Kayo Dot

After years of writing and recording, Kayo Dot's main mastermind Toby Driver has got his routine down pat. "I think when you have music that is that complicated, the way to be most successful musically at it is to have one person really helming it, acting like a director," Driver told Noisecreep...

Along with all things Kayo Dot, multi-instrumentalist Toby Driver has been especially busy this month. Venue owner John Zorn invited Driver to curate a month's worth of shows at The Stone -- something Driver says has taken him about a year to plan...

While many major metal bands are playing albums in full (from Opeth to Megadeth), it is still a rarity to see a more underground, experimental metal band do the same. On Feb. 6, Kayo Dot not only played two albums in full, but they played them to sold out crowds...

For the second time this week, the founding member of an influential metal band has lost his life. After the sudden passing Sunday morning of 3 Inches of Blood's original bassist Brian Redman, who was killed in a car accident near his home in Tacoma, Wash...

Talk about your slow news mornings...today takes the cake. After what's been a rather hectic week, which started out with Five Finger Death Punch misplaced their guitarist and was seemingly capped last night with Chiodos booting their frontman, things are slowing down a bit this morning...

Candiria were one of the first fusion metal bands. The Brooklynites combined metal with free jazz time signatures, so much so that innovation was the band's middle name. But after a serious van accident nearly killed the band, Candiria began flying below the radar...

Usually after a 30-city tour, a band's last show is the smelliest. However, when Bloody Panda played the last show of the Summon Tour at Union Pool on Aug. 21, the band was in fresh, clean clothes. It must've felt good for them to be home, because their set was one of the best I've seen from them yet...

Candiria guitarist John Lamacchia is one of those people who likes to keep busy. This year, he's been juggling the creation of four volumes of Candiria music and side projects. 'Toying With the Insanities' is a four-volume set of rarities and remixes, the first two of which will be released Sept...

Can you believe its already July? It doesn't feel like July at all. Perhaps that's because we've only had three summer-esque days here in New York since late March. And today, of course, we kick off the month with more clouds. We're hoping the sun breaks through at some point, even though we'll be stuck indoors all day, bringing you all the latest metal news...