Taylor Markarian

For a guy who has frequently addressed depression in both his music and his private life, Caleb Shomo sounds positively chipper. At this moment, Shomo is in Germany for Summer Breeze Open Air, which is just one stop on the band’s European tour. Bear... Read More ...

Charmed was a groundbreaking show when it premiered on television back in 1998. The magical story of three sister witches—Prue (Shannen Doherty), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) Halliwell—and how they kicked demon ass on a daily basis was a major hit. Many c...

For all the times hardcore and metal are considered underground genres, they actually have some reverent followers in the mainstream media. Believe it or not, there are a handful of Hollywood stars who can headbang with the best of them. The status of these names might surprise you...

A true musician is never finished, no matter how much they’d like to be. This truth was a hard-learned one for Garrett Zablocki, a founding member of Senses Fail who quit the band in 2011. Now, after eight years of silence, he’s back under Stereo Stargazer with his first solo EP, Lay Me To Rest If I Say, “I’m Done.” “We grew up in ,” Zabl...

By album No. 13, most bands would be tapped out of creativity and exhausted of all energy. Most bands (if they had managed to make it so far) would probably just keep making records for the next paycheck, or because they simply wouldn’t know what else to do with their time. ...

Most band members don’t earn six figures. Music is their passion, but more likely than not, it’s not their sole source of income. Old Wounds vocalist Kevin Iavaroni is also a barber, for instance; so is END bassist Jay Pepito. A handful of musicians are also tattoo artists. Of course,...

When this style of music was first coming out, “emo” was saddled with a handful of negative connotations. It was generally looked down upon by the mainstream who saw the budding genre as distasteful, whiny teenage angst. But for those of us who clutched these albums close to our chests and put ourselves to sleep with lyrics that sympathized with the pain we were going through, emo was much more th

Nita Strauss has just finished signing the preorders of her new album, Controlled Chaos, when she talks to AP on the eve of its release via Sumerian Records. The guitar virtuoso, who is most known for serving as Alice Cooper’s touring guitarist, is about to launch her own career as a headlining act—a personal, professional and cultural feat. “I’ve ...

Upon opening the booklet that comes with Behemoth’s new LP, I Loved You At Your Darkest, the reader is met with three revealing words: “Say your prayers.” If there were ever a phrase to describe the Polish black-metal giants, it would be that one. It is also a per...

Justin Furstenfeld is driving in his car as the sun sets on his home state of Texas. The first thing he remarks when he picks up the phone is how beautiful the sky is—something he likely would not have noticed six years ago when he was drugged out of his mind. But ...

The face of New York City’s Ideal Glass Studio always changes. Tonight, it’s a mural of Lil Peep and his tattooed face as well as album artwork welcoming a select few to listen to his first posthumous record, Come Over When You’re Sober Pt. 2. Needless to sa...

The Last Rites gallery, theater and tattoo studio is one of the crown jewels of New York City’s gothic underground. On Oct. 4, Last Rites welcomed Comic Con to the city with art installations by Horacio Quiroz and Darby Lahger, as well as the premiere of the cover art for Andy Black (aka Biersack)’s upcoming graphic novel, The Ghost Of Ohio. The Gho...

I found Aggretsuko at the age of 24. Thirty seconds into the first Netflix Original episode, I shared it with my 64-year-old mother who knows absolutely nothing about anime but a hell of a lot about hating her job. Retsuko, the little red panda Sanrio character who takes out her office frustrations by singing metal karaoke, made us cry laughing...

A new app called Rockifi is changing the way rock fans attend concerts and interact with their music communities. Whatever your goal—friendship, love, research, promoting—Rockifi is here to help you reach it. It’s an app that wants to bring metal, rock and hardcore fans closer together, and here are 10 reasons why you should get on board: Read more: 10 times we were inspired by women in the scene

What is punk? For one, when someone rejects your idea, you go ahead and do it anyway—even when the person telling you no is a punk legend himself. Shiragirl didn’t listen. Read more:  Here’s what merch bands are selling on Warped Tour In 2004, when Kevin Lyman told the fem pop punkers in Shiragirl that they could get up on the Warped stage “maybe next year,” they didn’t take that very well. That’

In the May 2018 issue of Alternative Press, we interviewed Korn’s Jonathan Davis about his new solo record, Black Labyrinth. Read more: Hear Circa Survive, Saosin singer Anthony Green’s new solo album The Album Anatomy feature gives fans a deep, behind-the-scenes look at what went into making the record (and if you know Davis, you know he has some crazy stories to tell). While you ...

It’s May 23 and on East 32nd Street, between Madison and Park Avenues in New York City, the Cutting Room is hosting an exclusive event manned by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman. Read more: Asking Alexandria drop heartwarming video for “Someone, Somewhere” While Lyman is most famous for establishing Warped back in 1995 and successfully running it all the way through 2018, the country’s longe

Asking Alexandria Asking Alexandria The past few years have been rocky to say the least for Asking Alexandria and their controversial vocalist, Danny Worsnop.The combination of inner-band turmoil, public drama and less-than-stellar releases took them down a few pegs ...

Story Of The Year Wolves After seven years of inactivity, coming out with an album is a total make-or-break move. Thankfully, Story Of The Year’s return release, Wolves, is nothing but a complete success: pop punk meets radio rock on the band’s fifth full-length, as they bring a new bag of tricks to their beloved Page Avenue sound. Wolves pro ...

Inside Long Beach, New York’s Allegria Hotel, Gerard Way’s voice comes through the speakers at the memorial service being held for Lil Peep (born Gustav Ahr), who died Nov. 15 in Tuscon, Arizona. The famous, sorrowful line, “So long and goodnight,” from My Chemical Romance’s hit “Helena,” reverberates throughout the hall, which is filled with the emo/hip-hop artist’s lifelong friends, family and i