the word alive

Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington was truly larger than life. His influence on music and, more importantly, the people he touched along the way can never be matched. This massive influence is further proven as time goes on. Even after his tragic passing, friends and artists from all corners of the music world took time to […]

With a total of seven Punk Goes Pop albums in the installment, the cross-genre cover series became not only a scene favorite, but also a helping hand for rising artists who expanded their horizons with iconic covers such as the Wanted’s “Glad You Came” and Katy Perry’s “I Kissed A Girl.” We’re here to test […]

Jeremy Renner is best known as Hawkeye in the Avengers franchise, but yesterday it came out he’s exploring making music. We reported yesterday that Renner was teasing a launch into the music world with former the Word Alive drummer Luke Holland, and now it’s official. Read More: Metallica frontman James Hetfield rocks Slayer sing-along while driving Last week, Holland […]

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, […]

Everyone goes through bouts where they feel unsure of themselves. It could be from starting a new journey in life or questioning something someone said in passing.  Luckily, one of the greatest things about music is that there’s a song for every emotion. Whether it’s happiness, sadness, love and everything in between, there’s probably a […]

Jeremy Renner may be best known as Hawkeye in the Avengers franchise, but his talents go far beyond the MCU. It looks like our Marvel hero’s next mission involves the world of music, dropping a teaser hinting that his music project could soon be on the way. To top it off, it looks like former […]

2009—a tremendous year of defining albums from big bands and soon-to-be game-changers in metalcore—seems like a lifetime ago. The Devil Wears Prada released their iconic third album, and blessthefall started a new era with vocalist Beau Bokan. Many bands did their part in cultivating the genre to its peak. Among the many memorable releases, we’ve […]

It’s been nearly 10 years since Miss May I released their breakthrough record, Monument, but the band didn’t even expect to make it past their debut album. Vocalist Levi Benton tells AP that the band were fully expecting to be forgotten after they stepped on to the scene with their first album, Apologies Are For […]

Miss May I announced a massive run with The Word Alive this summer. Both bands will also be performing albums in their entirety along with some additional songs. Miss May I will play through sophomore record Monument, and The Word Alive will play Deceiver. Read more: Queen guitarist Brian May wants a Live Aid for climate change The […]

Frontman for The Word Alive, Telle Smith has taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on fans’ reactions to their favorite bands changing up their sound. With Bring Me The Horizon’s forthcoming release sounding unlike anything they have ever released before, Smith defends the band’s new direction. Read more: Senses Fail try to win Demi […]

Fearless Records, the record label that’s been a staple in contemporary pop-punk, metalcore and a few more genres of note, recently appointed Jenny Reader to the position of president/chief creative officer. Born in the United Kingdom, Reader headed up the British office of Victory Records before emigrating to the U.S. in 2008 to work at […]