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A crowd of more than 100 gathered Sunday in Richmond, Va. -- home base of the band Lamb of God -- to hold a vigil for singer Randy Blythe, who stands accused of manslaughter in the Czech Republic, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. Blythe has been imprisoned in Prague since June 27, when he was arrested in connection with the death of a fan in May 2010...

Lady Gaga has revealed to U.K.'s The Sun that one of her biggest influences is Def Leppard. Wait ... Def Leppard? Yes, that's correct. Apparently Phil Collen and co. have helped shape Gaga's early artist-hood by finding their way into the singer's stadium-sized hooks...

Lady Gaga hit the radio circuit this week, talking to Howard Stern and local New York City pop stations, but what does that have to do with Noisecreep and heavy metal? Well, Lady Gaga, in addition to sporting studs and leather like any consummate metalhead, is a fan of the genre, namely Iron Maiden...

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Lady Gaga talks about her experience at a recent Iron Maiden concert. The pop icon and a few of her friends went to see the British metal titans at their April 11th show in Tampa, FL. Gaga watched most of the show from a private guest suite in the arena, but towards the end of the performance, the power of Maiden's performance got the best of her... Read Mor

Stephen O'Malley is always an interesting interview, sure there will be a gear and technical talk about the set up and sounds of any of his myriad amplified bands like Sunn O))), KTL or Lotus Eaters, but the man is always up to talk about the philosophy of music...

On May 2, the Communion played with Czech Republic's Ingrowing, Flourishing, Backslider and Buckshot Facelift. It was the Communion's first show since the death of their bandmate and close friend, Lee Altomare. Frontman Nick Cacioppo told fans and friends at New York City's The Charleston that Altomare would have wanted the band to "keep this thing going...

It's official! Rumors that freshly-reunited grunge godfathers Soundgarden have booked a live gig in the States meaning a full-on Soundgarden tour -- as have been whispered about since the band first announced it was reuniting back in January -- can't be too far off...

Noisecreep brought you news of video mashups between Lady Gaga and Meshuggah and Madonna and Carcass, but what about plain old death metal covers of standards? Los Angeles musician Andy Rehfeldt teamed up with a friend he met online, the Markness, to cover Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World' in death metal form...

Over a month ago, Noisecreep reported on a Lady Gaga/Meshuggah mashup which combined the vocal track from Gaga's 'Paprarazzi' with the music of Meshuggah's 'Bleed.' In the same vein of fusing the grandiosity of pop diva singing with the battering rhythms of a metal band, we now have Madonna's 'Ray of Light' paired with Carcass' 'Corporeal Jigsore Quandary' -- and interesting results ensue... Read

To the general public, multi-talented entertainer Richard Christy is best known for his work on 'The Howard Stern Show,' but metal fans should already know there's another side to Christy that relishes the onstage life -- not the booth of a radio studio...