Cam Smith would love Hotel Books to be ‘the spoken word Third Eye Blind’
When Alternative Press reaches spoken word poet and Hotel Books frontman Smith at his California home, he is recovering from his fall tour and preparing for the Sept. 30 release of their new record, Van Nuys. The album is named for the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, a place that finds a home...
Slipknot's Corey Taylor featured on new Korn song—listen
The ultimate collaboration has arrived—listen to Korn's new song, “A Different World,” which features Slipknot's Corey Taylor below. Read more: Korn, Limp Bizkit announce co-headlining tour dates, confirm nü-metal revival is real Over the summer, Korn guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer said, “We have Corey singing on one track and it’s going to be a fan favourite because he...
Sum 41 say "death to pop" music on new song—listen
Sum 41 have unveiled a new song—and it definitely makes a statement. Listen to “God Save Us All (Death To Pop)” below, and leave us a comment with your thoughts. Read more: 10 bands your parents probably hated if you grew up in the 2000s “The cool thing about playing rock music all over the world...
Babymetal to star in animated web series
Japanese wunderkinds Babymetal are set to star in an original, hybrid live-action and animated shortform web series. (via Nerdist) The action-adventure from Warner Bros.’ digital studio Blue Ribbon Content and Amuse USA will feature Su-Metal, Yuimetal and Moametal as part of the warrior band Babymetal who will help save a magical world of heavy metal music...
Anti-Flag announce 'For Blood And Empire' 10-year shows
Anti-Flag's major label debut, For Blood And Empire, released ten years ago. To celebrate, the band will be embarking on a series of shows in the Australia, during which they will play the record in full. An encore entirely of audience requests will follow. Grab tickets here, check out a statement from the band and a...