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Judging from Mnemic's fourth album, 'Sons of the System,' it's pretty clear that the band members have eclectic musical tastes. The way vocalist Guillaume Bideau combines hellfire screams with steely melodic vocals and keyboard samples is definitely reminiscent of Fear Factory, the intermingling of machine-gun beats, blowtorch riffs and angular rhythms is redolent of Meshuggah and the abrupt stac

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...

About.com's Chad Bower has been a respectable voice in the metal music industry for two decades, so his top picks for the upcoming releases in 2010 are worth keeping an eye on. Many of his choices feature lineup changes in established bands throughout various metal subgenres...

"I have always said that I like everything from Marduk to Mozart, and this pretty much proves it," Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover tells Noisecreep in reference to his 'Your iPod Is Showing' submission. He's not kidding. Drover's iPod list starts with Vivaldi's 'The Four Seasons,' ends with Pat Travers' 'Gettin' Betta' and features a broad variety of classic rock, classic metal, neo-classi

Reigning kings of Egyptian-themed technical death metal Nile have debuted the new track 'Permitting the Noble Dead to Descend to the Underworld' on their MySpace page earlier this week. The song comes from their upcoming release, 'Those Whom the Gods Detest,' scheduled for a Nov...

NOT EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS FREE, BUT GAMA BOMB IS: Reported this week, Ireland's finest, Gama Bomb, will be releasing their upcoming album for free on Nov. 5. Titled 'Tales From the Grave in Space' and being released on Earache Records, the album will be available for download directly from the label's site...

What a weekend! We started things off right on Friday, paying $7 for Snapples, hanging out with Bam Margera, hitting on teenage girls and rocking out along the waterfront in Camden, N.J. to the glorious sounds of God Forbid, the Black Dahlia Murder, Behemoth and more...

Tim "Ripper" Owens is most remembered as the uber-fan who lived the dream by stepping into the leather boots of Rob Halford in Judas Priest and having a Hollywood movie based loosely on his life in the form of 'Rock Star,' which starred Mark "Marky Mark" Wahlberg, before bowing out of Priest upon Halford's return...

Ever wake up knowing your entire day was going to suck eggs? Yeah, us too. In fact, we have this sneaking suspicion today will be a nightmare, from start to finish. Perhaps not for you. Actually, chances are you'll have an amazing Friday, and a stellar weekend...

After a long weekend of playoff basketball, we're back for the start of another week here at Noisecreep, and we're expecting it's going to be a busy one. Either that, or an especially long week. Every week leading up to a three-day weekend feels excruciatingly long to us...