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While performing at Bloodshedfest in the Netherlands, Trap Them's Ryan McKenney broke both his feet after jumping from a speaker.

Venerable extreme metal label Southern Lord Recordings has announced the next batch of shows in the Power of the Riff live concert series. So far, four West Coast shows are on the docket for August, with several more to be announced. Prepare to be deafened and reduced to dust...

Khann's Andrew LaCour is the brother of Trap Them's Steve LaCour. He is also a forward-thinking musician, which certainly shows in the band's output. Noisecreep is pleased to premiere the noisy and nasty 'Downward,' a key track from Khann's upcoming album 'Erode...

One of the albums guaranteed to truly rip your face off this year is 'Darker Handcraft' from Trap Them. Noisecreep is beyond proud to give our readers first listen to the album's neck-slicing opener 'Damage Prose'. Vocalist Ryan McKenney explains that 'Damage Prose' was the first song guitarist Brian Izzi and drummer Chris Maggio sent his way to begin the lyric writing process...

"We live in Orlando, but the funny thing is that 60 percent of the people who move there are from here," Khann guitarist Jake Smith told the crowd at Lit Lounge. The Floridians embarked on a two week tour with New Yorkers Tiger Flowers and ended up in the Manhattan basement on April 19...

Want to hear a bunch of hardcore for free today? And not just some blown-out demos by some guys with jerseys and a four track. Deathwish Records along with Malfunction and Six Feet Under Records have compiled a massive 36-track free digital compilation...

Prosthetic Records started with a seven inch and founder EJ Johantgen's ambition. After "seeing how major labels didn't care and continued to f--- up metal, and music in general," Johantgen put thought into action and the Los Angeles-based label was born...

Old-school New York Hare Krishna hardcore band 108 will release their eighth album, '18.61' on April 13 via Deathwish Records. The disc is the follow-up to 2007's 'A New Beat for a Dead Heart' and the first to feature drummer Mike Justian (formerly of Trap Them and Unearth)...

Boston metallers the Red Chord have lost drummer Brad Fickeisen. However, the departure won't impact the band's forthcoming touring plans, as original Red Chord kitman Michael Justian has returned to the fold. Justian has not publicly appeared with the group since 2004's Maryland Deathfest, and he's since spent time in Unearth, Trap Them, Earth Crisis, Shai Hulud and 108...

Manhattan's Knitting Factory was a three-level venue in Tribeca. Any given night, there were several rad shows happening simultaneously, giving the adamant music lover an everlasting tasty piece of gum to chew on. But like many venues in Manhattan (Coney Island High, Rock and Roll High School and CBGBs), rent hikes and city regulations got the best of The Knitting Factory...