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Thrash in the '90s was rough, but it wasn't all forgettable.

After appearing on four metal albums, Calvert pursued his passion as an airline pilot, but his legacy remains amongst his metal peers.

Acclaimed guitarist/songwriter Steve Smyth (Nevermore, Forbidden, Dragonlord, Vicious Rumors) is getting ready to premiere his latest project, One Machine. Featuring a collection of international members Mikkel Sandager (Mercenary) on vocals, guitarist Jamie Hunt (Biomechanical), bassist Tomas "O'Beast" Koefoed (Mnemic), and drummer Raphael Saini (Chaoswave), are currently finishing thei

Sprialarms, the San Francisco Bay Area-based heavy rock band featuring Craig Locicero (Forbidden, Manmade God, Demonica) on guitar, Tim Narducci (ex-Systematic) on vocals, Chris "Cornbread" Lombardo on bass, Brad Barth on keyboards, Anthony Traslavina on rhythm guitar and Ron Redeen (Esseness Project) on drums, will release its sophomore album, Freedom, later this summer...

Veteran artist Kent Mathieu hadn't done an album cover in 30 years when California thrashers Forbidden came along and asked him to do the artwork for their latest CD, 'Omega Wave.' "It's an amazing coincidence that I happened to find right at the time they needed art done," Mathieu told Noisecreep...

Recently reformed late-'80s thrash band Forbidden will be on the road for most of this winter supporting their upcoming album 'Omega Wave.' On Nov. 5 in Rochester, N.Y., Forbidden will launch a tour opening for Overkill. The bill also features Evile, Gamma Bomb and Bonded by Blood, and dates run through Nov...

One of the key players in the second wave of the Bay Area thrash metal scene, Forbidden released four full-length albums before breaking up after 1997's 'Green.' The band is back together 12 years later, working hard on their next album, 'Omega Wave...

Ex-Spineshank vocalist Jonny Santos is leading the charge for the Los Angeles metalcore band Silent Civilian, whose second album, 'Ghost Stories,' is scheduled to drop May 18. Aside from Santos, the album features an entirely new lineup than the musicians who played on the band's 2006 debut, 'Rebirth of the Temple...

Bay Area thrashers Forbidden, who've been ripping, snorting and thrashing like madmen since 1988, have found a new label home, signing with Nuclear Blast America. With the current thrash renaissance -- old bands releasing career albums and new bands beaming with pride over those bands as influences -- now is the perfect time for Forbidden to reassert a position of thrash dominance...

"I have always said that I like everything from Marduk to Mozart, and this pretty much proves it," Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover tells Noisecreep in reference to his 'Your iPod Is Showing' submission. He's not kidding. Drover's iPod list starts with Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons,' ends with Pat Travers' 'Gettin' Betta' and features a broad variety of classic rock, classic metal, neo-classi