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HEALTH have teamed up with EKKSTACY to release “STILL BREATHING.” The collaboration comes from HEALTH‘s upcoming album, DISCO4 :: PART II, out April 8 via Loma Vista Recordings. “STILL BREATHING” follows the February release of the single and music video “COLD BLOOD” featuring Lamb of God. Read more: HEALTH announce new album, release “COLD BLOOD” […]

Machine Gun Kelly is set to appear as a playable character in the latest WWE video game, WWE 2K22. Read more: Machine Gun Kelly releases video for “emo girl” featuring WILLOW—watch MGK announced the news on Twitter, saying, “You can slam me through a table as much as you want.” The musician is also the […]

HEALTH have announced their new album, DISCO4 :: PART II, will be released April 8 via Loma Vista Recordings. They’ve also released a song and music video called “COLD BLOOD” featuring Lamb of God. Read more: HEALTH preview upcoming album with Poppy collab “DEAD FLOWERS” The 12-song LP features recent collaborations with Nine Inch Nails […]

The 2021 tidal wave of creativity in the wake of the pandemic unleashed the full potential of rap–metal goddess Dana Dentata. The brutal persona of Canadian singer-songwriter Dana Marie Wright, Dentata not only brings a bleak aesthetic edge back to the metal scene akin to Poppy on a Rob Zombie binge but also introduces an […]

In 2021, collaboration was the lifeblood for HEALTH. Last year alone, the band linked up with Poppy (“DEAD FLOWERS”), Nine Inch Nails (“ISN’T EVERYONE”), Perturbator (“Excess”) and Deftones’ Chino Moreno and Tyler Bates (“ANTI-LIFE”). Each of those singles sounds unique, taking on distinct characteristics of their collaborators. “There’s less pressure [with collabs],” John Famiglietti explains. […]

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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 […]

Bad Omens have announced their latest album, THE DEATH OF PEACE OF MIND, which is set for release Feb. 25 via Sumerian Records. Alongside the announcement, the group dropped the record’s title track and a visual to go with it. Read more: Bad Omens made their album to help others “feel in control and powerful” […]

Holy Wars have released a new music video for their latest single “GET MINE.” The new track is just a taste of what is to come from their highly anticipated debut full-length, EAT IT UP/SPIT IT OUT, which drops in early 2022.  Read more: Fall Out Boy release ‘Evening Out With Your Girlfriend’ for streaming […]

HEALTH have joined forces with Poppy on a new single, “DEAD FLOWERS,” available via Loma Vista Recordings. The track is HEALTH’s fourth single this year, following collaborations with Nine Inch Nails on “ISN’T EVERYONE” and Tyler Bates and Chino Moreno on “ANTI-LIFE.” Read more: HEALTH discuss collab album and working with Nine Inch Nails “DEAD […]

Brvinfreeze’s art is as thought-provoking as his moniker. The elusive artist has no shortage of conceptual depth, but his work reflects a deliberate refusal of both pretension and hype. A quick glance at his website reveals the broad range of his craft, from clothing design and graphics to music and guerrilla marketing. He’s worked with […]

Poppy has dropped her latest track and music video from her upcoming LP, Flux. With cheery progressions and cadences, “So Mean” gives listeners a new aesthetic from the genre-melding artist. The AltPress cover star has had a busy year already and intends to finish it out even stronger. From her stunning Grammy performance in March and […]

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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 […]

Important people in music aren’t just behind the microphone, drums or keyboard. They’re also slaving away on Pro Tools, tweaking audio and making the band sound better.  The late Jerry Finn produced Sum 41, blink-182, MxPx and dozens of others in the early 2000s. Tom Lord-Alge mixed scene-defining tracks. Popular musicians often join in, using […]

Poppy is continuing her content-heavy summer with a brand-new single, “Her,” produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (M83, St. Vincent).  Accompanying the song’s release is a dystopian stop-motion music video by animator/director Chris Ullens, whose iconic style has been featured in videos for Rex Orange County and Lee Ann Womack.  Read more: Marvel’s ‘Black Widow’ opens with […]

Multi-genre renaissance artist Poppy has partnered with WWE and Sumerian Records to release the new surprise five-song EP, EAT (NXT Soundtrack). Like professional wrestling, the new EP is loud, chaotic and all-around one hell of a good time. Poppy has continually reinvented her sound since she first came onto the scene, and EAT is the […]

For a music genre, trap metal is still a baby. That being said, hundreds of Bones-core, Ghostemane-core and Scarlxrd-core tracks were uploaded to SoundCloud by the time you finished reading this sentence. Is there any room for the latest fusion of metal and hip-hop to expand and evolve, or is it doomed to repeat and […]