When you think '80s metal, your mind probably goes straight to black leather, big hair and MTV. Well, you'd be about half right. Not every '80s metal band had big hair, but nearly every signed act was ...

Noisecreep is counting down the 10 Best European Metal Bands as a tribute to the continent and its invaluable contribution to the art form.

Is a live album really ever live? Most are manipulated in some way, either in the mixing stage or the overdubbing of guitar leads or vocal passages. The greatest of them all, KISS seminal Alive!, ...

Ever since the first wave of punk shook up the music world in the mid-'70s, the scene has given us some of the most iconic mascots this side of Tony the Tiger.

In 2012, Slipknot announced the launch of the band's first ever digital app across Mac iOS and Android platforms which is appropriately entitled "Slipknot: Wear the Mask." The app has social, gameplay ...

"We definitely didn't write the song to stir up a fucking hornet's nest. No one in the band claims to be an expert on religion, but the title of the song comes from something that a lot of people ...

The Scorpions may be closing shop on a high note, but little do most people know how close the band was to losing their beloved frontman, Klaus Meine. In 1982, Meine developed nodes and a polyp on his ...

The world of metal and hard rock is full of outlandish folklore, tall tales, and other sales-boosting exaggerations. However, a few truly twisted musicians cut through the swaths of harmless ...

We decided to take a stroll through Marilyn Manson's twisted visual collection of work to find our favorites. This is our list of the 10 Best Marilyn Manson Videos.

Megadeth has always had a legacy of talent, triumph and tribulation. Every former member has a litany of tales to tell and guitarist Chris Poland is no exception. Noisecreep caught up with Poland at ...

The high pitch scream is as synonymous with heavy metal as Dio's "metal horns." Throughout the 80s, approximately two out of five metal bands employed a singer who rocked the high-pitched delivery and ...

Beyond the goofy glitz of "Gangnam Style," mountains of scorching spicy kimchee, and futuristic video game culture, South Korea has offered an unsung chain of hammering and haunting metal bands for ...