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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 of metallic hardcore paired with anthemic choru

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...

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...

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. Ch...

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 name is actually pronounced...

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...

It looks like Aftershock Festival will be bigger and better than ever in 2021. On Thursday, the festival confirmed that Machine Gun Kelly, Rise Against, Parkway Drive and Rancid are just a few of the artists joining the 2021 festival lineup...

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 reboo...

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...

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...

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 and new. Head b...

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 Daytona Beach, FL...

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 will perf...

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 ... Read More ...

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 O... Read More ...

Of Mice & Men kicked off 2018 with their fifth full-length Defy. Now, the metalcore act are winding down 2019 with another riff-fueled release in followup EARTHANDSKY. The band first shared news of a new album being in production about a year ago with producer Josh Wilbur (Trivium, Lamb Of God, Gojira). Sh...

Download Fest is starting your Monday off right by unveiling its headliners for the 2020 event. Along with this exciting and incredible news, we've also been given a sneak peek at some of the bands slated to play the festival including Black Veil Brides, Of Mice & Men and more! ...

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 t...

Last month, Deftones announced the lineup for their second annual Dia De Los Deftones festival featuring CHVRCHES, Gojira and more. However, Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta voiced his opinions on the lineup order, not agreeing with having CHVRCHES listed as second on the bill. It appears Goji...