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Starting June 29-30 in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the Vans Warped Tour will hold its final high-decibel celebrations of punk rock and youth culture. Once the traveling roadshow returns to Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, July 20 and 21, founder Kevin Lyman’s great touring experiment will become a part of rock ’n’ roll history, […]

Following the announcement that they are working on a new album, Norma Jean shared some less positive news, the departure of longtime guitarist Jeff Hickey. Hickey has been with the band since 2011, but the two parties will be separating to allow him to focus on his battle with alcohol addiction. Read more: Hayley Williams clarifies she’s very much […]

Metal act Norma Jean announced last fall that they began working on their first album in more than two years. Now, frontman Cory Brandan is gushing about what the record sounds like, and it’s got us even more excited to hear it. Read more: Post Malone talks blurred genre lines amid Lil Nas X, country […]

One of metal’s finest acts, Norma Jean are in the studio to begin work on their first album in two years. Read more: Norma Jean vocalist says #MAGA hats are welcome at their shows A couple of weeks ago, the band shared the news that they would soon be going into the recording studio to begin work […]

Cory Brandan, vocalist for metalcore stalwarts Norma Jean, says he welcomes “Make America Great Again” hats at his band’s shows, among other presumably offensive items. “Make America Great Again” or #MAGA is the furtively racist slogan used by President Trump that frequently adorns red ball caps. Read more: 10 times we were inspired by women […]

AP is downright stoked to premiere “Bleed Your High,” the new single from Sunndrug, the band centered around former Spitfire bassist Jimmy Reeves and former Spitfire/Norma Jean drummer Chris Raines. Read more: The Dirty Nil unleash noisy new song, “Pain Of Infinity”—listen “The song is a commentary on how we pacify ourselves with other people’s […]

Jeff Hickey may not describe himself as a virtuoso or a bad ass guitarist, but he definitely takes pride in being someone who just likes to make music. In this episode of APTV'S Six-String Stories, the Norma Jean axe-man reveals the riff that first sparked his interest in music, his trial-and-error approach to his instrument […]

Every music lover has that one good song or album that's ruined by a shitty time or person. For Norma Jean frontman Cory Brandan, the idea of 'ruined music' has been a phenomenon he's tried to evade since a rough divorce almost turned his favorite record into an emotional casualty and became the lyrical focus […]

[Photo credit: Mickie Winters] Big things are happening for progressive metal band Greyhaven. Today comes the announcement of their signing to Equal Vision Records and Graphic Nature for their sophomore album Empty Black. AltPress has an exclusive first listen of “Echo And Dust Pt. 1,” the first single from their forthcoming LP. Vocalist Brent Mills comments on the the new […]

Hear a new song from welcomehome—plus, check out an acoustic performance from Grayscale. Check out the news you might have missed today below! Read more: All Time Low to play ‘So Wrong, It’s Right’ set in-full on upcoming tour 1. SWMRS shared a guitar tutorial for “Harry Dean.” The band are creating videos to help teach […]

Metalcore greats Norma Jean have teamed with AP to share their music video for “1,000,000 Watts,” which served as our introduction to 2016's Polar Similar. It also marked their return to Solid State Records since last releasing 2008's the Anti Mother. Filled with ominous scenes of natural destruction, the video was directed by Anthony Altamura with director of photography Alex […]

Holy+Gold—the band featuring Scottie Henry (founding guitarist of Norma Jean), Brandon Henderson (ex-the Chariot), Keller Harbin (ex-the Chariot, ex-the Glass Ocean) and Heath Ladnier and Justin Graham (both ex-the Glass Ocean)–have premiered a new song, “Gravity,” at HM Magazine. Video: Watch Norma Jean play “Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste” with original vocalist Josh Scogin […]

The last time we heard from Hundred Suns, they were teasing to their new music with clips of their upcoming songs. Now, they've joined AP for their first-ever completed song and video premiere for “Fractional.” Norma Jean vocalist Cory Brandan says “Fractional” was the first song Hundred Suns worked on together as a band. “It's […]

Hundred Suns, the new project formed by a member of Norma Jean and past members of Every Time I Die and Dead and Divine, have released another teaser to their upcoming song “Bedburner,” exclusively with AP. Read more: Norma Jean, ex-Every Time I Die members form new band—listen Ex-Every Time I Die drummer Ryan Leger says […]

Former Chariot members Keller Harbin and Brandon Henderson joined forces with Scottie Henry, founding member of Norma Jean, and Justin Graham and Heath Ladnier of the Glass Ocean to form their new project Holy+Gold. Get to know the guys in their incredibly detailed statement: “Brandon is good at getting knots out. Scottie is scared of […]

Norma Jean have announced a spring headlining tour. He Is Legend will serve as direct support, while Forevermore and Rival Choir (formerly Mouth Of The South) are set to open each date. A full itinerary can be found below. Video: Watch Norma Jean play “Memphis Will Be Laid To Waste” with original vocalist Josh Scogin Norma […]