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Walter Schreifels is best known for his work in Gorilla Biscuits and Quicksand, but he is gearing up for his first solo record, 'An Open Letter to the Scene,' on May 4. It's a decidedly personal affair, a stripped-down and mostly acoustic sound, a seemingly far cry from his definitive past in the then-burgeoning, 1980s New York Hardcore scene...

Candiria were one of the first fusion metal bands. The Brooklynites combined metal with free jazz time signatures, so much so that innovation was the band's middle name. But after a serious van accident nearly killed the band, Candiria began flying below the radar...

For more than six months now, the future of the Deftones has been in something of a state of limbo. Bassist Chi Cheng has remained under a hospital's care ever since he was involved in a car accident back in early November, smack dab in the middle of the recording sessions for the D-Tones' long-awaited album, 'Eros;' he has been in and out of consciousness, and staving off infections related to hi

Is it possible to be a "heavy" band without being a "metal" band? One needs to look no further than New York City for the answer, where bands such as Quicksand, Helmet and Unsane have for the most part avoided the metal tag, despite being unquestionably heavy...

Japanese band Fact, newly signed to Vagrant Records, owe a bit to the 1990s era of post-hardcore and bands like Quicksand and Texas is the Reason on their self-titled debut. Bassist Tomohiro told Noisecreep, via a translator, "We listened to a lot of 90s metal and hardcore, but to be honest, we aren't really familiar with a lot of the current metal and hardcore bands...