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The last decade was kind to heavy metal. Not only did veteran acts release some of their most exciting work, a flurry of new bands also came out of nowhere to demand their place among the greats. Noisecreep recently compiled lists of the best songs and albums of the past decade and it's been nothing short of controversial...

"We were supposed to play here last time with Summer Slaughter but there was a mortality in the family. So sorry if anyone paid to see us. Even though I'm sure no one did," Beneath the Massacre frontmant Elliot Desgagnés told Gramercy Theater on Nov. 28, w...

Sure kids say the darnedest things, but when it comes to singing along with what's on the radio, the cutest interpretations of pop hits to rock blockbusters are enough to make grandmas everywhere resound in one giant "Awww!" But what about metal...

Death metal stalwarts Suffocation and Napalm Death are embarking on a jaunt together, criss-crossing Latin America in the spring. Death metal fans in the region, known for their fevered dedication to the genre, are best served by stocking up on earplugs...

Female-fronted Phoenix metallers Landmine Marathon have revealed 'Sovereign Descent' as the title of their forthcoming Prosthetic release, which is due out sometime in early 2010. The band may hail from the scorched earth deserts of Arizona, but they're music remains influenced by metal legends who got their start across the pond...

Just a year ago Trap Them released 'Seizures in Barren Praise' and shook up the lives of hardcore and grindcore lovers all over the universe. Like the three other road-crazed bands Trap Them played with at The Crazy Donkey Nov. 3 -- Toxic Holocaust, Skeletonwitch and Black Dahlia Murder -- they are always on tour, too...

Between 1967 and 2004, the late, great BBC DJ John Peel invited over 2,000 artists into the station's studio to record three or four songs at a time, which he later aired on his radio program. These "Peel Sessions" helped develop the careers of countless bands, including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Fall, the Wedding Present, the Smiths, Nirvana and the White Stripes...

REISSUE ALERT: Anaal Nathrakh fanboys, take note! The U.K. black/grind experimentalists are reissuing their vital debut album via FETO Records, the label run by Napalm Death's Shane Embury and Anaal Nathrakh's Mick Kenney. A remastered digipak of 'The Codex Necro' will be strictly limited to 1,000 -- and will also feature the unreleased 1999 demo track 'We Will F---ing Kill You...

Strung Out are celebrating their 20th year together, but they still have more fans in the punk and hardcore world than they do in the metal community. That doesn't mean their high-energy hybrid of both genres doesn't deserve the Noisecreep seal of approval...

Two weeks ago, when we were at the New Jersey stop of the Rockstar Mayhem Fest, we bought a Snapple. It came in a plastic bottle, but the woman we handed our $7 to for the drink ended up opening it, and poured the iced tea into a plastic cup...