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"There's no finish line really," says Taproot guitarist Michael DeWolf of the band's current career trajectory. Five albums in and DeWolf admits every day is a struggle for survival. "It's always trying for this or striving for that. It's always going to be there; a struggle I guess to some extent, or especially with the state we're being in right now as far as the music industry .

The first video from Taproot's fifth album, 'Plead the Fifth,' 'Fractured (Everything I Said Was True)' has grabbed the attention of many, gaining the hard rock act new admirers. All this isn't surprising, with the timeless theme of brokenness and recovery in the song and video, as well as the infectious chorus...

Michigan hard rockers Taproot are following up 'Our Long Road Home' with their Victory Records debut, 'Plead the Fifth,' which will drop on May 11. Word is the album draws from the band's hugely successful debut, 'Gift,' which put them on the metal map...

This spring, Taproot return with their fifth studio set (and Victory records debut) 'Plead the Fifth,' an album the band's in the midst of recording at this very moment somewhere on some farm in Sullivan, Mich., with producer Tim Patalan. Noisecreep recently caught up with Taproot guitarist Mike DeWolf to chat about the follow-up to 2008's 'Our Long Road Home,' and Mike seemed a little pressed fo