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These 10 metalcore bands used electronics to make things even heavier

Metalcore has always been about the pursuit of extremity. Furious tempos, warp-speed guitar shredding and painful throat-shearing were the hallmarks of the sound. But in the later part of the 2000s and throughout the following decade, the game changed a bit. The shredders started listening to dubstep or maybe their honeys took them to Electric […]

The best punk albums of 1986 were the sounds of rules being broken

1986 was a turning point for punk rock. Some people thought it should stay frozen in beer-soaked amber or it should sit the hell down. For a culture that proclaimed there were no rules, it felt like the punk-rock rulebook was going to go into its second or third editions. Fortunately, there were plenty of […]

These 10 metal songs will seriously intensify your next yoga session

We understand your skepticism completely. Yoga is a discipline that strives for the physical and mental well-being of its practicioners. It is the complete antithesis of hard rock and heavy metal, a music and culture that readily embraces headbanging and moshing. However, this APTV clip suggests that some forward-thinking metal artists can be used for […]

These 12 forgotten metalcore tracks once ruled over your playlists

With COVID-19 decimating live music and shows this year, it’s only natural for us to wax nostalgic.  As long as we can listen to shredding solos, blast beats and singers imitating velociraptors, everything would be fine. Not this year, though. Instead, we’re going to remind you about 12 forgotten metalcore tracks that ruled the damned […]

Here are 12 pop-punk songs that align perfectly with your zodiac sign

What do zodiac signs and pop punk have in common? Legions of people swear by them. If anybody ever threw shade at you for going to Warped Tour every year, give them a one-finger salute. You were supporting your scene. At least you weren’t, say, a president asking an astrologist to help run the country. […]

These 12 songs will make you feel happy until you listen to the lyrics

We’ve all fallen for it. You hear a breezy pop song or a killer pop-punk jam and before you know it, you’re taken in. Then you start to play it a couple more times while doing different things and then you begin to question the lyrics. Around maybe the fifth spin, you realize that you’re […]

These 10 cool music documentaries range from forgotten to lost forever

The best thing the pandemic has done for us is the chance to enrich ourselves. Books to read. Music to listen to. Movies to watch. Music documentaries hit all three of those fields quite nicely. There’s nothing like a documentary about a genre, an era or an artist to pique your curiosity. But for each […]

These 10 industrial-rock tracks from the '90s still bring the menace

The best industrial-rock tracks are all about the beats and the noise. Our video of i-rock songs from the ’90s pays homage to the units that were pushing themselves (and their hearing) to new extremities. Discussions of musical movements from different eras are often colored by saccharine feelings. As much as we love the genre, […]

Here are 10 times classic horror movies inspired badass rock songs

Let’s think about this for a second. Why do we love horror movies? What makes the medium (and its attendant subgenres) so attractive? It’s doubtful anyone reading this would actually enjoy violent disfigurement or death at the hands of a deranged human or mythical monster. Perhaps it’s the idea of psychic release, the search for […]

These 19 underrated bands from the 2010s are worthy of your attention

Because hindsight is forever 20/20, we have a theory about the 2010s. And it’s this: Bigger bands were making a bigger buzz. Consider the existential-pop of twenty one pilots. Or the electronic makeover that Bring Me The Horizon were putting on both their chosen genre and anything similarly adjacent. Black Veil Brides established themselves as […]

These 10 unknown '90s bands will make you wonder what else you missed

If you were a music fan coming of age in the 90’s, you were having a blast. Nirvana‘s success effectively killed hair-farmer metal and boring mainstream rock. In its place was a new generation of artists ready to etch their marks on the veneer of culture. Many of those names—Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Beck, Nine Inch […]

These 9 new pop-punk tracks from scene legends rival their classics

There was a time when record collecting was the true merit of the dedicated punk rocker. When someone was late discovering a band, some cooler-than-thou dude was always ready with the line, “I’ve got their first seven-inch.” You won’t find any of that cred-signalling nostalgia here. This APTV video of new pop-punk tracks from scene […]

10 songs in your favorite TV shows and films you didn’t realize were covers

What a difference a few decades make. Call it a creeping malaise or a reflection of the times. Film and television have essentially created a new cottage industry. Take a sprite, fun, pop song from a different era and turn it into a moody ballad. This APTV video compiles a list of 10 songs in […]

16 scene albums from 2006 you built most of your iPod playlists from

History doesn’t lie. Consult sales charts. Ask Kevin Lyman what Warped Tour‘s box office receipts were like. For all intents and purposes, 2006 could be best described as “peak scene.” Careers were built. Fandoms became strong. The pool of Dudes Playing Guitars Quickly And Loudly grew exponentially. These are the scene albums from 2006 that […]

Here are 10 underrated albums every metalcore fan needs to hear

Every musical genre has room for expansion, evolution and possibility. Admittedly, metalcore has taken a lot of hits as of late. The accusations levied include everything from “boring” to “redundant” to “unnecessary.” Well, we could say the same thing about oh-so-heartfelt singer-songwriters and EDM producers. But we’re not. Because this APTV rundown discusses the underrated […]

The best punk albums of 1984 were leaner, meaner and so much weirder

The Sex Pistols may have cheerfully sang “No future for you” back in 1977. But in the ’80s, an entire generation lived in fear that America and Russia would lob nuclear warheads at each other, making for a really MAD time. It’s only fitting that as American politics got more conservative, the underground would dig […]

You can't deny how cool these 10 rare vintage rock shirts are

We always knew that for the most part, vinyl records had a built-in collectibility to them. That’s a no-brainer. But why weren’t we thinking about concert tees? The market for vintage rock shirts transcends generations. This APTV video gives an overview of exactly how desirable tour/band merchandise has gotten over the decades. When you think […]

The contributions of these 10 hardcore bands will be felt for decades

Believe it or not, there was a time when hardcore was considered a fad. It was angry, unfocused, violent, testosterone-driven and a bunch of other adjectives that nobody wanted to be saddled with. Rock critics and commercial radio stations wanted no parts of it. Hardcore bands in the early ’80s were a tough bunch. They […]

These 10 My Chemical Romance songs never got the love they deserve

What’s your favorite era of My Chemical Romance? Is it the scrappy semi-hardcore flailing on I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love? That modern emo signpost, Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge? The classic-rock throwback of The Black Parade? Or maybe the rockin’ dystopia of Danger Days? The correct answer is none of […]

These 10 artists' hilarious posts really make us wish Vine still existed

Is there anybody who’s not on TikTok? (OK, maybe you know some people in government who aren’t.) But before you go raving about how great that platform is, we’d like to pause and discuss Vine. Remember that social media portal? You had six seconds to film yourself in the most entertaining way and send it […]
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