White Wizzard

They're working on a new album too.

It's good to have Wyatt 'Screaming Demon' Anderson back in White Wizzard.

The Shreds of Insanity Expo will feature metal shredders from four up-and-coming metal bands. The featured guitarists include Dave Silver of Savage Messiah, Parker Jameson of Starkill, Jake Dreyer of White Wizzard and Rick Di Marco of Death Division. And special guest Francesco Artusato of All Shall Perish is scheduled to make an appearance. The event is sponsored by Century Media Records, Dunlop

Los Angeles heavy metal throwbacks White Wizzard have parted ways with singer Wyatt Anderson and guitarist Erik Kluiber, who split with the band after their U.K. tour with Edguy. The desire to pursue different paths was the reason given for Anderson's and Kluiber's exits...

It's not hard to figure out what a band that names itself after Exodus' classic first album -- Bonded by Blood -- is gonna sound like, but Pomona, Calif.'s premier thrash band accomplish the feat with more skill than many new Exodus-inspired groups...

Los Angeles metallers Holy Grail -- their sound is a nod to classic metal acts like Judas Priest and Iron Maiden, but don't call 'em throwbacks -- will hit the road to tour with Viking metal Amon Amarth this April. Before laying waste to venues, Holy Grail will finish recording their Prosthetic debut, 'Crisis in Utopia...

White Wizzard celebrate iconic metal images, such as denim jackets with patches, Liquid Metal libations and metal horns in their videos. So Noisecreep decided to put vocalist Wyatt Anderson to the test and ask him to choose his preferences on some very metallic imagery...

The wizard saves the day ... again! The character, who appears in White Wizzard's 'High Speed GTO' video, reprises his role in the super fun 'Over the Top' video. The wizard does battle with the evil sorceror, who plays a soprano saxophone, the same thing decidedly un-metal Kenny G plays, and saves the Wizzard boys from certain non-metalness...

Congrats to High on Fire, whose 'Snakes for the Divine' sold nearly 10,000 copies its first week on shelves. That's nearly double what their last album sold in its first week, and this is their fifth studio album. It's incredible to see the band having forward progress deep into their career and reversing a trend...

Many metalheads assume that the new crop of throwback, '80s-inspired bands are being ironic and poking fun at an era gone by. Nothing could be further from the truth for Los Angeles' defenders of the faith known as White Wizzard. Their love for metal is genuine...