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We've made it to another Friday. And today, a bunch of us will be getting together in one of AOL's recording studios to do our very first podcast. Pretty soon, you'll be able to not only read our words, but hear our unusual voices. Unusual because we're sure we sound nothing like you might imagine...

The second participant (i.e. victim) for our new column, 'Your iPod Is Showing,' is Dimmu Borgir guitarist Silenoz. One of the most commercially successful Norwegian black metal bands, Dimmu play pummeling songs suffused with enticing melodies and Wagnerian keyboard swells...

It looks like 2009 is shaping up to be Steel Panther's year. Not only are the gods of the Sunset Strip releasing the long-awaited 'Feel the Steel' via Universal Republic on October – we mean, Rocktober 6 – they'll also be continuing to tour and making television appearances throughout the remainder of the year. But in wha...

You didn't think we were coming in to work today, did you? Well, while most people are heading to wherever it is they'll be spending the extended holiday weekend, or hitting the grocery store to stock up on meats, vegetable, and Natty Light, we're here, like a loyal dog, bringing you all the latest metal news out there...

Barbecue? Check. Meats? Check. Booze? Check. Fireworks we scored over the weekend in New Jersey, because they're illegal in New York? Check. Sounds like we're ready for the Fourth of July weekend. Are you? The gang here at Noisecreep loves July Fourth, so much so that it's our favorite holiday, because, let's face it, Independence Day is rather metal...

For more than six months now, the future of the Deftones has been in something of a state of limbo. Bassist Chi Cheng has remained under a hospital's care ever since he was involved in a car accident back in early November, smack dab in the middle of the recording sessions for the D-Tones' long-awaited album, 'Eros;' he has been in and out of consciousness, and staving off infections related to hi

REUNITED AND BACK ON THE ROAD - After an abrupt break-up in 2002, West Virginia's original instrumetalists, Karma to Burn, have reunited and are hitting the road for a string of East Coast dates starting April 16 in Charleston, WV. In June they will head overseas for a European tour, including a stop at the Download Festival where they will share the stage with the likes of ZZ Top, Def Leppard, a