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Obscura’s Steffen Kummerer: ‘Our Fans Usually Just Think I’m the Bus Driver’
Obscura’s Steffen Kummerer: ‘Our Fans Usually Just Think I’m the Bus Driver’
Obscura’s Steffen Kummerer: ‘Our Fans Usually Just Think I’m the Bus Driver’
German prog-metal favorites Obscura just launched their first headlining tour of North America. The band is out in support of 'Omnivium,' their latest album for Relapse Records. Since Obscura are known for their acrobatic guitar work and challenging time signatures, Noisecreep asked guitarist/vocalist Steffen Kummerer before the trek started if he worried about the physical demands of the longer s
Children of Bodom Announce North American Tour
Children of Bodom Announce North American Tour
Children of Bodom Announce North American Tour
Finnish metal monarchs Children of Bodom have just announced a month-long headlining tour in support of their new album, 'Relentless Reckless Forever.' The so-called Ugly World Tour will kick off in Los Angeles on June 24 and run through July 24 in Montreal, where COB will perform alongside KISS and Motörhead as part of the Heavy MTL hard rock festival. "W...
Obscura Frontman Loves Porcupine Tree, Hates David Hasselhoff
Obscura Frontman Loves Porcupine Tree, Hates David Hasselhoff
Obscura Frontman Loves Porcupine Tree, Hates David Hasselhoff
Germany's Obscura don't seem to be the kind of band that wastes any time. On the heels of 2009's 'Cosmogenesis,' they are poised to deploy their new record, 'Omnivium.' Pulling influences from death and black metal as well as traditional European heavy metal, Obscura are technically and compositionally one of the top bands in extreme music right now...
World Under Blood, ‘Tactical’ – New Album
It's no secret that CKY frontman Deron Miller is a longtime, diehard death metal fan. He used to pen impassioned letters to Roadrunner A&R guru Monte Conner, regarding the label's death metal acts, which were printed in Metal Maniacs. While CKY certainly aren't outwardly influenced by Miller's personal faves, the singer is tapping into those deadly roots with his side project, World Under Bloo
Pestilence Tour Dates With Warbringer
Pestilence Tour Dates With Warbringer
Pestilence Tour Dates With Warbringer
Following a 12-year hiatus, Dutch technical death metal veterans, Pestilence, reformed in 2006 and now they're finally making it back to North America to tour for the first time in 16 years. The band will launch a 17-date trek with Warbringer, Vital Remains, Enfold Darkness and Sacrificial Slaughter, which starts May 30 in Baltimore and runs through June 17 in New York City...
Buzzoven, ‘Violence from the Vault’ — Album Art of the Week
Buzzoven, ‘Violence from the Vault’ — Album Art of the Week
Buzzoven, ‘Violence from the Vault’ — Album Art of the Week
Orion Landau, who was featured a few months back on Noisecreep's Album Art of the Week for his work on Revocation's 'Existence is Futile,' returns to the feature. Relapse Records' resident designer has lent his hand for Buzzoven's 'Violence from the Vault,' an EP compilation of unreleased tracks from the 'Sore' recording session in1994...
Black Dahlia Murder: Atlanta to Los Angeles to South America and Back
Black Dahlia Murder: Atlanta to Los Angeles to South America and Back
Black Dahlia Murder: Atlanta to Los Angeles to South America and Back
On Nov. 3, just hours after stepping off the plane in Los Angeles, the Black Dahlia Murder played a packed club on Hollywood's famed Sunset Strip to a much more intimate crowd than the band is accustomed to. Just as quickly after their set, they were back at the airport and ready for their late night flight to South America...

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