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"This one is for all you German rockers. It's about making noise and drinking beer on the weekends. It's called 'Making Noise and Drinking Beeeeer!'" Cauldron vocalist and bassist Jason Decay said. Re-thrashers Cauldron were the first band up when Municipal Waste, Brutal Truth and Phobia played Gramercy Theater Dec...

"Yo, thank the first band," guitarist Ammo Diaz told Humanity Falls' frontman as he was thanking all the bands who played Lit Lounge on Dec. 7. "I just did, pothead," vocalist Eston Browne said in his defense. The two of them played from the floor in front of the stage, where the band's bassist and drummer resided for the entire show...

Raise the Red Lantern's first eponymous release, on At a Loss Recordings, is more tamely-titled than past offerings -- unlike titles such as 'Thunderf---' and 'Breathe Fire.' Adding to the subtlety is the lack of band name and album title on the cover art, which was done by designer/artist Rick Leech...

To simply say that former Vice Records' founder and current Blackened Music Series creator Adam Shore is a busy guy is an extreme understatement. Fresh off the heels of his Brutal Truth/Pig Destroyer/Repulsion show at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple this past July -- an ample offering for the Blackened Music Series' elite, growing roster -- Noisecreep sat down with Shore to discuss what else is in sto

Illegal downloading has hobbled the music industry over the last decade, and try as they might, labels and musicians have been unable to quell online leaks and file sharing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Late last night, the publicists for Smashing Pumpkins issued a press release announcing that Billy Corgan, the band's sole remaining founding member, would be releasing a new album call

There are places you expect to see grindcore shows, like basements and the occasional VFW hall. Then there's the Brooklyn Masonic Temple in Brooklyn, N.Y. -- an ornate, 100-year-old building that's more accustomed to hosting family reunions and potluck dinners than a once-in-a-liftime show featuring three generations of grindcore...

Fact - 'Fact' - Vagrant As much of today's metal is influenced by national borders, this week Noisecreep is going to take a trip to Japan to introduce the latest from Vagrant records. Blending catchy melodies with heavy double pedal bass drums and electronic lyrics, Fact is a band that sets itself in a class of its own...

Scott Hull might be the hardest working man in underground metal today. Besides his heralded studio work mastering records by acts like Brutal Truth, Magrudergrind, and Suffocation, the guitarist somehow still finds time to write and record with grindcore juggernauts Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Pig Destroyer...