Marduk

Alongside Marduk, Dissection, Nifelheim and Naglfar, Sweden's Necrophobic are part of the old-school Swedish black/death metal vanguard, and have been carrying the torch for evil heavy metal for decades. Leather, spikes, and fire, Satan, razor-edged melodies, and icy cold spite are the hallmarks of the style, alongside the total "don't give a f---" attitude that many old-school metallers

Have you ever been stuck in a relationship that made you miserable? You want to end things, hoping you'll find some joy in life. But for some reason, you stick it out, and suffer. Well, imagine what it must be like to be in a band you can't stand anymore...

You don't get any more blackened than Marduk. After all, their charred debut was titled 'F--- Me Jesus,' and it was released way back in 1991. Guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Hakansson, who desires to create only the most nefariously nihilistic black metal ever, was happy, in a grim sort of way, to report to Noisecreep that the band will be able to perform in the United States since vocalist Mortuus h

So, it was a long weekend for White Noise. We attended a barbecue in Atlantic City on Saturday, and then hit the casinos. Sunday brought another Father's Day. We're not sure about you, but we never know what to get dad for his birthday or on holidays...

So, a stage prop breaks your nose and knocks you on your a-- on national television. What do you do? Try to glean as much press from the incident as you can, while people still care. That seems to be Poison frontman Bret Michaels' agenda this week...

We empathize with anyone who wouldn't want to visit Mexico right now. All this talk of swine flu's got us paranoid about even leaving the office, let alone hoping on a plane bound for Cancun. Seems we're not the only ones. Its Tuesday morning, and the metal news starts now...