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Icarus Witch's new video for "The End," from their 2012 release Rise, is certainly visually arresting. It features performance footage of the band churning out its thrashy power riffage, which is paired with soaring vocals. The clip is semi-trippy and totally psychedelic, as if it came from a different era...

Since their 2004 inception, Icarus Witch have fostered a singular and noble goal: to create and produce metal in the tradition of the masters and carry the torch for a new generation as part of a new wave of traditional metal. The band's most recent slab of NWOTM is 'Draw Down the Moon,' which has been out since February...

Chillicothe, Ohio might be an out-of-the way place to hold a metal festival, but the location hasn't stopped fans from attending. Now in its third year, the Warriors of Metal Fest Open Air is a two-day event held at the Ross County Fairgrounds...

Word spread just before midnight last night, and now, it has been confirmed. Peter Steele, the bassist and frontman for Brooklyn heavy metallers Type O Negative who also spent time in Carnivore and Fallout, passed away Wednesday at the age of 48...

Pennsylvania's Icarus Witch are one of a tide of American metal acts recalling the classic '80s NWOBHM sound, but bassist Jason Myers tells Noisecreep they aren't bandwagon jumpers. Quite the opposite, in fact. Since forming in 2004, Icarus Witch have pioneered the classic metal resurgence...

It was a long time coming, but Icarus Witch finally set out on what can only be described as a dream tour. The Pennsylvania classic metal band has the opening slot on former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno's first U.S. tour in almost two decades...

Their parents might have thought otherwise at the time, but the years that the members of Icarus Witch spent playing air guitar to their heroes Iron Maiden were ones well spent. This winter saw the Pennsylvania classic meta-influenced band release their third album, 'Draw Down the Moon,' and celebrate it with what can only be called a career high...