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Michigan's the Black Dahlia Murder are probably in the top 10 of funny metal bands in the industry today. Their tour DVDs exhibit that -- with the band pulling pranks all over the world. Their sense of humor likely keeps them sane on the road...

"You guys are nuts man. What the f---!" Black Dahlia Murder frontman Trevor Strnad said on March 20 when the death metallers played Santos Party House in New York City. Strnad did not exaggerate. This Noisecreep writer found herself saying the same exact two sentences a couple minutes before...

With their new album, 'The Panic Broadcast,' scheduled to land in stores June 25, Swedish metallers Soilwork have a lot of promotional work to do. Part of that push will be the band's North American headlining tour, the details for which were announced this week...

In an era where fans are downloading music off the Internet without paying for it, Nuclear Blast Records and Amazon are teaming up to make downloaders feel less like the criminals they're portrayed to be by the RIAA. The companies have assembled the 'Sinister Spring Sampler,' a collection of 11 songs by Nuclear Blast artists, and they've put it online...

Our neighbor to the North -- we mean Canada -- has its Canadian Independent Music Award, also known as the Indies every year, and the organization is celebrating its 10th year! Those Canadian defenders of the metal faith known as 3 Inches of Blood have been nominated for Metal Artist/Group of the Year...

Starting in late February, Michigan-based heavy metal outfit the Black Dahlia Murder will be hitting the road for an extensive U.S. tour through the end of March. The tour is to support the release of 'Deflorate,' which is out on Metal Blade Records...

As Vader continue on their headlining Monsters of Death Tour alongside Decrepit Birth, Warbringer, the Amenta, S.W.W.A.A.T.S. and Augury that kicked off Nov. 4, frontman Piotr Wiwczarek offers part one of the long-running Polish death metal outfit's tour diary...

Warbringer have tour dates from now until the end of January, and a couple of dates in Japan already set up for May. This year they've been on opening slots on tours with Obituary and Megadeth. To say that Warbringer is on the road a lot is an understatement...

"You guys ready for Vader to f---ing kick your ass?" Decrepit Birth frontman Bill Robinson got the audience at Gramercy Theater really riled up just before Vader took the stage. Eight albums in 26 years is a whole lot of history for a Polish death metal band...

So, this is going to sound weird. But yesterday, this scribe went to Stamford, Ct. with his fiancée, to sit in on a live taping of 'The Steve Wilkos Show.' Don't judge. We've been a fan of the bald talk show host since his Jerry Springer spin-off started three years ago, mainly because the dude throws chairs when he gets pissed. It's ...