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The status of Ozzfest may be up in the air right now, but the formerly annual tour was a breeding ground and one-stop shop for the best, brightest and oftentimes most fleeting acts in metal. The fest's alumni list reads like a 'Who's Who' of hard rock, with everyone from Black Sabbath to Queens of the Stone Age to System of a Down to Meshuggah to Hatebreed (known for inciting circle pits around

Talk about repaying a favor! With vocalist Phil Labonte fresh off a tour where he stepped up to the plate for his friends and filled in for Killswitch Engage's Howard Jones for over a month in a stint that was dubbed 'Philswitch Engage,' Labonte's full-time band, All That Remains, have returned to the studio to work on their fifth album...

We've all seen the live bootleg of Jesse Leach rejoining his former bandmates in Killswitch Engage at a recent New York City show. Powerful? Yes, but so is Leach's new band, the Empire Shall Fall. If for some reason you haven't heard the band's relentless and versatile debut album, 'Awaken,' the video for 'Lords of War' will serve as a great teaser for the politically-charged band...

When Jeremy DePoyster was 10 years old, his parents gave him an acoustic guitar for his birthday. He'd asked for the guitar. He had made the conscious decision to pick one up and teach himself to play it. Sure, he could've asked his folks for a bass or a drumkit, but DePoyster, who shreds for Ohio metalcore outfit the Devil Wears Prada, fell in love with the sound of the instrument...

On Thursday night, months of rumors were finally confirmed as original Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach rejoined his former bandmates during a gig at The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza on March 18, according to Blabbermouth. Leach, who left the band in 2002, was replaced by Howard Jones, who left the band's tour with The Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquility; Phil Labonte of All That Rem

It was an exciting week at Noisecreep central. We developed the capability to run photos on giant LED screens of the bands and albums we're talking about and we actually looked like a real broadcast news department. And we got to share that tingly feeling with Soulfly and Cavalera Conspiracy frontman Max Cavalera (ex-Sepultura), who talked to us about his new album 'Omen,' which drops May 25 and

Congrats to High on Fire, whose 'Snakes for the Divine' sold nearly 10,000 copies its first week on shelves. That's nearly double what their last album sold in its first week, and this is their fifth studio album. It's incredible to see the band having forward progress deep into their career and reversing a trend...

He's been filling-in for Howard Jones going on three weeks, and now, it seems All That Remains frontman Phil Labonte needs a little break. According to Killswitch Engage, who Labonte has been fronting since Jones left the band's current tour with the Devil Wears Prada and Dark Tranquility to deal with undisclosed personal issues, that means their concert tonight in Tucson, Az...

Another week down and another week of decent sales! Story of the Year scanned 14,000 records with 'Constant,' while Carnifex moved over 3,000 units in just a week on the shelves. Brand newbians Chelsea Grin also moved 1,500 pieces in their first week, which is very healthy for a brand new buzz band on the scene...

Gamers and metalheads, rejoice! Today Noisecreep is happy to premiere 'My Obsession,' a brand new track from Killswitch Engage, off the EP 'God of War: Blood & Metal.' The album is a digital soundtrack to the 'God of War III' video game. In...