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I The Mighty have been in hibernation for the lion’s share of a whole year while they created their fourth and latest record, which will be released on Oct. 20.  The San Francisco alt-rockers came out of hiding briefly in June for only two U.K. appearances: ...

Sleep On It are debuting their new song, "Window," a taste off their forthcoming record Overexposed, out Nov. 3 on Equal Vision Records. The song, according to guitarist/vocalist TJ Horansky, was inspired by the passing of his good friend's mother. Listen t...

Portland, Oregon pop-rockers Icarus The Owl — consisting of Joey Rubenstein on guitar/lead vocals, Jake Thomas-Low on bass, Rob Bernknopf on drums and Tim Brown on guitar/vocals — are premiering their vibrant single "Failed Transmissions" from upcoming album Rearm Circuits, out December 1 on Blue Swan Records. "I grew up listening to fast and m ...

Welsh rockers the Dirty Youth are premiering their latest single, “Hurricane,” alongside a brand new music video and three new B-sides. At the beginning of the year, the band announced they were the first artist to sign to Marshall Records and they would be heading to the legendary Abbey Road Studios to track new material. “When w...

Before the inception of Frank Iero And The Patience (née Frnkiero Andthe Cellabration); before, even, the end of My Chemical Romance, Frank Iero uploaded a one-minute-20-second noisy punk song called "Xmas Sux" to SoundCloud in mid-December 2012. The s ...

When the Virginia/North Carolina math-metal outfit LOINCLOTH entered the scene back in 2000, heads in the underground swiveled so hard they threatened to pop off their bodies like champagne corks. The dynamic sonic crunch of guitarists Tannon Penland and Pen Rollings against the rhythmic algebra of bassist Cary Rowells and drummer Steve Shelton (both of Confessor) generated a filigreed aural mena

Before the disbandment of pop/punk indie four-piece Reckless Serenade, vocalist Cory Brent and guitarist Will Prinzi found themselves on the road together while the band was on Warped Tour last summer. Prinzi opened up his laptop, double-clicked on Logic, and the creative juices started flowing ...

Antarctica-based KMFDM are exclusively streaming their new album HELL YEAH with Alternative Press. The band say it’s their “past and future colliding,” with a bold sound that fans will love. “We have been delivering the Ultra heavy beat to audiences around the globe since 1984! With our new album HEL... Read More ...

Although Mindless Self Indulgence remains on hiatus, musical mastermind Jimmy Urine has been keeping busy. On top of landing a role in Marvel's Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. II, Urine is set to release another facet of his creative output via The Secret Cinematic Sounds Of Jimmy Urine, which touches down this Friday via your musical outlet of choice, but you can hear it first here at AltPress. Ur .

After an impressive 2016 with the release of their anticipated record Light We Made, Balance And Composure have returned with a new limited seven-inch, Slow Heart, for this year’s Record Store Day. AP is proud to bring you a first listen of the first song from the single “Run From Me.” Atreyue R ...

Everyone’s had those days, when you feel like the whole world is against you and everything you touch turns to shit. For Alabama metallic hardcore crew Gideon, a slew of such days in 2016 inspired the lyrical content of “Cursed,” which AP is exclusively premiering off of their upcoming album, Cold. “This song is ab ...

Escalating political and social issues have caused a rise in impassioned responses, heated debates and both violent and nonviolent protests. Some bands in the punk, hardcore and alternative music scenes are retaliating with their art, but BackWordz have a unique take on how we as a people should deal with our current problems ...

While you could just take September Mourning at face value as an exceptionally cool hard rock band, you’d be missing out on an entire world vocalist Emily Lazar has created by tying together music, a theatrical live show and a comic book series. Sept ...

With the January 20-release date of Anti-Flag’s first live album, Live Vol. 1, quickly approaching, the band have put out a new video for the lead track “Death Of A Nation.” The video features live footage from the band’s archives spanning 20-plus years. “The record itself covers the en ...

California punk rockers Guttermouth have returned with the lastest track, "Human Mulligan," off of their upcoming EP New Car Smell. Rooted deeply in inspirations from the 1980s punk scene, the quintet brings fast tempos, catchy riffs and sarcastic lyrics that are sure to please any punk rocker's heart and playlist.  The EP is ...

Indianapolis natives Sparrow Sleeps are hard at work creating the next generation of rockers. Comprised of duo Casey Cole and Peter Lockhart, pop-punk fueled Sparrow Sleeps create lullaby versions of your favorite songs. Sparrow Sleeps shared in a previous interview with Alternative Press that they make a point of reaching out to the artists whose songs they intend to cover. “It kind ...

New Jersey-based indie band OWEL are streaming their new album dear me exclusively at AltPress. The album, which is being released by Equal Vision Records, is their second full-length, following their 2015 EP, Every Good Boy, and their self-titled debut from 2013. Partnering wi ...

Senses Fail frontman Buddy Nielsen piqued the interest of many back in May when he tweeted that he and members of Finch had formed a new band, Speak The Truth, that “sounds like 2002.” Well, now we can all finally hear for ourselves. The world ...

This Friday, former Aiden ringleader William Control (Wil Francis) will release the next installment in his electro-goth evolution, a four-song EP called Revelations: The Pale. Unlike previous releases where Control wrote, played and recorded the songs, he enlisted the help of his bandmates (bassist Kenneth Fletcher, drummer Benny Tourkantonis and synth op Ian MacWilliams), dubbed the Neuromantic

Avatar’s new video for “Night Never Ending” continues to push the boundaries of what is being done visually in the world of heavy music, and you can see it here at AltPress first. The track comes from the band’s very first concept album titled Feathers & Flesh, which dropped in May via Entertainment One (eOne) in North. Because the band believed the s ...