Chris Harris

Whitechapel's 'A New Era of Corruption' is, without question, one of the most anticipated records of 2010. All the kids wanna get their hot little hands on the latest LP to emerge from producer du jour Jason Suecof's Audio Hammer Studios, because the grapevine's been dripping with advanced approbation...

Apparently, Opeth frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has swollen feet. So says the mainman himself in a new blog posting. In it, Åkerfeldt presents fans with a recap of the band's recent spate of six 20th anniversary gigs; Noisecreep covered Opeth's New York gig, during which the band performed 2001's 'Blackwater Park' in its entirety. Mike says...

If you're not a reader of Metal Hammer magazine, you might want to reconsider this month. That's because contained inside this month's issue is a track from late Pantera and Damageplan guitarist 'Dimebag' Darrell Abbott, which was recently unearthed by Dime's former girlfriend, Rita Haney...

On June 7, the big guy downstairs will be all smiles as Swedish black metallers Watain will unleash upon this mortal coil 'Lawless Darkness,' the Satanic band's fourth full-length studio offering. The disc will contain 10 tracks, including 'Death's Cold Dark,' 'Reaping Death,' 'Wolves Curse,' 'Total Funeral' and 'Waters of Ain...

We've known for some time now that hard rock supergroup Hellyeah have been working on new material for the follow-up to their 2007 self-titled debut. We just didn't know what the band would be calling their forthcoming LP. That is, until now...

Last week, Jane's Addiction announced that they'd found a replacement for original bassist Eric Avery, who left the band for a second time last month, in former Guns N' Roses bass slapper Duff McKagan. This week, McKagan opened up about the new job, saying it was an opportunity he simply couldn't pass up...

It's been five years since aggro-rap rockers Limp Bizkit released 'The Unquestionable Truth (Part 1),' and while the much-promised 'The Unquestionable Truth (Part 2)' never managed to materialize, Bizkit will be back in 2010 with a new disc...

The long search is over. Since November, technical progressive metallers the Human Abstract have been searching for a new frontman to replace Nathan Ellis. On April 7, the Human Abstract revealed they've found a new singer in Travis Richter, formerly of From First to Last...

Montreal extreme metallers Despised Icon have taken to their MySpace page to reveal some rather disheartening news: They're throwing in the proverbial towel after eight long years together. "The time has come for us to move on," reads the post...

For years, Nine Inch Nails' monumental debut disc, 'Pretty Hate Machine,' has been absent from record store shelves, basically because TVT Records, the label that first issued the LP, was embroiled in years-long bankruptcy proceedings. But now, that lengthy legal battle has come to an end, and the classic disc will be back in stores soon...