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Appalachia's U.S. Christmas are a band that defy convention. They have what some consider a quirky name. They have a violin player and not one, but two drummers. They don't play metal, but they can often be found sharing stages with metal bands such as Baroness, Weedeater and Saviours...

Appalachian troubadours U.S. Christmas will be releasing 'Run Thick in the Night,' their fifth album, this fall via Neurot Recordings. The band, whose quirky name is pulled from the 1973 Sam Peckinpah film 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid,' peddle a "unique brand of psychedelic, high-volume blues rock," according to their bio, but the description sells U...

The almighty Weedeater have confirmed their presence for this year's South by Southwest festival/convention in Austin, Texas. The band will be bringing their fuzz and sludge alongside Rwake for the Tone Deaf showcase on March 20. The last time we heard from Weedeater was earlier in the year when frontman Dave Collins shot off one of his big toes while cleaning his favorite shotgun...

"There is always ... always music going on," guitarist Rob McKinney of Evil Bebos remarked on the house that the members share together in Nashville. "There is always a show every week we're playing." Now not all those shows are for Evil Bebos...

As heralded Savannah, Ga. quartet Baroness are underway on their U.S. tour supporting the recently-released 'Blue Record' with Earthless and US Christmas, bassist Summer Welch shares his excitement for the lineup, telling Noisecreep, "Both bands are really solid...

Inside the welcomingly warm Triple Rock Social Club on a chilly, late-November evening in Minneapolis, Baroness frontman John Baizley evoked his band's gratitude to those in attendance at the end of the evening for the ever-increasing turnouts -- and high praise -- for the band's first tour to support its second full-length, 'Blue Record...

In fall of 2008, I watched a show at Bowery Ballroom that made me want to toss my camera and join the pit. Just a year later, the same dudes are on the same stage and I'm having the same feelings. (Note: I really love my cameras. They pay the bills...

Fans of post-hardcore, post-rock, experimental music, doom and pure noise in all its glorious forms, take note! A number of the best, brightest and most intriguing stars in the metal galaxy have come together to take part in the second installment of the 'Falling Down' compilation series, which is due out in 2010 and will feature new and unreleased tracks from the likes of Jucifer, Gnaw Their Tong

"Welcome to the black T-shirt festival," Aaron Deal, the drummer of Salome very fittingly laughed out to the crowd after the band's first song. Throw in wizard beards and pot tits on guys, and you have defined the crowd of Planet Caravan Festival in an accurate, yet wonderful way...