KingDiamond

Metal Blade Records Most metal fans are keenly aware of King Diamond. He's a scene legend. However, a famous person knows they've truly arrived when something is named after them. A street. A stadium. A rare species of fern. A bug. Or, as in the case of the King, a fossil ...

Eddie Trunk has taken to his website to announce the slate of guests for the upcoming 11th season of his popular Vh1 Classic series "That Metal Show." The season kicks off with two episodes filmed back in March, and joining Trunk for the Aug...

Lamb of God dropped the first trailer for their upcoming film "As the Palaces Burn," which is scheduled for release in 2013. The film focuses on the impact that music, especially heavy metal, has made on people around the globe in the 21st century...

To say that heavy metal music possesses a flair for the dramatic would be the understatement of the century. From epic battles between God and Satan to musclebound warriors swishing swords and winning over busty babes, the imagery is often theatrical, cinematic, and over-the-top enough to draw equal amounts of ire and praise...

"I don't know what this means. I don't think it means anything" -- Eddie Vedder, accepting a Grammy for Pearl Jam's 'Spin the Black Circle,' 1996 I tend to take the Pearl Jam Attitude toward the Grammys, but it's still fun to sit back and watch people who know nothing about metal try and hand out awards for "Best Performance" every year...

For the past few years, Them: The Ultimate King Diamond Tribute Act, has been a fixture on the Northeast and Midwest club circuits. Lead by former Cold Steel vocalist Troy Norr, Them perform classics from the King Diamond catalog, along with a full-blown stage show complete with actors and props...

Matt Fox might not be a household name, but his influence on modern metal is irrefutable. Shai Hulud, the group he formed in 1995, was one of the first acts to successfully merge metal and hardcore, inspiring not only bands to form, but entire scenes...

By all rights, the early 1980s heavy metal craze should have been done by 1986, leaving behind only the neon scars, pink bandannas, and bootleg Quiet Riot T-shirts. Instead, an underground armada led by Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer reconfigured metal from the ground up, bringing bullet belts to the masses while injecting energy, integrity, and even some intelligence into its aggression... Read

Howard Stern fans first became acquainted with Richard Christy in July of 2004, when he joined 'The King of All Media' as a writer on his smash hit morning radio show. By that time, most in-the-know metalheads already knew Christy from his work with everyone from Iced Earth to the legendary Death...

Noisecreep is pleased to report that King Diamond is expected to make a full recovery from open heart surgery. The King underwent triple bypass open heart surgery, which was deemed a success by his doctors. King's wife Livia posted the following news on the King's website, detailing his operation (and the painful process of being catheterized) and how it affects King's music at the present time...