Jon Wiederhorn
As I Lay Dying Reveal the Story of ‘Anodyne Sea’ — Exclusive Video
After releasing numerous strong but traditional performance clips over the past seven years, As I Lay Dying wanted to shatter all preconceptions for their 10th music video, 'Anodyne Sea.' So they reached out to Boston-based directors Ian McFarland and Mike Pecci to create a violent, jarring and unsettling piece that takes no prisoners...
Praxis Return From Hiatus With Album Worthy of ‘Worship’ — Song Premiere
A full 16 years have passed since the last proper Praxis album, 'Metatron,' was released -- at least according to the band's experimental funk/jazz-metal bassist Bill Laswell, a longtime fixture in the New York underground. Discographies on various websites note a 1998 album called 'Mold,' the EP '1984' and a couple of live records, but Laswell insists the band's new disc 'Profanation: Preparing
Darkest Era Reveal Process Behind ‘The Last Caress of Light’ — Video Premiere
Northern Irish Celtic-themed metal band Darkest Era will release their full-length debut, 'The Last Caress of Light,' on Feb. 15. The group tracked the disc with producer Chris Fielding at Foel Studios in Wales. To promote the upcoming release, Darkest Era shot the clip about the making of 'The Last Caress of Light,' which we're premiereing on Noisecreep...
TesseracT Go for Live Feel on ‘Concealing Fate Part III’ — Video Premiere
Progressive, experimental Londoners TesseracT are part mechanical, part organic and soaringly melodic -- not to mention completely challenging to pin down. To see what we mean, you only need to watch 'Concealing Fate Part III,' which Noisecreep is proud to premiere...
Hate Stand Apart From Polish Metal Brethren on ‘Erebos’ — Song Premiere
The uninitiated might perceive Hate as some sort of death metal explosion coming out of Poland that includes Behemoth, Vader and Decapitated, but such an assertion is shortsighted. Poland has had strong death metal bands for decades, and even Hate have been around since 1990...
Danava Preview New Album With ‘The Illusion Crawls’ — Song Premiere
Portland psychedelic stoner metal band Danava were so excited about 'The Illusion Crawls' -- a song they wrote for the follow-up to their 2008 disc 'UnonoU' -- that they wanted to put it out on a split-release with Earthless and Lecherous Gaze...
New Metallica Biography ‘Enter Night’ Reveals Band in New Light
The official Metallica biography may still be a while off (if it ever happens at all), but one of the most comprehensive, controversial and thought-provoking books about the band, Mick Wall's 'Metallica: Enter Night,' will come out in North America in May...
Biohazard Guitarist Looks Past Singer’s Porn Career, Gets Back to Basics
One of the first bands to combine hardcore and metal rhythms with hip-hip vocals, Biohazard emerged in 1987 and soon evolved into the most versatile band in the genre. It wasn't long before Biohazard was also one of the most popular acts on the scene...
KEN Mode Jar Minds With ‘Batholith’ — Song Premiere
In the early '90s, as alternative rock bands like Nirvana and Soundgarden took over the cultural zeitgest with abrasive force, an even more contentious counter-culture of metallic noise bands emerged that were less melodic and more confrontational, including Jesus Lizard, God Bullies, Unsane and Surgury...
Velvet Revolver’s Matt Sorum Remembers Early Days, Looks Forward
In 2008, the ex-Guns N' Roses/Stone Temple Pilots spin-off band Velvet Revolver spun out of control when vocalist Scott Weiland left the group after just two albums. Considering more than two years have passed and not much seems to have happened in that time, drummer Matt Sorum is in pretty good spirits...