Ali Cooper

Do you remember the first time you saw Joey Jordison mastering the art of drumming upside down? Of course you do; that moment is seared in our minds. The sheer talent and innovation of the name behind the rise of Slipknot, Murderdolls, Vimic, Scar The Martyr and Sinsaenum can never be underestimated...

Whether it’s a less than amicable split with their former band or an unfulfilled urge to pursue a different path of musical creativity, the biggest names in the metal world have tried going solo at one point. However, it takes a certain caliber of artist to hold up a career under their name alone, whether it’s a long-term departure from their status quo or a temporary break to fill a career gap. M

Whether or not you lived through the golden age of MTV and JNCO jeans, the discovery of the nü-metal phenomenon was an awakening for any generation. Slamming orchestrated metal intensity in the same track as raw, off-the-cuff hip-hop energy sounds like a contradiction. In ...

In the music world, everybody has to start somewhere. While a producer’s early albums are their proving ground for a bright future in the field, they also need luck on their side to find a successful band and a scene-changing album to springboard the rest of their career into the stratosphere. F...

The meteoric rise of nü metal’s brightest new stars Tetrarch has been a compelling show for the scene around them. Taking their name from a governing body of four people, the Atlanta upstarts made their world-dominating intent loud and clear from the onset. Fourteen ...

Metal is no longer a man’s world. All across the genre’s many subcategories, from folk to black metal, powerful female figures are putting their stamp on a genre that’s finally coming to terms with the inclusivity of the present day. Where symphonic ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the music industry at its heart, Chase Atlantic took their enforced break from intensive touring as a nod to start work on their next masterpiece. As studios shut their doors to bands looking to pour out their pent-up feelings on track, the Aussie trio, now based in L...

The genre affectionately known as emo started out as a wave of internalized rage bubbling under the surface of Washington, D.C.’s Revolution Summer in the mid-’80s. Within three decades, it had permeated the mainstream and changed beyond all recognition. Like it or...

Writing an autobiography detailing the highs and lows of a rising rock star, from the days of living in a car to touring the world and writing life-changing albums, is one thing; reading it all aloud for an audiobook is another. Andy Biersack, the creative mastermind behind Black Veil Brides and Andy Black, accepted the challenge of a recorded narration of his book, They Don’t Need To Understand:

In May 2017, the Pretty Reckless were riding the crest of a wave. In celebration of their third album, Who You Selling For, the New York rockers landed an opening slot for their musical inspirations and friends Soundgarden on their U.S. leg...

Emo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a place in the rankings for all eternity, where no band admits to falling into the criteria of emo, and no fans admit to listening to it either...

If 2020 hadn’t already aged you enough, here’s another shock to the system: Papa Roach’s classic “Last Resort” is 20 years old. Marking the whopping milestone for a song that introduced a generation to a new form of expression, Papa Roach have pursued re-recordings and remixes of the scream-along number, the first of which came up by a chance discovery on TikTok. Rising star Jeris Johnson, w... Re

The start of the Rawring ’20s—a decade that we anticipated would be a glittering revival of the golden age of emo, complete with painfully skinny jeans and hanging out at the mall as part of a cultural tradition—hasn’t gone completely to plan. It’s hard to believe w...

Whether we like it or not, Christmas is here again. And this year, it’s going to be an even weirder one. We're enduring a holiday season adulterated by limited celebrations with family and friends due to COVID-19. So we need a strong festive playlist to keep our minds off the unusual setting 2020 has handed us. Luckil...

The coronavirus may have stalled the music industry, but it obviously forgot to tell the crypt kickers from Dead Girls Academy. Working themselves into the grave while the rest of us are left reeling, the Vegas goth outfit fueled 2020 with their new album, Doves In Glass Houses, flitting from energized anthems to moving ballads to keep isolation at bay...

It’s been an entire decade since the Killjoys first made some noise on 2010’s Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. The aftermath is secondary, ultimately legendary and a timely reminder that My Chemical Romance can turn their hands to any far-fetched concept and produce a timeless, genre-defining album in the process. For eve...

L.A.’s Butcher Babies have been throwing their own brand of towering sass in the face of metal since 2010. To mark their 10th anniversary together, the outfit who brought us the anarchic girl power duo of Carla Harvey and Heidi Shepherd are unleashing the first taste of their upcoming fourth album to bring this disastrous year to a close on a high (and probably drunk) note. Toda...

American Horror Story has used incidental music to great effect over its nine-year history, creating some truly unforgettable moments with a touch of songs both familiar and unusual. From characters covering classics to obscure melodies warning when danger is coming, music is never far from an important scene...

After two albums exploring their roots, Fieldy from Korn’s side project Stillwell have finally found their comfort zone. Throughout their 14 years together, the band formed by a trio of creative minds, including P.O.D. drummer Wuv and rapper Q-Unique, have tried out their nü-metal chops, investigated their flair for rap and never quite settled for either. That is u...

It’s almost been a whole year since My Chemical Romance’s long-awaited reunion show at Los Angeles’ The Shrine. However, knowing full well that they wouldn’t go quietly, we never gave up on the eventual return of the emo juggernauts. This gave way to numer...