AsILayDying

When bands like Lamb of God, Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall and As I Lay Dying were blowing up in the metal scene around 2002 and 2003, Atreyu were always right there with them. But for some reason, they remained on the fringe, which was not of their own doing...

Blessthefall weren't crippled when vocalist Craig Mabbitt bolted for the gig as Escape the Fate's new frontman. Guitarist Eric Lambert exclusively told Noisecreep, "The split with Craig was, at first, his decision, and to be honest, we were happy he was departing...

Isn't it awesome when bands rip on former members, something like five years after it actually matters? While cruising for news this morning, we came across an item about Korn. Essentially, frontman Jonathan Davis said in a recent interview that original members Brian 'Head' Welch and David Silveria didn't really contribute much to the band's initial recordings...

I've always maintained that animals like metal. I remember years ago, when Opeth's 'Blackwater Park' first came out, my cat Dante would always fall asleep when I'd put it on, regardless of how loud the volume was -- Iced Earth, Strapping Young Lad, Theory in Practice and Dillinger Escape Plan also worked...

Austrian Death Machine is the Arnold Schwarzenegger-themed, parody side project of As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis and his pal Chad Ackerman, who does the Ahhhnold voices. In keeping with the band's concept of building songs around the Governator's beefy movies, ADM is releasing 'Double Brutal,' a two-disc affair, on Sept...

Do you think most true metalheads want to visit Sweden at some point? Lately, I've been thinking about taking a trip. But where? Not really jazzed about going to some resort and sitting in the sun all day ... black clothing attracts heat. I'm not so interested in taking too long a plane ride...

On Friday, we were in Camden, N.J., all afternoon, for the Rockstar Mayhem tour. But being members of the illustrious fourth estate, we spent much of our time backstage. While you were out there watching the bands slay, or perusing glass pipes and T-shirts with cuss words emblazoned across 'em, the real action was happening behind the scenes...

Caliban, who've been screaming their heads off since 1997, will release their next album, 'Say Hello to Tragedy,' August 24 on Century Media. The German metalcore band was previously signed to the now-defunct CM sub-label Abacus Recordings...

Producer David Bendeth is known for his top-charting work with Breaking Benjamin, Underoath, In Flames, As I Lay Dying and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. From his studio in New Jersey he told Noisecreep his thoughts about the passing of Michael Jackson...

Fill in the blank: Opinions are like ___, everyone has one and most of them stink. Actually, the answer we were looking for was "ideas that are believed to be true." Get your mind out of the gutter. At any rate, sometimes bands want to talk about something other than themselves, so Noisecreep posed some random questions to some of metal's elite to get their opinion on some (non) pressing