Linda Laban

Linkin Park are finally bringing their 'A Thousand Suns' tour home, following jaunts through Europe and Australia. The US leg begins Jan. 20 in Sunrise, Fla. and takes in 24 dates before ending Feb. 28 in Phoenix, Ariz. During a press conference last week, co-vocalist Mike Shinoda surprisingly revealed that even at this stage, the band is not playing on auto pilot and each show will be fresh... Re

In some ways, As I Lay Dying's fifth album 'The Powerless Rise' goes out on a limb. In others, the thrash-fueled metal band from San Diego's latest disc, which was released May 11 on Metal Blade Records, hugs a comfort zone. The album's artwork once again came from Converge's Jacob Bannon, and production was taken care of by Adam Dutkiewicz of Killswitch Engage, who also worked on the As I Lay Dy

Judas Priest's now-classic album 'British Steel' was released in 1980, ushering in heavy metal's '80s heyday and defining the look and sound of the band itself. Last year, the quintet took 'British Steel' on the road, performing the album track by track in its entirety...

Grandiose heavy metal quartet the Sword are halfway through recording their third album, and, reveals frontman J.D. Cronise, fans can expect a few changes. Speaking to Noisecreep from the band's home base of Austin, Texas, Cronise says that the as-yet-untitled record will have a broader hard rock sound, recalling bands like Guns N' Roses and Thin Lizzy, while keeping some thrashy elements, too...

Following Tool's tour last summer, rumors of a new album have been rife. Fans shouldn't get their hopes up, though, since frontman Maynard James Keenan tells Noisecreep that he's too busy right now -- what with Puscifer hitting the road and his Arizona winery, Merkin Vineyards, at all systems go...

Pennsylvania's Icarus Witch are one of a tide of American metal acts recalling the classic '80s NWOBHM sound, but bassist Jason Myers tells Noisecreep they aren't bandwagon jumpers. Quite the opposite, in fact. Since forming in 2004, Icarus Witch have pioneered the classic metal resurgence...

In March, Maynard James Keenan is back on the road with his vaudevillian performance art troupe, Puscifer. The tour kicks off March 2 at the CW Center Stage in Atlanta, and continues through April 3, with Puscifer pulling double duty, featuring two-night stands in most cities...

Is it a silly question to ask whether Swedish death metallers Månegarm are into paganism and Viking lore? Yeah, apparently, it really is. "Of course we're pagans," Månegarm's vocalist/drummer Erik Grawsiö tells Noisecreep. "And with our m...

Korn bassist Fieldy describes his playing style as minimalist. "I really like that bass is like less is more. I like that -- when you hear a bass player that lays a really solid foundation," he tells Noisecreep. Yet on his upcoming solo album, aptly titled 'Bassically,' he went for the mother lode of bass playing, multi-tracking lead and rhythm parts using a 15-string bass, stand-up bas

Earlier this year, during one of the coldest winters both Europe and America have known in quite some time, Månegarm unleashed the video for their dramatically chilling song, 'Vetrarmegin.' The song is taken from the Swedish Viking death metal band's dark, brooding album, 'Nattväsen' ('Night Creatures'), which was released in November via Regain Records. "'Vetra...