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The guitars hum and soar, but there are no riffs. There are melodies, but they are deep. A listener may have to dig to find one to follow to the end of the song, but when it's found, it's cherished. There are no vocals or drums to clutter the mountains of sound the amps and twisted knobs have created...

There are places you expect to see grindcore shows, like basements and the occasional VFW hall. Then there's the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, N.Y. -- an ornate, 100-year-old building that's more accustomed to hosting family reunions and potluck dinners than a once-in-a-liftime show featuring three generations of grindcore...

Dear Ozzy Osbourne: We know that breakups can be tough. But listen ... it's time to cut the cord already. It's best to end it swiftly ... like pulling off a band-aid. So, why don't you just pick up the phone, or send an email, or have your lawyers call his lawyers ...

Finally, it's Friday. We've got just one more week left in July, and then it'll be August already. Boy, did this summer coast by! Maybe that's because we here at Noisecreep have been working hard all summer, to bring you all the latest heavy metal and hard rock news as well as some of the best band interviews around...

Long before he co-founded experimental noise act Sunn 0))) and their label Southern Lord, Greg Anderson was a fan of Metallica. But as the Bay Area band got more mainstream and Anderson's tastes got decidedly less so, he lost his interest in the multi-platinum quartet...

Yesterday afternoon, the Noisecreep office was graced by the presence of Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott, who is a bona fide riot. He's also crazy tall, which we never knew before. Def Lep's tour with Cheap Trick and Poison kicked off this week, and tomorrow in Hamburg, New York, the band will be honored by city officials...

THE SUNN ALSO RISES: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson, A.K.A. Sunn O))) (pronounced simply 'sun' for the uninitiated), released their latest opus, 'Monoliths & Dimensions,' recently via their label Southern Lord. The album is the band's most accessible to date, but that certainly doesn't mean a typical Metallica fan or Pantera devotee will be rocking out to this duo's dirges anytime soon. Wi

Yesterday saw the release of 'All Reflections Drained' by lo-fi black metal act Xasthur. This double CD album, the second of which is outtakes and covers, is cased in a DVD digi-pack with hauntingly beautiful art; beautiful in a cemetery during a rainstorm kind of way...

ON THE RISE: Los Angeles' Ancestors debut album 'Neptune With Fire' (North Atlantic Sound) has been getting rave reviews from critics and fans alike, and features some thick Sleep meets Pink Floyd fuzzed out riffage. They will be bringing their psychedelic doom to SXSW for three shows over two days...