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The tour surrounds Korn’s big 30th anniversary show in LA.

We’re rounding up the best newly announced tours. Tours from the National, Snail Mail, Yaeji, and festivals like Governors Ball, are the most exciting live music events coming soon.

Comeback Kid have released their long-awaited seventh studio album, Heavy Steps. The album is out via Nuclear Blast Records.  Heavy Steps is the band’s first release in nearly five years since their 2017 record Outsider. It finds the band treading into heavier ground sonically and upping the production value, all while retaining their signature brand […]

Since its foundation in 1980, Roadrunner Records has been a go-to name for outstanding established bands and a reliable home for new acts looking to ground their roots. Where metal has pushed its boundaries and changed its ever-evolving face, Roadrunner has supported and nurtured growth to new heights. From carrying Slipknot’s career to the stars, […]

Fall Out Boy have announced they will not be performing at the Boston and New York shows on the Hella Mega tour. The band cite a member of their staff testing positive for COVID-19 as the primary reason for cancellation. However, they assure fans that all members of the tour are vaccinated. Read more: Weezer […]

New songs this week cover topics from love and heartbreak to social and environmental issues. Royal & The Serpent sings about toxic relationships, Vic Mensa comments on society and more. Whatever mood you’re in or genre you want to listen to, all the music shared this week will certainly not disappoint. Check them out below. […]

If there’s one thing the alternative world is great at, it’s coming up with out-of-this-world band names and songs. We mean, we love taking vowels out of words, swapping a “V” in its place and the like. With unique band names and made-up words, this obviously comes with some discourse relating to how the band […]

The wait for even more new Gojira music is finally over. On Wednesday, the French heavy metal band debuted their hard-hitting new single “Born For One Thing.” The new song offers another preview of their forthcoming studio album FORTITUDE which arrives on Apr. 30. Read more: The eerie first look at Tim Burton’s ‘Addams Family’ […]

If it’s Friday afternoon, it’s time for Must-See Music, our recap of the week in video and song releases, as well as all the new exciting premieres brought to you exclusively by Alternative Press.  Plenty of great music was heard this week. A team of rebooted/reinvented U.K. upstarts finally released their second album. Two dynamic […]

As the summer starts to roll in, plenty of kids will be running towards ice cream trucks when those classic jingles start blaring through the street but a viral company is going to be leaving a lot of kids disappointed if they aren’t into heavy metal. The Hell General is an ice cream truck that’s […]

Alt-metal icons Deftones, Euro masters Gojira and next-gen power princess Poppy have teamed up to create one of the most fascinating tours in recent memory. Commencing July 27 in Portland, Oregon and ending Sept. 5 in Denver, Colorado, this multi-faceted lineup is going to generate some double-takes. “We’re super excited to have Gojira spending the […]

Metal has come a long way across the past two decades. From breaking away from the ’90s nü-metal boom into the new wave of American heavy metal and the shift to metalcore, deathcore and hardcore taking over once that scene started to fizzle out, there have been a ton of developments from bands both old […]

The Welcome to Rockville lineup is officially here and it is amazing. In addition to Metallica playing two different sets over two different nights, fans are also treated to the likes some of the most legendary acts in rock. This Danny Wimmer Presents Welcome to Rockville will take place at the Daytona International Speedway in […]

Epicenter is back and louder than ever with the release of its 2020 festival lineup. The three-day music festival features an enormous array of top rock groups performing on four different stages.  As previously announced, Metallica will exclusively headline all five of Danny Wimmer Presents’ hard rock festivals in 2020, with Epicenter being the first. They […]

Someone has reimagined a Slipknot track from 2008 in the style of twenty one pilots, Lil Nas X, Linkin Park, Tool and more.  Popular YouTube channel Ten Second Songs responded to fans’ requests to take Slipknot’s “Psychosocial” and reinvent it in 25 new styles.  Read more: Vans launches custom ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ shoes giveaway […]

Highly Suspect are gearing up to release their third full-length record, MCID, and after dropping a couple new songs at the end of summer, they’re back with another. Their latest song, “Tokyo Ghoul,” arrives with a feature from rapper Young Thug as well as a fresh music video. Read More: Fall Out Boy, Taylor Swift blend on pop-punk “Sugar, […]

From boundary-pushing tracks to going back to their roots, Of Mice & Men are celebrating their 10th year as a band with EARTHANDSKY. A decade in, the members— vocalist/bassist Aaron Pauley, guitarists Alan Ashby and  Phil Manansala and drummer Valentino Arteaga—are focusing on where they are in their lives and careers. What does it mean […]