# Noisecreep

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{{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](/source/Townsquare_Media)
| author           = Seth Werkheiser
| launch_date      = {{start date and age|2009|03}}
}}

'''Noisecreep''' is a [hard rock](/source/hard_rock) and [heavy metal](/source/Heavy_metal_music) music news and media website based in the United States. The site was created by [AOL](/source/AOL) Music in March 2009.

Noisecreep was the fourth genre-specific music website owned by AOL after the [rock music](/source/rock_music) website [Spinner](/source/Spinner.com), [country music](/source/country_music) website TheBoot and [hip hop music](/source/hip_hop_music) website TheBoomBox.<ref name="wrap">{{cite web| last = Russo| first = Maria| title = Headbanging at AOL Music| publisher = [The Wrap](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/AC%2FDC) or [Metallica](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.noisecreep.com}}

{{Townsquare Media}}

Category:AOL
Category:Heavy metal publications

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