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Sick New World, a new nü-metal festival, has unleashed a killer lineup. The bill includes Korn, Evanescence, Deftones, System of a Down, Incubus and more.

This is Tour Guide, a weekly recap of the concert news fans don’t want to miss. From BLACKPINK to Loathe, check out who’s coming to a city near you.

TITUS is capturing the magic of turn-of-the-millennium music. Fusing elements of Y2K pop punk and hip-hop, the artist explores his influences and what’s next.

In recent years, it has become impossible to ignore the resurgence of several sectors of pop culture that were deemed either irrelevant or rendered obsolete. At the start of 2020, we saw the rise of the next generation of pop-punk, emo and scene culture that has since been catapulted back to the mainstream for the […]

Shinigami and Billy Martin of Good Charlotte have released the new single “Rampage.” Alternative Press is bringing you the song’s debut. In addition, Shinigami is announcing his forthcoming EP bioMACHiNA. The release is due April 22 in partnership with Version III. Read more: “People like listening to me being horribly in pain”: the oral history […]

Jonathan Davis is bathed in blood red. Thankfully, it’s merely the lighting in his home office, where he keeps suitably vampiric hours, surrounded by a treasure trove of Korn memorabilia that confirms his status as his band’s most ardent fan. “I am,” the 51-year-old agrees with a laugh, as he runs AP through some of […]

The best laid plans can even go awry for one of the biggest rock bands in the world. The day before Alternative Press connects with Bring Me The Horizon was scheduled to be the band’s first in earnest working with BloodPop (aka Michael Tucker, the man who’s overseen records by Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber) […]

The arrival of December signals that 2021 is quickly coming to an end. Winter looms, and we collectively anticipate a new year, with all of the possibilities offered by the final turning of the calendar page. Even so, we’re still savoring the here and now, and it’s not quite time to forget what this year […]

Established six years ago purely as a means of paying homage to their metal forefathers Korn, Slipknot and Pantera, the buzz surrounding DED soon grew way beyond the members’ expectations. Before they knew it, the band were caught up in a whirlwind of intense touring, mounting public attention and the opportunity to record their debut […]

Rock ’n’ roll as we know it today would probably look a lot different without Linkin Park. Instead of following the pack in an era when nü metal was reaching its height of popularity, this scrap of musicians outta California put everything that made them tick into their music. Somehow, they managed to construct metal […]

Mike’s Dead wears his influences on his sleeve, both proudly and most definitely loudly. Rooted in his love for the early 2000s nü-metal and rap-rock phenomenon, with a penchant for modern production and a hyper-abrasive aesthetic, Mike has managed to create something that he self-describes as “controlled chaos.” His brand of musical chaos is a […]

Reach NYC have released a new video for their latest single, “Last Surrender (Remix).” The new track also features Alecia “Mixi” Demner of Stitched Up Heart.  Additionally, the band made their triumphant return to the stage this past weekend, appearing at the Welcome To Rockville festival alongside artists such as Spiritbox, A Day To Remember, […]

DED’s School Of Thought is out now. Frontman Joe Cotela speaks on the album’s creation and touring in a post-COVID-19 world.

Artists can easily find themselves forced into a box, shaped by fan expectations or public assumptions about how they should sound. No matter how much some people want to break away from the norm, it’s difficult to escape from what made them big in the first place. That concern doesn’t apply to these artists, though. […]

Formed in 2015 by Alex James and Vlad Elkin, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand Pleasures makes clothes and accessories heavily influenced by its creators’ deep love and respect for the music they grew up listening to. And, as an extension of that, the artists, scenes and styles which that music revolved around.  Their work is consistently […]

Everyone loves to jam out to their favorite artists and classic hits, but let’s not forget about all the fresh talent constantly popping up around the world. From pop and indie to punk and post-hardcore, there’s always a new name in music waiting to be heard. We know there’s a lot of faces to sift […]

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 […]

Poppy has announced Flux, her fourth studio album and the follow-up to her 2020 record, I Disagree. The announcement comes alongside a psychedelic music video for the record’s title track created by Australian designer and visual artist Pip and Pop. The music video for “Flux” takes place in a candy-colored dream world and was directed […]