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Always a band that just seemed to fall through the cracks of the late '90s and early moments of the decade after, Tantrum of the Muse have now digitally rereleased their out-of-print album 'The heart is a Two headed Sperm' via The War on Records, a label that singer/guitarist Stephen Sarro runs with another former member of the band...

The members of Boston-based Machines of Grace have a deep metal history. The Machines of Grace family tree branches to Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra, Metal Church and Circle II Circle. With such a metal pedigree, it's easy to see how the quartet got sidetracked from Machines of Grace more than two decades ago...

To the general public, multi-talented entertainer Richard Christy is best known for his work on 'The Howard Stern Show,' but metal fans should already know there's another side to Christy that relishes the onstage life -- not the booth of a radio studio...

The origin of the friendship between Fozzy vocalist Chris Jericho and guitarist Rich Ward, also of rap-rock godfathers Stuck Mojo, has the dubious distinction of being born over a shared love of Bible-tossing, black-and-yellow-costume-sporting Christian metal band Stryper...

Rocklahoma, the popular multi-day '80s hair metal fest, is changing. In a press release, Rocklahoma promoters announced a partnership with AEG Live to revamp the festival for summer 2010. In addition to moving the fest from the second weekend in July to the Memorial Day holiday, organizers will add modern bands to the mix...

If you have already heard Blessed by a Broken Heart's 2008 album, 'Pedal to the Metal,' then you know how crazy the band's musical attack is. The six-piece outfit incorporates everything from metalcore and synth pop to the Sunset Strip-style choruses usually found on records by Pretty Boy Floyd and Poison...

Last week, we brought you video of God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle, taking a full cup of liquid to the face during a gig in Dallas, Texas; Coyle was filling in for Lamb of God's Mark Morton, and the incident forced the band to cut its set short...

From so-called 'heavy metal day' to straight-up glam, Rocklahoma 2009 featured four days of non-stop music, fans ... and excruciating heat. Held annually in Pryor, Okla., Rocklahoma attracts music fans from around the globe. This year, the event took place July 9-12, with bands like Anthrax, Overkill, Twisted Sister, Danger Danger, Kix, Stryper, Ratt and many more entertaining the crowd ... Read

The high pitch scream is as synonymous with heavy metal as Dio's "metal horns." Throughout the 80s, approximately two out of five metal bands employed a singer who rocked the high-pitched delivery and wasn't afraid to use it. The next decade was especially rough for acts who favored this singing style...

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...