Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal will play a benefit show on August 12 at the Club Nokia in Los Angeles in order to raise funds for EODM bassist Brian O'Connor, who was recently diagnosed with cancer and who is currently receiving treatment for the disease in Los Angeles...

It's hard to believe it's been a decade since Queens of the Stone Age released their breakthrough album, 'Rated R.' They played Ozzfest in support of their major label debut, which seemed like an odd pairing, but this was before the really band blew up on the back of the hit 'No One Knows,' which appeared on 'Songs for the Deaf,' the 2002 follow-up to 'Rated R...

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

It's been a tough five years for Fireball Ministry vocalist/guitarist Rev. James A. Rota II. But he's very excited that 'Fireball Ministry,' their fourth album, is slated for release March 16. "It's been a while," Rota told Noisecreep with a chuckle...

A lot of great metal songs came out in 2009, which is why it has taken us so long to put together a definitive list of the top 10. In the end, there had to be some omissions, and some may seem to be glaring. For instance, there's nothing from Megadeth's killer new album 'Endgame,' Nile's ferocious 'Those Whom the Gods Detest,' Blut Aus Nord's experimental 'Memoria Vetusta II -- Dialogue with the S

Monday night a line wrapped around the corner of the former disco club Roseland. Scalpers circled the block asking, "Anybody selling tickets?" "How about, 'Is anybody selling six-packs on this damn line?'" a man walking to the back of the line said...

Charred Walls of the Damned, 'Charred Walls of the Damned': The lineup is a who's who of heavy metal: Tim 'Ripper' Owens on vocals; producer extraordinaire Jason Suecof on guitars (and he shreds); Steve DiGiorgio of Testament/Death on bass; and Howard Stern show sidekick Richard Christy, who got his start in Death and Iced Earth, on drums...

Without question, Them Crooked Vultures was one of the biggest musical surprises of 2009. The band seemingly came out of nowhere and within a couple of months, seemed to have a record already in the bag and ready for release and they were playing to sell-out crowds all across the country, without anyone hearing a single note of their music...

Fu Manchu guitarist Bob Balch has launched the educational and entertaining website, PlayThisRiff.com, which offers music lessons to fans by the very artists who perform the songs! "I started PlayThisRiff.com because I wanted to see a website that featured HD videos of actual touring musicians showing others how to play," Balch told Noisecreep...

Its official. The self-titled debut from Them Crooked Vultures, the rock and roll supergroup to end all rock and roll supergroups, featuring Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, and Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones, will be unleashed upon the world come Nov...