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The mighty Coalesce have been relentless in activity since reuniting, including recording the acclaimed full length 'OX.' In all situations, taking a break usually means the end, which is why much space online has been in uproar since a statement from the band declared a hiatus in effect for the Kansas foursome...

The 'Axe to Fall' tour is one of the most intense tours around this year, but the first casualty has been marked: Lewd Acts. The San Diego band has been a tucked away secret of noise and shunning of the metal shrieks of modern hardcore, not known to head out East and all all points surrounding -- so their slot as support for Converge has been highly anticipated...

Coalesce will partner up with Converge for select dates of the band's 'Axe to Fall' tour. Coalesce will appear on dates beginning May 8 and running through May 22. Lewd Acts and Black Breath will also perform. "Coalesce has never gotten to go to the West Coast very much," singer Sean Ingram told Noisecreep about the band's inclusion on a string of Weft Coast dates...

"Can we get a volunteer to start our drum machine?" Justin Foley asked Friday night at Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Union Pool. Unlike many other humans I've come across, Foley and bassist Thad Calabrese don't have to try to hard to be funny. Since their enlistment in the Hydra Head army in 2003, they've put out some of the most unconventional press releases this writer has ever seen...

In New York City on March 8, three very big and important metal shows were simultaneously going on around Manhattan (yes, all in the same borough). One included one of the most-sought-after bands to reunite this decade: Coalesce. They played with the southern doom masters Harvey Milk...

Pittsburgh metallers Hero Destroyed have been trying to track their forthcoming LP, 'Throes,' since late January, but Mother Nature's been screwing everything up. You see, in recent weeks, the entire Northeast has been bombarded by blizzards, and the lads in Hero Destroyed have been snowed in, stuck at home, unable to get to the studio...

Harvey Milk are going to celebrate the upcoming release of their self-titled album by doing what the band does best, hitting the road and making the curious become the faithful. The album to be released properly on Jan. 26, known as 'The Bob Weston Sessions' in the furry bootleg version, was originally to be the band's 1993 debut album, but is now only seeing its proper release...

1997 was the year Coalesce vocalist Sean Ingram says the incident that falls under the category of 'scary crazy' happened. "During our set a fight broke out between some squat punks and some straightedge kids and we just kept playing through the whole thing...

2009 was a fantastic year for heavy music. Not only was Noisecreep launched (just joking), some of our favorite bands came back from hibernation, showing us that playing metal and hardcore isn't just a young person's sport. With the end of the year upon us, every magazine and Web site is unleashing its 'top 10 of 2009' list, and Noisecreep is no different...

Even over a phone line from California, Throwdown frontman Dave Peters is a formidable presence, and during Noisecreep's podcast interview, he took command the same way he does when he's onstage, clutching a mike, sweat pouring down contorted face and tattooed sleeves...