{{Short description|Rock and metal music website}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}} {{Infobox website | name = Noisecreep | logo = Noisecreep logo.png | screenshot = Noisecreep Screenshot.png | screenshot_size = 240px | url = {{URL|noisecreep.com}} | type = Music, news and media | registration = Optional | owner = Townsquare Media | author = Seth Werkheiser | launch_date = {{start date and age|2009|03}} }}
'''Noisecreep''' is a hard rock and heavy metal music news and media website based in the United States. The site was created by AOL Music in March 2009.
Noisecreep was the fourth genre-specific music website owned by AOL after the rock music website Spinner, country music website TheBoot and hip hop music website TheBoomBox.<ref name="wrap">{{cite web| last = Russo| first = Maria| title = Headbanging at AOL Music| publisher = The Wrap| date = March 12, 2009| url = http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/1854| access-date = January 19, 2010| archive-date = March 17, 2009| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090317060127/http://www.thewrap.com/ind-column/1854| url-status = dead}}</ref> Noisecreep is also part of AOL's MediaGlow publishing division which was created in January 2009.<ref>{{cite magazine| last = Shields| first = Mike| title = AOL Forms MediaGlow| magazine = Adweek| date = January 13, 2009| url = http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i64ab5b30222e725f7ab1a6a609a9363a| access-date = January 19, 2010| archive-date = March 27, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100327143301/http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i64ab5b30222e725f7ab1a6a609a9363a| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| last = Irwin| first = Tanya| title = Now Hear This: AOL's NoiseCreep Caters To Headbangers| publisher = MediaPostNews| date = March 16, 2009| url = http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFriendly&art_aid=102098| access-date = January 19, 2010| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120603125456/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.printFriendly&art_aid=102098| archive-date = June 3, 2012}}</ref>
The site publishes music news and interviews presented in a blog-like format, with an emphasis on lesser-known hard rock and heavy metal bands. According to Mike Rich, AOL's head of the entertainment department, "right now with heavy metal and hard rock, unless you're AC/DC or Metallica, you're not getting much play. These bands really haven't had a big platform to say hey, here we are, here's our music."<ref name="wrap"/> Noisecreep also produces a video podcast dubbed the "Creep Show" which features interviews with various metal bands.
On April 26, 2013, Noisecreep was one of several online music news properties shut down by AOL Music.<ref>{{cite news| last = Constine| first = Josh| title = AOL Is Shutting Down AOL Music And Firing Staff Who Are Live-Tweeting The Bloodbath| work = TechCrunch| date = April 26, 2013| url = https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/26/aol-music-shuts-down/| access-date = April 26, 2013| archive-date = March 26, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220326044509/https://techcrunch.com/2013/04/26/aol-music-shuts-down/| url-status = live}}</ref> On June 2, 2013, AOL sold Noisecreep, The Boot and The Boombox to Townsquare Media.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://allthingsd.com/20130602/aols-orphaned-music-sites-find-a-home-at-townsquare-media/|title=AOL's Orphaned Music Sites Find a Home at Townsquare Media|website=allthingsd.com|accessdate=February 17, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217161812/https://allthingsd.com/20130602/aols-orphaned-music-sites-find-a-home-at-townsquare-media/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.noisecreep.com}}
{{Townsquare Media}}
Category:AOL Category:Heavy metal publications