crown the empire

12 best dressed artists at the 2016 APMAs

The scene's biggest night gave us some incredible style moments—these artists clean up well! From Jeffree Star rocking in pink to Pierce The Veil surprising us in bowties and suit jackets, we’ve compiled some of our favorite looks from the red carpet to share with you. 1. Jeffree Star 2. Pierce The Veil 3. Andy […]

10 best air guitar moments on the 2016 APMAs Red Carpet

We didn’t just invite your favorite bands to walk the Red Carpet this year—we challenged them! Twitter’s newest feature, Twitter Challenger, lets artists to respond to certain “challenges” in gifs or videos. Whether it was giving a snappy answer to the Jack and Alex debate or showing off their air guitar skills, these VIPs were […]

Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix plays Truth-or-Dare with Crown the Empire

Papa Roach's Jacoby Shaddix sits down with Crown the Empire for a friendly game of Truth-or-Dare.  With talks of making love, de-pantsing and reverse psychology, Crown the Empire battle it out in the harmless game. Interested yet? Check out the video and make sure to subscribe to APTV for more band videos.    — Video/Editing: […]

Hear the first single from Crown The Empire's new album

Crown The Empire have dropped the first single from their forthcoming album. Watch the video for “Zero” below, and let us know what you think in the comments! Read more: Crown The Empire play “How Well Do You Know Your Bandmates?” “We wrote this song specifically for our longtime fans,” says vocalist Andy Leo. “We feel […]

See photos of A Day To Remember, Bring Me The Horizon, more at the Rock on the Range

Photographer: Andrew Bastion Photographer Andrew Bastion captured performances from the entire weekend of Rock On The Range. Performances included A Day To Remember, Machine Gun Kelly, Rob Zombie and Red Hot Chili Peppers. See photos of the rock festival here! 

Your favorite bands' first Warped Tour, featuring State Champs, Mayday Parade and more

In honor of our annual Warped Tour special, we talked to your favorite bands about their very first Warped experiences and picked our favorites to share. After all, most of the bands that play Warped now used to be audience members every summer! Don’t forget to pick up our Warped Tour ’16 issue, featuring Sleeping […]

Listen to a new Crown The Empire song

Crown The Empire have just finished recording a new album. To give fans a taste, the band performed a new song, titled “Zero”, at Self Help Fest in San Bernardino, CA this past weekend. Check it out below! Read more: Crown The Empire share exclusive, new details about their next album This new album will follow-up […]

Issues announce headlining tour with Crown The Empire, One Ok Rock

Issues have announced that they will be headlining the Monster Energy Outbreak Tour alongside Crown The Empire, One Ok Rock and Night Verses. A full list of dates and locations can be seen below. Tickets go on sale this coming Friday, January 29, at 10 a.m. local time. Video: Watch Issues perform new song, “The Realest” […]

Motionless in White, Slipknot and WWE Superstars talk about what’s going to be big in 2016

New Year? Sure. New you? Maybe. Even if you've already shattered every resolution you made, I promise not to judge. I'll probably point and laugh at your lack of willpower, but I don't think any less of you. Throughout my career in the wrestling industry, the most common question I'm asked by “civilians” has been […]

Crown The Empire play "How Well Do You Know Your Bandmates?"

Crown The Empire hung out with us at the APTV Studio recently, where we tested them on their knowledge of, well, each other. The guys guess each others' answers on music, bad habits, friendships and more! Find out just how well the guys know each other!  Like and subscribe for more “How Well Do You Know […]

POLL: What are your most anticipated albums of 2016?

We're stoked on all this new music coming out in 2016. Vote below to see where your faves rank! New year is almost here and that means new music… What album are most stoked for in 2016?! https://t.co/nfzMfKpWjG — Alternative Press (@AltPress) December 28, 2015 …it's a pretty hard decision, isn't it? What new album […]

Crown The Empire share exclusive, new details about their next album

Crown The Empire recently visited the APTV studio and gave us an update on their impending third album.  They talk about starting from scratch after feeling limited by concepts, but the band are definitely still keeping a thematic element to their band “When we decided we were going to abandon the story (we couldn't stick […]

APTV Sessions: Crown The Empire - "Prisoners Of War" (Acoustic)

Welcome back to APTV's Acoustic Weekends, where every Saturday and Sunday we bring you a new acoustic video! Crown The Empire recently stopped by the APTV studio to perform an acoustic rendition of their new single “Prisoners Of War.” You can get this song on the deluxe edition of The Resistance, out now on Rise […]

Get what you give: Music-driven charity work and how you can help

Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrating the collision of families and food, as well the intersection between evaluating what good has come into one’s life and how one can pay that good forward to someone who may need it most. While there are the mainstays of can drives and soup kitchens dotting the nation’s most charitable […]

Ex-Crown The Empire guitarist Benn Vogelman offers personal departure statement

As revealed by AP yesterday, Benn Vogelman has left Crown The Empire. Benn has posted his own explanation for his departure from the band on his blog, which you can read below. Read more: Crown The Empire guitarist Benn Vogelman leaves band (exclusive) The band recently re-released their Resistance: Rise of The Runaways album, which features the entire […]

Crown The Empire guitarist Benn Vogelman leaves band (exclusive)

Crown The Empire guitarist Benn Vogelman has left the band due to internal dynamic differences. He played on both of Crown The Empire’s full length albums: The Fallout (2012) and The Resistance: Rise of The Runaways (2014). An official statement from the band, revealed exclusively to Alternative Press, can be read below. In 2014, Crown […]

Crown The Empire share video for "Cross Our Bones"

Dallas, Texas rockers Crown The Empire have unveiled a music video for their single, “Cross Our Bones,” which is taken from the recently released deluxe edition of 2014's The Resistance: Rise of The Runaways. The reissue, released through Rise Records, features four new tracks, including “Cross Our Bones,” and brand new packaging. You can view the […]

Crown The Empire reflect on 'The Resistance'

Crown The Empire released their deluxe album, The Resistance Revisited today and shared the experience of putting it together with APTV. Previous to developing The Resistance Revisited, the band had plans to put out a new record but decided to scrap the songs and reinvent their previous album. “[We did it] in order to basically […]

Falling In Reverse, Crown The Empire members caught in middle of TMZ report

Rapper Post Malone was recently caught by TMZ's cameras, and his posse included members of Falling In Reverse and Crown The Empire. Check out the video below to see Ryan Seaman, Hayden Tree and Brandon Hoover on TMZ. Sure! Read more: Skrillex, a good dude, has message for unsuspecting TMZ reporter—watch Post Malone, a friend of Crown […]

Watch Crown The Empire perform with Hollywood Undead

During the Columbus, Ohio date of their current tour, Hollywood Undead brought members of Crown The Empire on stage for a re-worked version of “Levitate.” Luckily, a fan caught some video of the performance, which you can check out below. Read more: Hollywood Undead announce headlining tour with Crown The Empire, I Prevail Tickets are still […]
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