Between The Buried And Me frontman gets proggy, industrial on 'Modern Noise'
Thomas Giles Modern Noise Despite the heavy-handedness of the second solo album by Thomas Giles, the alter ego of Between The Buried And Me’s vocalist/keyboardist Tommy Rogers, the 46-minute epic opus ends with Nintendo sounds of the title-track closing song, so you know Modern Noise isn’t all serious gloom and doom. What we do get...
"We're just better at it these days"—Patrick Stump talks 'American Beauty/American Psycho'
Pete Wentz isn't the only member of Fall Out Boy who's a new dad: Vocalist Patrick Stump and his wife also recently welcomed a baby boy, Declan. This impending momentous occasion did have an interesting impact on the making of American Beauty/American Psycho. “Jake Sinclair was really aiming to have me done recording by the...
Enter Shikari release ‘The Mindsweep’ teaser
Enter Shikari have released a teaser for The Mindsweep, their upcoming fourth studio album. Check it out below, and let us know your thoughts. The Mindsweep is set for release in the U.K. on January 19 via Ambush Reality/Hopeless Records. U.S. pre-orders are on sale now. If you missed it, check out the video for the record's lead single, “The Last Garrison.” North...
Periphery slam, shred and soar on “The Bad Thing”
Prog-metal’s finest are here to melt your faces: Periphery will release dual albums, Juggernaut: Alpha and Juggernaut: Omega, on January 27 via Sumerian Records. (Pre-orders are on sale now.) In anticipation for the release(s), the band are teaming up with AP to bring you their new single, “The Bad Thing,” which is taken from Omega. The...
Warped Tour band announcements start today
Today is a good day: The first five bands are being announced for the 2015 Vans Warped Tour. (Is it really already here?) Announcements will go every Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET from now on. So we’ll be back later tonight with the bands for you. Any idea which bands you think are being announced?...
So, what’s so great about the Fest? Touché Amoré, Mineral, Into It. Over It. and more tell us
So, what’s so great about the Fest, anyway? Members of Touché Amoré, Mineral, Into It. Over It. and more give their perspectives. As you listen, you’ll see that a commonality emerges in what artists and festees tend to agree made this year in particular fantastic. “The Descendents are playing, and I feel like that’s the...
U2 singer involved in "high energy bicycle accident" resulting in five hours of surgery
A few weeks ago, U2 frontman Bono was involved in what doctors have referred to as a “high energy bicycle accident,” which resulted in five hours of surgery. Following the incident, he was taken to New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center's Emergency Department. Bono suffered a multitude of injuries, including fractures to his eye, left shoulder blade and left humerus...