mental health

Lady Gaga has joined forces with the World Health Organization for a new op-ed in The Guardian to address the importance of mental health care in the wake of the reported 800,000 people who commit suicide each year. Read more: Choosing life: twenty one pilots avoid the glow of “Neon Gravestones” The mental health crisis […]

Paramore frontwoman Haley Williams says she only “physically and emotionally survived” hardships because of “music and because of [her] friendships” in an interview with The Tennessean ahead of the band’s Art + Friends event. Read more: 13 Halloween memes that are already played out This Friday’s (Sept. 7) one-off Art + Friends concert was organized […]

Linkin Park member Mike Shinoda, Thirty Seconds To Mars‘ Jared Leto and members of Pearl Jam will join the crusade to raise mental health awareness and prevent suicide as part of Entercom’s upcoming “I’m Listening” radio broadcast. Read more: Foo Fighters cover Queen under a fake band name Airing across the United States to start […]

McCafferty released a statement via their Facebook page stating the band would no longer be pursuing music. You can read the statement in full, below. Read more: MCCAFFERTY DROP OFF REMAINDER OF MOOSE BLOOD TOUR TO SEEK HELP FOR MENTAL HEALTH The news comes just a couple months after McCafferty announced their drop-off from the remainder […]

As It Is vocalist Patty Walters made a video on Twitter, sharing that he and Palaye Royale guitarist Sebastian Danzig made up in regards to a series of tweets discussing mental health. Read more: As It Is’ Patty Walters opens up about struggles with anxiety onstage—updated   After meeting and having a conversation at Vans […]

Beartooth are sharing a music video for new track “Disease,” off their upcoming album. Watch the music video in full below. Read more: Beartooth debut unrelenting track, “Bad Listener” “It was a pretty wild process getting this video together,” says Caleb Shomo, founder of furious metalcore monolith Beartooth about the clip for the title track of his […]

From their upcoming debut LP on Dity Hit/Interscope Records, Pale Waves’ “Noises” is a melting pot of everything good in modern dream pop. Read more: Pale Waves debut dreamy, dance-ready new song, “New Year’s Eve”—listen After debuting “Noises” at a sold-out show in New York, the new track is finally available for streamers everywhere. Pale Waves, […]

Gaming disorder is now considered a mental health condition. The World Health Organization is including the disorder in the 11th edition of International Classification of Diseases (ICD). Read more: 11 underrated music apps you should download immediately Vladimir Poznyak, a member of WHO’s Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, explains that, by classifying gaming disorder as […]

Real Friends’ last album, 2016’s The Home Inside My Head, spawned tracks the band’s fans fell in love with and saw the Chicago natives once more touring the world with their earnest brand of pop punk. On the outside, all seemed fine, but internally, the band were not happy with the music they’d put together. […]

To Write Love On Her Arms recently issued a statement on its blog in response to the deaths of Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade. After two celebrity deaths by suicide in the same week, TWLOHA wrote a short, compelling post for its followers who may be struggling. Read more: Wisdom In Chains tackle mental illness with […]

The highly anticipated second season of Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why released on Friday, and one Twitter user quickly binge-watched the series to provide a resource for people who want to watch the show. Read more: TWLOHA’s founder pens blog in response to ‘13 Reasons Why’ The show, which tackles taboo topics such as suicide, sexual assault […]

[Photos by Lindsey Byrnes and Bad Cop / Bad Cop/Youtube] Los Angeles punk quartet Bad Cop / Bad Cop have just released a video for “Victoria,” a track from their second full-length album, Warriors. With great pathos, “Victoria” serves as the album’s vivid empathetic reflection of loss. Bad Cop / Bad Cop’s Stacey Dee bursts […]

When metalcore heavyweights Bleeding Through played their last show in 2014, frontman Brandan Schieppati felt lost. Disconnected from the metallic hardcore scene he and his band had helped popularize, the vocalist believed the band were stagnating, so he pulled the plug on the group two years after the release of their seventh album, The Great […]

It’s hard to deny that music has a lot of power. No matter what mood or emotion you’re feeling, there’s a song to suit it. Whether it’s a lyric that sweeps you away or a beautiful melody that gives you guidance, chances are there’s a song to help you through any tough time. READ MORE: I […]

[Photo by: EminemVEVO/YouTube] Can one’s taste in music reveal a psychopathic streak? A recent study reportedly shows a link between music and psychopathy, and the details seem to infer that a couple key songs usually make up the proposed psychopath’s playlist. Better lose yourself in the music… Read more: Study shows metal music is good […]

Michighan based metalcore band Of Virtue are teaming up with Hope For The Day and Alternative Press to release their new track “Torn Apart,” which deals with the struggles of suicide and mental health. In an effort to raise awareness and share a message of hope, the band are donating a portion of proceeds from all song […]

[Photo by: Eva Rinaldi/Wikimedia Commons] Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is opening up about his battle with depression. The actor and wrestler recently shared a moving Instagram post in which he recalls witnessing his mother attempt suicide, and he tells of the personal mental health struggles that followed—read it down below. Read more: The Rock apparently […]