winds of plague

In the early days Fear Factory had to put up a fight against critics and naysayers for their misunderstood industrial metal sound. "We started out playing backyard gigs and downtown warehouse parties with all these local death metal bands who thought we sucked," guitarist Dino Cazares told Noisecreep last month...

Shadows Fall are currently finishing up their first headlining tour through Canada. Throughout next week, the Massachusetts-based metal band will cover ground with Baptized In Blood in Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City before taking a break from the road...

Want to put some metal back in your summer festival plans? Canada has the answer in Heavy MTL, a two-day festival in Parc Jean-Drapeau at Île Saint-Hélène, Montréal. Heavy MTL is set for July 24 and 25. Heavy MTL was first held in 2008, and organizers took a hiatus from the event in 2009. This year, Heavy MTL is b...

European metal and hard rock fans are a lucky lot. Every year since the late 1980s, all-day festivals like Download and Hole in the Sky have become the norm there, satisfying a continent where heavy music's popularity has never waned. Outside of the Ozzfest, the United States has lagged far behind Europe in the metal festival arms race...

After making their live debut back in early December in Brazil, it seems Fear Factory -- featuring original members Dino Cazares on guitars and vocalist Burton C. Bell with bassist Byron Stroud and drummer Gene Hoglan -- will be taking their show on the road around the U...

On Jan. 20, Warped Tour architect Kevin Lyman and his camp confirmed what was one of the worst kept secrets of the latter half of 2009: Korn will be headlining the 2010 Rockstar Mayhem Festival, which kicks off July 10 in San Bernardino, Calif...

Swedish death metal band Miseration re-enter the scene with their sophomore offering, 'The Morning Shadow.' Pär Olofsson, an artist that Noisecreep 'covered' -- pun intended -- a few months ago for the work he did on Winds of Plague's 'The Great Stone War,' offered his artistic services for the Lifeforce Records band. Th...

It's very possible Finland's Circle of Contempt have, until now, passed under your radar because, well, they're from Finland. However, if everything goes according to plan, that will soon change. The band has an album on the way from Sumerian Records and just finished their first ever tour with Winds of Plague, Stick to Your Guns, Sleeping Giant and Oceano...

While California's Winds of Plague recently wrapped up their aptly-named California Love Tour, there will be no rest for the wicked, as they'll hit the road in January on the Never Say Die Tour with Despised Icon and Stray From the Path. "This tour is rough, since I am a California boy to the core and I do not do well in the whole cold weather thing," vocalist Johnny Plague told Noisecr

Band membership has its privileges, and California's Winds of Plague are living proof of that, as they are enjoying a sponsorship via uber cool shoe company, Draven Shoes. But being sponsored means so much more than unlimited free kicks! "We live pretty close to their headquarters in California," vocalist Johnny Plague told Noisecreep...