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"I came up with most of the lists in bars, to tell you the truth," Eric Danville, author of 'The Official Heavy Metal Book of Lists: The Heaviest Book of All Time' told Noisecreep about his aforementioned book, which includes lists like '108 Sub-Genres' or 'Bands With the Words Dead/Dying' in their names...

Another long week is in the books, and we're excited for the taping of our next podcast. Today's guests will be Atreyu, and we'll have the usual cast of characters in to discuss the week's new releases (like Porcupine Tree's 'The Incident') and all the latest heavy metal headlines...

For the better part of 4 decades, Dee Snider has been the unofficial spokesperson for heavy metal. Whether it's fronting the multi-platinum selling pack of misfits known as Twisted Sister, hosting syndicated radio shows that champion up and coming metal bands, or fighting for the genre in front of senate committees in the 1980s, Snider has always represented the music with an unflinching passion a

'Stay Hungry' is the kind of album that most dedicated metal fans already have in their personal collections. Originally released in 1984, the nine song set helped make Twisted Sister a household name. Songs like "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" were inescapable hits but 'Stay Hungry' had a lot more to offer...

Back in the mid-80s it was virtually impossible to tune into MTV without seeing Twisted Sister smashing through walls, throwing uptight parents down and generally cause a complete ruckus. The iconic videos for "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock" were bigger than life clips that embodied the rebellious spirit that all great hard rock bands possess...

So, a stage prop breaks your nose and knocks you on your a-- on national television. What do you do? Try to glean as much press from the incident as you can, while people still care. That seems to be Poison frontman Bret Michaels' agenda this week...

What a hairy situation. Well over a dozen glam bands gathered in Baltimore on May 30 for the inaugural M3 festival. Twisted Sister, RATT, Extreme, Kix, Dokken, Slaughter, Y&T, Gilby Clarke, Keel, Jetboy, L.A. Guns, Jani Lane, XYZ, BulletBoys, Carmine Appice's SLAMM and Steel Panther wowed the large and very drunk crowd. "E...

The third annual Rocklahoma festival is slated for July 9-12 in Pryor, Oklahoma. Yeah, you read that right: Oklahoma. Pryor is a sleepy town of a few thousand residents nearly an hour from Tulsa. The desolate locale makes the perfect setting for a long weekend of rock and roll hijinks...