Andrew Kelham

Contributions

Knocked Loose aren’t pigeonholed by genres on debut ‘Laugh Tracks’—hear entire album early

Kentucky hardcore quintet Knocked Loose release their debut album Laugh Tracks on Pure Noise Records this Friday and Alternative Press is proud to bring you the exclusive first listen. The album (following their 2014 demo EP Pop Culture) explores the growth in the band and they couldn’t be more satisfied with the results. “I think Laugh […]

Culture shock: International bands tell us the weirdest things about America

Oh, America. So often you act like everything is boring and your cynicism blooms like pain-in-the-ass pollen making our eyes and nose run with great sadness. In an effort to show you how weird and/or wrong you can be, we asked all of the nominees for this year’s International Artist Award a quite crucial question: […]

"I’m alive. There must be some reason for it"—Howard Jones on self-discovery and Devil You Know

In January 2012, Killswitch Engage announced that vocalist Howard Jones was leaving the group after nine years, countless tours and three acclaimed albums. The reason? “Basically, I went insane,” Jones admits with a smirk. “It had been happening for a while. I was driving myself nuts, and it was driving the rest of the guys […]

"Metalcore is not an interesting genre at this point" - In The Studio with August Burns Red

“Metalcore is not an interesting genre at this point,” remarks August Burns Red guitarist JB Brubaker. “It's very repetitive and predictable; I want more than breakdowns and pop choruses these days.” Comments like that are not surprising from Brubaker, the principal songwriter in one of the scene's most well-known and loved heavy bands. He and […]