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It's questionable whether German new wave of European heavy metal titans Accept, will be acceptable without squealing vocalist Udo Dirkschneider, who commanded us to get our 'Balls to the Wall' back in 1983 and fronted the group from its 1971 inception until 1987, then returned between 1992 and 1997, and again for a reunion tour in 2005...

"Along with the TiVo, the iPod is the greatest invention of the 21st century," Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy told Noisecreep. "I remember a time not too long ago that when I'd leave to go on tour, I'd have to pack giant CD folders with 100s of CDs to keep me company on the road ...

Dec. 11 is a Friday night, and Los Angeles' Holy Grail just returned from a successful North American tour. What else is there to do but play a welcome home show at the famous Whisky a Go Go (the venue that helped launch the careers of the Doors, Alice Cooper and Guns N' Roses to name but a few) on the band's home turf, right...

Before finalizing the recipes for the first heavy metal cookbook, 'Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook,' Canadian author Annick 'Morbid Chef' Giroux cooked and tested each of the 101 recipes submitted to her by various members of established and underground bands...

"I have always said that I like everything from Marduk to Mozart, and this pretty much proves it," Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover tells Noisecreep in reference to his 'Your iPod Is Showing' submission. He's not kidding. Drover's iPod list starts with Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons,' ends with Pat Travers' 'Gettin' Betta' and features a broad variety of classic rock, classic metal, neo-classi

We've all heard of supergroups. But a supergroup that is also a cover band? That's not so common. Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser, ex-Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson, Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga and ex-Judas Priest/Iced Earth throat Tim 'Ripper' Owens have all congregated under the name Hail...

By now, all of the metal community is aware of the drama in the Anthrax camp. After the exit of vocalist John Bush in 2004, the band reunited with former frontman Joey Belladonna. Although the touring they did with him was hugely successful -- especially with stubborn older fans -- things didn't work out, and Belladonna left once again...