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"It actually has a really important meaning to us," I Am Abomination vocalist Phil Druyor weighed in to Noisecreep on 'Rock 'n' No Soul.' "The song is about the fact that image is being used so strongly to market music. We don't want the clothes we wear or the type of haircut we have to sell our music for us...

Southern California screamo-metal band Of Mice & Men have announced a parting of ways with singer (and co-founder) Austin Carlile. In statement the band cited unnamed personal issues as stopping Carlile from the "high demands of touring full-time." T...

Everything for Of Mice & Men has moved fast. First a demo song gets recorded, and in five days the Southern California screamo band is signed to a deal, setting a time for a full-length and planning a non-stop touring schedule. 'Second & Sebring' is the band's debut video from their self-titled album released earlier this month. The ...

Killer Lyrics: This is not what it is, only baby scars / I need your love like a boy needs his mother's side Southern California screamo-metal band Of Mice & Men are making their Rise Records debut with their self-titled album. They posted lyrics to two of their songs from the album -- the words above come from the song 'Second & Sebring' -- and both read more like poetry contest entries

In the late '00s, Rise Records well, rose to prominence -- pun intended -- much like Ferret and Trustkill did in the early part of the decade. Rise is the hot boutique label in the metalcore scene, and it was started by founder/president Craig Ericson as a senior in high school...

The last few years, Kevin Lyman's Warped Tour has become more metal than your mother's kettle, so to speak. Rather than serve strictly as a platform for punk, ska and emo, Warped has become an all-inclusive affair, featuring bands like Underoath, the Devil Wears Prada, In This Moment and Killswitch Engage...

It doesn't matter if the name of your band is Nun Rape or Corpse Kicking Jesus Haters ... when you tour with Christian bands, people start to think you're a Christian band, too. This has happened to We Came As Romans, who hail from Michigan and dropped a new album, called 'To Plant a Seed,' on Nov...

These days, there aren't many bands who embrace the 'screamo' tag. In fact, if you were to call most bands 'screamo,' they'd likely take offense. But according to guitarist Joshua Moore, who spoke to Noisecreep last week while driving through the desolation of Ohio, Michigan's We Came As Romans are, in fact, 'screamo...

During the 1990s, it was awesome being a New York Yankees fan. Scott Brosius, Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Bernie, Chuck, Jeter. Then, 9/11 happened, and ever since, it seems as though the Yanks have struggled to get back to the World Series...