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Every year there are a few surprises at the APMAs, and last year one of those surprises was when Ash Costello (of New Years Day) accidentally leaked the title of Escape The Fate's new album while interviewing the band. Even ETF was shocked, but they played it off well, and 2015's Hate Me was released later that year […]

If you're looking for quintessential spooky tunes, you're probably going to turn to our “grampires” of the late-'70s and '80s goth rock movement. But you'd be mistaken to think there are no new creepcore torchbearers. Here's a quick primer on songs from the past 10 years by artists who've continued the tradition of casting a […]

New Years Day go Mad Max in their new desert-set music video for “I'm About To Break You,” which sees the band members chained up, locked in cages and under surveillance. Vocalist Ash Costello says, “We are big fans of Mad Max and have always wanted to make a post-apocolyptic style video. The location we filmed […]

It's human nature to want to be loved. All day, every day. “Till death do us part.” But, we'll settle for one single day of the year: Valentine's Day. We are a generation raised by the media, and with that comes a laundry list of unrealistic romantic expectations. Sure, we all love a good sappy […]

Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, and thanks to the “Gourmet Man Food” of the Rock Allegiance and Carolina Rebellion festivals and the famous Warped Tour catering, we have plenty face-stuffing footage to choose from.  So in honor of excess, we decided to revisit our favorite moments of bands feasting on APTV:  Ferris Wheels […]

In our new series “Note To Self,” artists let you in on who they were when they were younger and give themselves advice from having grown up.  In episode one, New Years Day talk “ugly duckling” transformations, shyness, fear of failure, “devilish” behavior, being weirdos and more.  “If I could go back, I would tell […]

Fearless Vampire Killers' Bruises—one of our 10 Essential Albums Of 2015—has produced a captivating trilogy of videos, which concludes today on APTV with “Regret.” The series follows the narrative of co-vocalists Laurence Beveridge and Kier Kemp and their intertwined relationship with a central female character (played by photographer Justine Trickett.) From sustaining metaphorical contusions in “Like […]

Finally, the 2015 Readers Poll results for Artist of the Year! twenty one pilots Runners-up: New Years Day Motionless In White

Of all the albums that dropped in 2015, these are AP readers' favorites. twenty one pilots – Blurryface Runners-up: Bring Me The Horizon – That's The Spirit New Years Day – Malevolence

Here are the bands AP readers think will be big in 2016. New Years Day   Runners-up: PVRIS State Champs Neck Deep Knuckle Puck

We asked, and you chose. Here are your picks for Best Music Video. Panic! At The Disco – “Emperor's New Clothes” Runners-up: New Years Day – “Kill Or Be Killed” New Years Day – “Malevolence” Bring Me The Horizon – “True Friends” The Maine – “English Girls” 

Each year, bands travel the world, taking a new stage each night, to pour their hearts out to screaming fans. Here are AP readers' picks for Best Live Band. Motionless In White Runners-up: New Years Day twenty one pilots All Time Low

Some bands just don't get the praise they deserve. Here are your top picks for Most Underrated Band. New Years Day Runners-up: Motionless In White PVRIS Neck Deep

Every year, the AP staff pours our hearts into 12 new issues in hopes that you can learn more about your favorite bands and perhaps discover some new ones. The following are the fan favorites for 2015. AP 318 – Motionless In White Runners-up: AP 324 – Warped Tour AP 329 – twenty one pilots […]

As the year winds down, we've been reflecting on a lot of things—one of which is some of the trends that overtook our scene this year. The alt community has never been a stranger to the stranger variety of hair coloring, so naturally (or unnaturally, I suppose), we saw plenty of hues on the heads of our […]

How did Gwen Stafani inspire New Years Day frontwoman Ash Costello's clothing line Bat Royalty? Why was Ash alone in the “Malevolence” music video? How did the band go about writing their latest album? How was their recent headlining tour different from their previous tours? APTV's Stevie James gets the answers to these questions and […]

In the spirit of Halloween, New Year’s Day shared their favorite Halloween movies with APTIV. Tune in to hear which movies stand out in their favorites—from Nosferatu to Insidious—and the unique ways they watch them. “The way I watch [Nosferatu] a bit different: because it’s a silent film, I turn off the original  music from it and I […]

If you’re seeing New Years Day on Halloween this year, you may not necessarily recognize the band as you know them… Enter costumed alter-ego band Spawn Temple: A black metal quintet lead by vocalist Mistress Ashtoroth who will be invading the stage at NYD’s October 31 headlining tour date. In this APTV Halloweek special, the […]

While New Years Day were in the AP office last week, we spoke to them about one of their favorite topics, Halloween. The band told us all about their favorite spooky songs by artists likes Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie—from the ones you can dance to to the downright terrifying. You’ll never guess whose favorite […]