LightningSwordsOfDeath

Mega-evil speed metal band Lightning Swords of Death releases their second full-length, 'The Extra Dimensional Wound' -- their first for Metal Blade. Gracing the cover is artwork by vocalist Farron Loathing of Farron Loathing Illustration. "This cover is a combination of graphite drawing and some digital painting," Farron told Noisecreep...

Los Angeles black/thrash metal band Lightning Swords of Death will release their second full-length album, 'The Extra Dimensional Wound' on May 25. The album was recorded in Corona, Calif. at Trench Studios and was produced by band guitarist Jeremy 'Roskva' Stramaglio...

Even though he was busy with his side project Ex Deo for much of 2009, that didn't delay Kataklysm frontman Maurizio Iacono from digging into songs for his main band's next album. Kataklysm have just finished the writing process for the record, 'Heaven's Venom,' which is tentatively scheduled for release in the fall of 2010...

"A lot of people are shocked at the concept of a band even trying to practice the art of legitimate black metal in L.A., but black metal isn't about a charting of our ancestry or worshipping Norse lore," Autarch told Noisecreep. "To us, it is about magic and the occult, things that we've been studying since we were in junior high...

The legal last name to Autarch, vocalist for Lightning Swords of Death, is Loathing. If that doesn't prove that the group consists of some evil dudes, then just wait until you see the menaces live. Aug. 17, the thrashy black metallers filled New York's Lit Lounge basement with sweat, blood -- from their own bodies, not from a butcher shop -- and fog...

So, we were at a show last week, and noticed something strange. See, we realize it's uncouth to wear a band shirt to that same band's concert. It's like wearing an 'I Love New York' shirt in Times Square. We see dudes all the time when we go to shows wearing shirts with the logos of bands on the bill, and it almost always inspires a smart-ass remark...

Yesterday afternoon, the Noisecreep office was graced by the presence of Def Leppard frontman Joe Elliott, who is a bona fide riot. He's also crazy tall, which we never knew before. Def Lep's tour with Cheap Trick and Poison kicked off this week, and tomorrow in Hamburg, New York, the band will be honored by city officials...

"While many American black metal groups set out to emulate the Norwegian bands they worship, the music we create is not in tribute to anyone accept ourselves and our patron demons," Lightning Swords of Death vocalist Autarch told Noisecreep...