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Even without lyrics, instrumental Chicago post-metal band Pelican create desperate and desolate scenarios with their music. There may not be a vocalist screaming through the tracks, but the band's brooding riffs and seismic rhythm shifts are more than enough to create sonic violence and tension...

In anticipation of the second Scion Rock Fest this March, Noisecreep spoke with Scion Sales Promotions Manager Jeri Yoshizu, who directs all aspects of the car company's involvement with art, film and pop culture initiatives. She told Noisecreep that "nothing is ever planned to be continuous...

Before instrumental post-metal band Pelican started working on their fourth album, 'What We All Come to Need,' two of the band members, bassist Bryan Herweg and drummer Larry Herweg, left their hometown of Chicago to plant roots in Los Angeles...

The members of Savannah's Black Tusk have a heavy tour schedule this coming spring. After finishing up their February dates with Skeletonwitch, the band will head to Columbus, Ohio to perform at the second Scion Rock Fest. Sharing the bill with them are Cannibal Corpse, Pelican and many other Noisecreep approved bands...

When recording albums, booking shows and printing T-shirts isn't enough to pay the bills, it's time to find other fiscal outlets, be they movie soundtracks, video game placement or something else entirely. Some bands opt to market specialty products, like custom guitar lines, liquor, hot sauces and fine grown coffee...

This March marks the second Scion Rock Fest, which premiered in Atlanta last February. The location has moved to Columbus, Ohio and will take place on March 13. Once again, the event will be free, and you'll need to RSVP and follow the instructions to obtain your ticket, as there is a limited supply...

Chicago's finest (some might even say America's finest) black metallers, Nachtmystium, recently entered Semaphore Recording Studio to record 'Addicts: Black Meddle Pt. 2,' the follow-up to 2008's 'Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1.' Noisecreep caught up with engineer Sanford Parker (Pelican, Samothrace, Unearthly Trance) to get the inside scoop...

As is often the case with any band that switches formulas from record to record, Pelican is either doing everything right or everything wrong. Having gone from the sludgy heaviness of their earlier records to the multi-textured layers of their more recent efforts, the band has clearly evolved...

Fu Manchu guitarist Bob Balch has launched the educational and entertaining website, PlayThisRiff.com, which offers music lessons to fans by the very artists who perform the songs! "I started PlayThisRiff.com because I wanted to see a website that featured HD videos of actual touring musicians showing others how to play," Balch told Noisecreep...

A few months back, Scion launched a new Web site jamming all areas of art and entertainment into one place, calling it ScionAV. To coincide with the site the car company contacted labels to shoot exclusive videos for some bands and foot the bill for the whole thing...