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Spring is upon us and its gearing up to be banner year for all things hard, driving and metallic. Already, the Mayhem Festival tour is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever, Iron Maiden is set to clobber North American shores and Metallica themselves are even threatening to head into the studio...

On March 19, Anthrax will be releasing their long awaited Anthems cover EP. The EP finds the New Yorkers metallizing up Rush's "Anthem," Boston's "Smokin'," Cheap Trick's "Big Eyes," Journey's "Keep on Runnin," and AC/DC's "T.N.T." Oh yeah, Anthrax also thrash up the title track to Thin Lizzy's 1976 Jailbreak album, and Noisecreep has partnered wit

With the exception of Black Sabbath, early heavy metal was built upon a foundation of two-guitar bands. Whether it was the sturdy rhythm/lead axis of Scorpions' Rudolf Schenker and Uli Jon Roth or Judas Priest's legendary K.K. Downing and Glen Tipton team, metal with two guitars is usually twice is good as metal with just one...

St. Patrick's Day is one of the biggest party days of the year. And music, of course, is the most important mood setter for any party. Whether you're spending the holiday hunting the Hawk of Achill or tossing back Bushmills, here are ten tunes to make it a little more green - or black...

From decadence and tragedy to sold-out stadiums and international super-stardom, Def Leppard have achieved almost every hard rock milestone over the course of their 30 year career. Surprisingly, the one benchmark they never reached during their phenomenal run of diamond albums and hit singles was a simple live album ...

After storming the world for nearly 40 years, Judas Priest have just announced their final tour dates. The final tour, dubbed Epitaph, will feature new guitarist Richie Faulkner. The 31-year-old Brit replaced longtime guitarist K.K. Downing last month after the latter announced his retirement...

"It's certainly nice to re-connect and remember why you're doing what you're doing," Thin Lizzy guitarist Vivian Campbell excitedly tells Noisecreep about playing with the classic rock outfit. "When you do anything for a long time, you have a tendency to become a little complacent, jaded perhaps...

"I was a mad fan of his because he was probably the most technically proficient guitar player that has ever been in Thin Lizzy," said current Thin Lizzy guitarist Vivian Campbell about his hero, the late great Gary Moore, during a recent chat with Noisecreep...

Brian Robertson has had the kind of career most guitarists would give their right pinkies for. At the age of 18, the Scottish-born axeman auditioned his way into the lineup of Irish hard rock gods Thin Lizzy. Along with Scott Gorham, Robertson would go on to create Thin Lizzy's oft-imitated twin guitar sound...

Gothic Slam formed in 1984 as part of the fledgling American thrash scene. The band's blue collar work ethic quickly found them a loyal local following in clubs like L'amour's in Brooklyn, N.Y. and Studio One in New Jersey. The folks at Torrid Records snatched up Gothic Slam a couple of years later and released their debut album, 1988's 'Killer Instinct...