Reptilian,' on June 8. Like its 2008 predecessor, 'Kolossus,' the new album was recorded at the band's studio in Trondheim, Norway. Daniel Bergstrand (In Flames, Behemoth, Meshuggah) mixed the album...

Thrashy crust punkers Early Graves are releasing their new platter, 'Goner,' via Ironclad Recordings. The record, which is mired in lyrics about self-sabotage, was recorded in analog by Tim Green. "We recorded analog because it sounds better to our self-imposed elite ears," guitarist Chris Brock told Noisecreep...

The Binary Code make an intricate brand of death metal. Drummer Umar Fahim and guitarist Jesse Zuretti have a lot of skill. Watching the two live, it's easy to get sucked in. Rows of people either headbang or study the musician's movements with their jaws dropped...

The status of Ozzfest may be up in the air right now, but the formerly annual tour was a breeding ground and one-stop shop for the best, brightest and oftentimes most fleeting acts in metal. The fest's alumni list reads like a 'Who's Who' of hard rock, with everyone from Black Sabbath to Queens of the Stone Age to System of a Down to Meshuggah to Hatebreed (known for inciting circle pits around

Noisecreep brought you news of video mashups between Lady Gaga and Meshuggah and Madonna and Carcass, but what about plain old death metal covers of standards? Los Angeles musician Andy Rehfeldt teamed up with a friend he met online, the Markness, to cover Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' in death metal form...

Who better to ask what about his personal top 10 metal videos of all time than someone who shoots videos for a living. We asked Andrew Bennett, a Los Angeles-based lenser who has shot vids for artists as varied as Deftones and Ratt, to offer up his faves...