Anvil

Delilah's, tucked in the Lakeview neighborhood in northern Chicago, is a 16-year-old watering hole, established by owner Mike Miller to deliver the "anti-boring." On the first Tuesday of each month, Delilah's offers The Metal Shop, the city's longest-running DJ event, hosted and produced by music industry vet Ron Platzer, pictured above right, flanked by Guest DJ and Terror vocalist Sco

In 'Heavy Metal Roadshow,' Iano Dovi sets out on an international journey in honor of the 40th anniversary of metal. Dovi -- who works as a correspondent for VBS -- has become a metal aficionado over the years, playing in several bands and working as a tour manager for acts like Slayer and Every Time I Die...

If you didn't vote in the last presidential election, don't fret. Now is your chance to stand up and be heard by casting your votes for the nine categories of the second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards.The ceremony will be held April 8 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, where winners will be revealed live on stage, with a broadcast on VH1 Classic on May 22...

Want to put some metal back in your summer festival plans? Canada has the answer in Heavy MTL, a two-day festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau at Île Saint-Hélène, Montréal. Heavy MTL is set for July 24 and 25. Heavy MTL was first held in 2008, and organizers took a hiatus from the event in 2009. This year, Heavy MTL is b...

There are three Canadian songs on Six Feet Under's new covers album, 'Graveyard Classics III' -- Anvil's 'Metal On Metal,' Bachman-Turner Overdrive's 'Not Fragile' and Exciter's 'Pounding Metal' -- and it might have something to do with frontman Chris Barnes' affinity for America's neighbor to the north...

"Do you really think we care about sacred songs?" laughs Six Feet Under frontman Chris Barnes. He's responding to a question about how the best-selling death metal band short-listed the cover songs for 'Graveyard Classics III.' "Actually," he reconsiders, "I can't remember what song it is now, but there was a song someone said to me recently, 'Man, you should try this...

We all need a story of hope. If any band offers unlimited hope, it is Anvil. The metal warriors time forgot are finally a metal household name, but you wouldn't know it by talking to any member of the band. To them, the fame roller coaster has been fun, but they're staying ever humble throughout the ride...

"We've been successful for many years. We've put out 13 albums, we've been touring for 32 years," Anvil drummer Robb Reiner asserts to Noisecreep. "We've got 10s of thousands of die-hard fans around the world, and we've had success all along...

To say the last couple of years have been a whirlwind for Canadian metallers Anvil is a bit of an understatement. Thanks to the mass popularity of the 2008 documentary 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil,' the forefathers of modern metal are enjoying a mass renaissance and getting the credit they so richly deserve...

One of the coolest parts about being part of the Noisecreep family is getting to talk shop with some of our favorite people in the hard rock scene. Ian Christe is one of the most respected figures in the world of heavy metal. Perhaps best known for his exhaustive 'Sound of the Beast' metal history book, Christe has also started his own publishing company called Bazillion Points Publishing where he