FallOfTroy

On Feb. 20, East of the Wall played their record release show with split-mates Rosetta. But this Noisecreep writer was not at that show. Instead, this Noisecreep writer was at a show where East of the Wall only played a 30-minute set. Everyone wanted more at New York City's Lit Lounge on Feb...

Washington-based post-hardcore trio the Fall of Troy have thrown in the towel after nearly nine years together. The band, which first formed in 2002, has released four full-length albums and will embark on a farewell tour with Envy on the Coast and Twin Atlantic that starts March 6 in DeKalb, Ill...

When Noisecreep recently met up with Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo in the green room at Los Angeles' Amoeba Records for a video chat, we had to ask him about the recent online furor he created by offering Metallica drummer Larus Ulrich some drum lessons...

Maybe it's the result of being behind the drumkit for 16 years and not having much access to the microphone, but Satyricon's sticksmith, Frost, loves to talk. On this week's episode of ''Creep Show,' the black metal veteran is outspoken and verbose on a wide range of subjects, including the benefits of socialized medicine, the universal impact of AC/DC and why artists sometimes re-record old album

Massive could be an understatement when it comes to the response to metal releases this past week. Coming in with the full reports as always, the good folks at Metal Insider reported some big debuts and numbers for new albums that dropped this past week...

Any remnants of summer have come to pass as fall is in the air and the cold sets in. Nevertheless, the metal still forges on. This month, tons of new releases are coming in from familiar favorites such as Lita Ford, Powerman 5000 and Pearl Jam...

At Bowery Ballroom Sunday night, Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly admitted to the crowd that "the last tour we did was not as much fun as this one." Perhaps that was because the Taste of Chaos tour consisted of mostly 'tough guy' type of metal bands...

The Fall of Troy boys are nostalgic old souls. When Noisecreep asked drummer Andrew Forsman who are his favorite three-piece bands, Forsman replied with Nirvana and Jimi Hendrix with Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding. "I listen to what I listened to in high school," Forsman said...

Leave it to Thursday to veer from the norm and the expected. For the re-release of this year's 'Common Existence,' the band chose to do a digital-only deluxe edition instead of the standard, ho-hum, yawn-inducing re-issue with extra tracks and artwork -- something that's essentially an expanded edition that forces the fan to purchase the same album twice...

What's the one thing parents preach to their kids the most? Stay in school, of course. The Fall of Troy's Thomas Erak chose not to follow that advice and it's served him well, even though he's the exception and not the rule. "I didn't graduate high school," the singer told Noisecreep...