We recently premiered Filter's video for 'No Love' (along with exclusive acoustic performances). The clip looks more like a miniature movie than a music video. After the fact, director Mark Racco -- whose impressive resume includes by powerhouses like Nirvana, Buckcherry, Stone Temple Pilots and Guns N' Roses -- got in touch with us to talk about his directorial history and, of course, his take on the 'No Love' video.

"Conceptually, 'No Love' is about temptation and seduction," Racco told Noisecreep. "The imagery is metaphoric. The poker game, the dance, the beautiful women, the masquerade. It's more of a cautionary tale rather than a celebratory one, about the dangers of game playing, anger, lust and resentment and how they can lead to the dark side of eroticism and power, which can become a trap; the temptations offered by the music business. Sort of like a public service."

As if the death of bassist Paul Gray wasn't hard enough on the members of Slipknot, it has now been reported that some items have been stolen from his grave site.

"In a very upsetting turn of events we have learned that some gifts left for Paul at his grave site have been stolen," the band said in a statement on their website. "There were statues of a gargoyle as well as a [Buddha] that were placed at Paul's grave by his friends and family that were taken."

Touring in the winter is an unabashed fight against nature for any band, and Swedish heavy metallers Enforcer can attest that sometimes mother nature just plain wins. While traveling early Wednesday morning, members of Enforcer were near their hometown of Arvika on their way to Stockholm for the next date of their run with Australian hard rockers Airbourne. Already in the clutches of a snowstorm, the band's bus began skidding on the ice, propelling them to the adjacent road and ending in a head-on collision with a snow plow.

Guitarists Adam Zaars and Joseph Tholl, bassist Tobias Lindqvist and the bus driver all survived the crash with only minor injuries; however, the bus was completely totaled. A county police officer on tthe scene said, "They had a guardian angel."

There might not be a better name for a DevilDriver album than 'Beast.' Each of the Southern California quintet's albums -- this will be be the band's fifth -- build off the one before, taking on new forms and adapting more aggression to the mode of attack. Dez Fafara and company have never settled for anything less.

Produced by Mark Lewis (All That Remains, Trivium) and set for Feb. 22 release date, not much is known of what to expect, though drummer John Boecklin has dispelled any ideas that the newest offering will compare to the need for speed that was 'Pray for Villans.' "It's interesting to me -- it's not the fastest s--- we have done, nor the slowest -- [but it has] lots of groove," he said. "But to me, when people say, 'It's got groove,' I think it's a nice way of saying simple and boring these days. We wanted to avoid this."

The day after Thanksgiving, most commonly known as Black Friday, is shaping up to be a great day for metal. And where there is metal, there is Slayer, who will be putting out a limited seven-inch vinyl with the unreleased B-side 'Atrocity Vendor' and the title track from the band's most recent studio pummeling, 'World Painted Blood.'

'Atrocity Vendor' was recorded during the 'World Painted Blood' sessions and was written by guitarist Kerry King, so expect no mercy on this track. Compared to other seven-inch single releases from Slayer, this one takes the route of simplicity, only having a clear sleeve and a sticker with the needed details. But when it comes to the metal legends, just knowing what's on the wax is all that matters.

Every Time I Die guitarist Andy Williams is covered in an interesting collection of tattoos. He's got ink that features Burt Reynolds, the Ultimate Warrior's face paint, a can of Dr. Pepper and the phrase "it's not for sale, Francis" from 'Pee Wee's Big Adventure.' He also has his last name and 'EST. 1977' scrawled on his knuckles.

Clearly, his tattoos are fun and whimsical, as well as of the moment -- just like his fashion choices, as he was sporting a mustard yellow Terror hoodie when discussed his ink. That conversation also led to a very important pop culture conversation about '80s flicks like 'Pee Wee' and 'Teen Wolf.'

According to their bio, Slough Feg left the cultural wasteland of Central Pennsylvania about a decade ago and moved West in
order to resurrect American heavy metal. Whether it was manifest destiny or never-ending sunshine that drew them there, the band -- formerly Lord Weird Slough Feg -- have built themselves a home and a dedicated following in California. While their bio got the facts a bit skewed, Mike Scalzi was happy to give Noisecreep the real story.

"it's not true that I came out here to resurrect the metal scene. That wasn't really on my mind. I just wanted the band to be more successful and just live on the West Coast and experience life," he explained. "Although I can say that perhaps we have helped resurrect metal in a sense, whether we meant to originally or not. By the time we were out here for a couple years, we were definitely trying to resurrect metal. I think it really came back though because people were sick of lame '90s music. Let's face it, the '90s really sucked, and music was shite. A lot of it still is, but the '90s was the true cultural wasteland."