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Outlast Records is forging a distinct sound. Founder Daniel McCartney breaks down his roles as a boss, mentor and sounding board for his young roster.

The British are coming? Nah, they never really went away. Whether it be the prototypical likes of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, game-changing extremists Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower and Carcass or more recent globe-straddling champions such as Architects, Bring Me The Horizon and Asking Alexandria, there’s scarcely been a moment since Tony Iommi […]

Machine Gun Kelly is set to appear as a playable character in the latest WWE video game, WWE 2K22. Read more: Machine Gun Kelly releases video for “emo girl” featuring WILLOW—watch MGK announced the news on Twitter, saying, “You can slam me through a table as much as you want.” The musician is also the […]

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. From legendary production masters […]

The organizers of Riot Fest have announced that the festival is returning to Douglass Park in Chicago this fall. In typical Riot fashion, the lineup for Sept. 17, 18 and 19 is stacked. “We’ve missed you and we can’t wait to see you this year,” the festival organizers shared.  Headliners include alternative veterans Nine Inch […]

The countdown for season 1 of Paradise City has officially begun. On Friday, the American Satan spin-off finally confirmed when the new series is premiering on Amazon Prime Video. Read more: Live Nation CEO says large-scale US concerts could return by summer The first season of Paradise City has truly been years in the making. […]

As promised, Papa Roach are kicking off the weekend with a powerful new collaboration. This time around, however, they are joined by Asking Alexandria frontman Danny Worsnop. Together, the artists are giving Papa Roach’s 2015 song “Broken As Me” a refreshing remastered take. Read more: Along Came A Spider share inspiring track after guitarist’s cancer […]

It looks like Papa Roach have even more new collaborations on the way. This week, Jacoby Shaddix revealed that Papa Roach recently recorded a new song with FEVER 333 frontman Jason Aalon Butler. However, this isn’t the only new collaboration Papa Roach have in the works. Read more: Dance Gavin Dance guitarist Will Swan’s label […]

Nothing grabs listeners’ attention like a good diss track. After all, it’s pretty much human nature to tap into any source of drama one can find. Eminem‘s been on a roll with the tactic. The rapper made headlines after taking a jab at Machine Gun Kelly on his 2018 album, Kamikaze. Now, on his latest record, he’s […]

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 we had high hopes for this year back when […]

On Oct. 30, Drag Me Out released their new single “The Watch Of The Buried.” Now, the band, which is fronted by former Asking Alexandria vocalist Denis Stoff, have been accused of stealing artwork for the single’s cover art. Read more: Here’s how MGK reacted to Pete Davidson impersonating him on ‘SNL’ Earlier this week, […]

As promised, the official trailer for Paradise City season 1 is finally here. Along with discovering what’s in store for Andy Biersack‘s Johnny Faust and the Relentless, the trailer confirms where and when we can finally watch the American Satan spin-off. Read more: This ‘Jackass’ reunion is exactly what we needed in 2020 The Paradise […]

If we could identify one incandescent moment to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it would have to be having large stretches of time to listen to albums. Yes, in 2020, most of us binged on Netflix and chilled the best we could. But streaming services made access to music downright infinite. We could finally […]

If anyone had told us in 2005 that emo culture wasn’t going to dominate forever, we would’ve rolled our eyes. Of course, as time went on, it became clear that no cultural shifts are permanent. And as quickly as we’d found ourselves perusing iTunes and blogging about My Chemical Romance, it all went away.  Not […]

Everyone loves to see their favorite band get mentioned or played in a movie, but it’s far more exciting when you see the musicians you love come to life as a character on the big screen. Sure, plenty of actors such as Johnny Depp, Taylor Momsen or Jared Leto have transitioned into performing music after […]

In 2009, Myspace was beginning to disintegrate, and scene bands were growing less and less popular. Despite their distinct capabilities of genre-blending emo, pop punk, metalcore, neon pop, electronica and more, the scene started to die and was aching for a rebirth. As the year progressed, new bands emerged, and seasoned musicians cultivated their craft […]

One standout feature of the early 2000s emo music scene was song titles that could barely fit on the back covers of CDs. You probably have fond memories of typing the lyrics of your new jam into the Google search bar and discovering that the actual name of the song was nowhere within them. Or […]