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Clutch have dropped their new single, “We Strive For Excellence.” A new Clutch album is also in the works. In a press release, frontman Neil Fallon shared the meaning behind the track. Read more: Lamb Of God announce new album ‘Omens’ along with 2022 tour “‘We Strive For Excellence’ looks back fondly on childhood summers […]

Korn have released their highly anticipated new album Requiem. The record comes after a series of clues were hidden across the internet, as well as the release of three singles, “Start the Healing,” “Forgotten” and “Lost In The Grandeur.” Read more: Korn to hold live “Requiem Mass” ahead of new album release To celebrate the […]

Korn have announced they will be touring the U.S. next spring. The news follows the announcement their upcoming album, Requiem. At various points of the headline tour, the band will be joined by Chevelle, Code Orange, System Of A Down, Helmet and Russian Circles.  Read more: The 10 best punk drummers of the ’90s, from […]

Welcome to Alternative Press’ 10 best punk vocalists of the ‘00s. When we counted down that decade’s finest punk guitarists, we noted that the beginning of the new century was a turning point. The ‘90s began with Nirvana breaking down the door for punk-influenced alternative acts to become the mainstream music of the decade, peaked […]

We didn’t ask him directly, but we’re pretty sure that the best part of Josh Scogin’s 2020 was recording the new ’68 EP. Love Is Ain’t Dead. contains three new songs and a cover of David Essex’s eternal groove-jam “Rock On.” Today Scogin and drummer Nikko Yamada released a socially distanced video for the opening […]

For a decade-and-a-half, Battles have been cartwheeling down the boundaries separating seemingly exclusive genres. Beginning with a lineup consisting of guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Tyondai Braxton, guitarist/bassist Dave Konopka, guitarist/synth op Ian Williams (ex-Don Caballero) and drummer John Stanier (ex-Helmet), the quartet went far to bridge elements of post-rock, electronic and modern classical compositions into something gloriously unique. […]

Soundtracks are an important part of movies, but given they mostly want to appeal to a wide audience, metal is often left out of the film industry. When a heavy band does make it into a movie, it’s something fans celebrate for years to come, even if the majority of the movie’s audience doesn’t always […]

In these cynical times, it’s easy to throw shade at bands who’ve been around a while, long after they’ve ceased to excite or inspire. But Helmet, the idiosyncratic, reductionist metal outfit formed by Page Hamilton in 1989, falls waaay outside that category. Read more: Davey Suicide dishes on taking his career back and why a lot […]

Photo: Jacob Blickenstaff Needing no introduction, Helmet have signed to earMUSIC and announced Dead To The World, their first studio album since 2010's Seeing Eye Dog. Produced by frontman Page Hamilton himself and mixed by award-winning producer Jay Baumgardner (Sevendust, Papa Roach, Godsmack), Dead To The World will be released on October 28, 2016. Helmet once graced the cover of Alternative […]

I listen to House Of Pain year ‘round. In fact, I'm the top House Of Pain scholar on Genius.com.  Saint Patrick’s Day is just a great excuse to make more people aware of how deep the catalog goes. As the group have been quoted as saying: “Jump Around” was the “Louie Louie” of the ‘90s. […]

Tomahawk (members of Faith No More, Helmet, Melvins Lite and The Jesus Lizard) are set to break their 5-year recording hiatus with the release of Oddfellows in January. Before that, however, the band will perform together in October for the first time in 9 years at New Orleans' Voodoo Art and Music Experience. The band […]

Various Artists Guilt By Association Vol. 3 Fearless Records’ wildly successful Punk Goes Pop covers compilations tend to be joyous occasions on which rock bands indulge their inner chart-toppers. The previous two Guilt By Association compilations, in contrast, were mostly somber affairs; bands took a stripped-down, singer/songwriter approach to hair metal, cheesy ’80s songs and […]