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Long Island natives Koyo are at the forefront of the recent emo resurgence. Now, the melodic hardcore group are gearing up for their debut album.

Zulu are redefining the boundaries of modern hardcore. With their forthcoming debut EP, the Los Angeles-based group are looking to push the genre even further.

Chris Motionless remembers the moment when he knew everything was going to be OK. In the summer of 2021, the Motionless In White vocalist was in Los Angeles, where he had spent a month working on the band’s sixth album, Scoring The End Of The World. The ...

Check out The Latest — for all the essential new music, tickets and livestreams you need right now. My Chemical Romance are well and truly back Last week, it was releasing a new song; this week, My Chemical Romance have dominated conversation in the scene by kicking off their long-delayed and even longer-awaited world tour in the U.K. An...

Motionless In White have released "Slaughterhouse," featuring Knocked Loose's Bryan Garris. The track is from the band's forthcoming album, Scoring The End of the World, out June 10. "Slaughterhouse" is the third single from the project, following "Masterpiece" and "Cyberhex." R...

Dance Gavin Dance have announced that SwanFest and their upcoming shows will continue as a tribute to their bassist Tim Feerick, who recently passed away. Additionally, the band will announce their forthcoming album later this week. Read more: Tim Feerick, longtime bassist of Dance Gavin Dance, passes away The band shared the following statement via Instagram: This past week has been the most chal

Dance Gavin Dance have announced the lineup for SWANFEST, a one-day festival headlined and curated by the band. The festival will take place April 23 at Heart Health Park in the band's hometown of Sacramento, California. Read more: Tilian Pearson reveals how taking psychedelics informed ‘Factory Reset’ Joining Dance Gavin Dance are Animals As Leaders, Knocked Loose, Movements, Anthony Green, Veil

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

Are the winter blues getting you down? Don’t worry, Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration is here to bring you some holiday cheer. If you haven’t heard already, we asked each artist we interviewed for our December 2021 issue of AltPress magazine to answer two specific questions: what was the best thing you heard in 2021, and who should we look out for in 2022? We’ve compiled t... Read Mor

This year, Every Time I Die’s ‘Tid The Season made its return in the band’s hometown of Buffalo, New York. The annual holiday shows featured a number of bands, including Spiritbox and Knocked Loose. In a surprise appearance, Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante joined Knocked Loose on stage for a powerful performance of the band’s “A Serpent’s Touch.” The result was electrifying. Read more...

Two years after their acclaimed second album, A Different Shade Of Blue, established Knocked Loose as solid hardcore contenders, it seemed the Kentucky outfit had raised their own bar almost too high. With the sophomore album curse well and truly broken, nobody could predict their next move — not least because they dropped their next EP, A Tear In The Fabric Of Life, by surprise in October. Rea...

With Alternative Press issue 400, we celebrate a major milestone for the magazine. AP has continued to change with the times, staying in touch with the evolution of music and culture at large. However, we've never forgotten our commitment to championing "New Music Now...

Knocked Loose are back with a powerfully abrasive new approach to their music. The A Tear In The Fabric Of Life EP is safely their most ambitious project to date. In addition, Knocked Loose also dropped an accompanying animated short film of the same name. The...

With the start of a new week, it’s easy to fall back on old favorites. Of course, familiar artists have a way of getting you through the grind, of giving you a bedrock that can help you through the day. Nothing beats a classic, and we’re no stranger to blasting that one perfect song on repeat just to give us the energy we really need. Even so...

Metalcore four-piece Wristmeetrazor have shared the new video for “Anemic (The Same Six Words)” ahead of their upcoming album, Replica Of A Strange Love. Premiering exclusively with Alternative Press, the raging song is an emotional commentary on how pointless it is to accept circumstances as they are. Inspired b...

Wendy's is the home of the Frosty, the 4 for $4 and fresh-never-frozen beef. But the fast-food chain is now also recognized for its unique Twitter presence. In fact, the brand is known to be incredibly savage on its page, directly tweeting at competitors such as McDonald's and Burger King and roasting its own fans...

It's a big day for Hatebreed. On Friday, the Nuclear Blast band unveiled the title track of their forthcoming album Weight Of The False Self. Along with the single's lyric video, Hatebreed have also revealed the album's tracklisting and artwork...

As expected, Parkway Drive have rescheduled their Viva The Underdogs headlining North American tour due to coronavirus. The tour is now taking place in 2021 and Hatebreed, Knocked Loose and Fit For A King are returning for the new dates. Read more: V... Read More ...

Every musical genre has room for expansion, evolution and possibility. Admittedly, metalcore has taken a lot of hits as of late. The accusations levied include everything from "boring" to "redundant" to "unnecessary." Well, we could say the same thing about oh-so-heartfelt singer-songwriters and EDM producers...

These modern metalcore albums from the 2010s are all very different. They rework influences from progressive, alternative metal, hardcore punk, several branches of death metal and even shoegaze. Some were overshadowed by the success of other albums from these same artists and others were simply overlooked due to the sheer volume of music coming out...