ensiferum

One of the biggest things a high-cred, underground metal band fears is that their style or genre will become too popular, trendy or homogenized. Ensiferum guitarist Sami Hinkka isn't wasting too many brain cells pondering such concepts. "I don't think this is anything new," Hinkka told Noisecreep...

It's Friday, folks. What a week it's been. The weather has been getting colder, and today, we shoot another podcast. Satyricon will be today's podcast guests, and they'll be talking to us about the state of black metal, why they won't be touring next year, and whatever else we think to ask them...

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

The holiday weekend has passed, and while Noisecreep got some rest, there was no rest for the wicked on retail shelves when it came to metal. With amazing releases in tow, last week metal made its mark on the charts. Reported from the crew over at Metal Insider, the top releases of the week were notable debuts ifrom Solid State's Oh, Sleeper, with 4,000 units sold in the first week...

Today, the Noisecreep staff will be taping episode numero tres of our newly-launched, weekly ''Creep Show' podcast, and man, is it shaping up to be must-see TV. We're having special guest Trevor Strnad swing by to sit in. Yeah, the dude from Black Dahlia Murder...

Attention class, metal is back in session for the month of September -- as if it ever really went away. With a myriad of new metal and rock releases coming in, veterans of the genre Ace Frehley and Megadeth are making their appearance right back in the spotlight...

Man, what a gorgeous weekend we had here in New York, despite what every single meteorologist told us heading into the holiday. What an awesome job that must be, huh? You can be wrong all the time, and still, no one fires you. Must be nice. Anyways, we've been away for three days now, which means we've got three days of metal news to catch you up on...