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The lineup and running order for the second annual Heart of Winter Fest has recently been released by the festival's creators, Drew and Elway of Richmond, Va.-based black metal destroyers Bastard Sapling. Elway took a few moments out of his hectic schedule to give Noisecreep the lowdown on what is rapidly becoming one of the most vital and interesting DIY metal events on the East Coast... Read Mor

Dec. 28 saw a veritable 'who's who' of the Philadelphia underground rip apart the tiny stage at Kung Fu Necktie and leave it for dead, including Nightfall, Woe, Infernal Stronghold and Krieg. Openers Nightfall warmed up the crowd with their noisy misanthropic D-beat, then up-and-coming black metallers Woe rewarded those who'd braved the Arctic conditions outside with two new songs, including 'The

With everyone and their mother racing to post their year-end lists before the end of 2009, Noisecreep's token kvlt kommando 'Grim' Kim Kelly figured she may as well rain on everyone's parade and concoct a nasty little list of her own. Thusly, Noisecreep's Top 10 Black Metal Records of 2009 have been lovingly selected and dissected for your listening pleasure...

ABC No Rio is home to activists, artists and the straight-edge crust kids of New York City. Yet on the afternoon of Oct. 3, the white-walled room filled with fog and weed lyrics. Cannabis Corpse was in town. After asking the all-ages crowd if anyone had a prior conviction, frontman Weedgrinder said, "If you have a prior and it's weed related, this one's about you...

This fall, two of the metal underground's fiercest will be combining forces for 6 uncompromising weeks of speed, death, and dankness. Cannabis Corpse -- practically an all star band of Richmond's finest, featuring members of Municipal Waste, Battlemaster and Parasitic playing punishing weed soaked death metal -- will be joined by Boston thrash/grind road warriors Ramming Speed (Backstabbers Inc...

There's something rotten in the state of Virginia. The unassuming burgh of Richmond, Va. is home to such modern metal monsters as Lamb of God, Municipal Waste, and Gwar. It boasts a thriving underground scene that has proven to be one of the most interesting and potent on the East Coast...