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Some musicians have some serious art on their bodies in the form of tattoos. Many of them collect a collage on their arms; these 11 different musicians all have some amazing sleeve tattoos. (It's kind of hard to imagine how long it took for them to put their designs together over the years.) Check them […]

By now, the image of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps preparing for his swim has gained meme-worthy status. Just look at his inner rage. Although he already opened up about his playlist to the New York Times (it included Eminem, Young Jeezy and Eric Church), we like to imagine a different kind of playlist for Olympic athletes. […]

APTV correspondent Nick Major sat down with The Word Alive's Telle Smith and Luke Holland to talk more about their history as individual artists and how they've grown as a band since 2008. “I had to learn how to scream to join the band,” says Telle on getting his start in The Word Alive. “I […]

The Word Alive are out on Warped Tour right now, and had an insane time at today's date in Hartford, CT. Read more: Watch PVRIS’ Lynn Gunn perform with Tonight Alive at Warped Guitarist Zack Hansen had a slightly wilder time than everyone else, though. Looks like he took a hit them left him with 8 […]

New York industrial rockers Echo Black are now streaming their brand new single “Perfect” exclusively through AltPress. The new track features Telle Smith of the Word Alive. “'Perfect' means a lot to us. The vocal melody was written maybe 5 years ago. We broke it out when we were looking through ideas we all had […]

This is an absolute must-see: Luke Holland of the Word Alive, Spencer Sotelo of Periphery and Taylor Larson of From First To Last (also producer credited for I See Stars, more) have teamed up for an awesome cover of the 1975's track “Me,” which comes from the British band's Music For Cars EP. Check it out below and definitely […]

I See Stars’ newest album, Treehouse, is due in just a couple days, but the band has another trick up its sleeve. Luke Holland, current drummer for the Word Alive and bonafide YouTube sensation, tracked drums for the entirety of I See Stars’ new album. Read more: New I See Stars music video produced, directed by […]

The Word Alive's Telle Smith and Zach Hansen have revealed their vote for the 2016 APMAs presidency, and it's going to candidate Alex Gaskarth. Telle Smith, lead singer of The Word Alive, starts the campaign video out by explaining how Jack Barakat may have crossed the line with his grandma. Uh oh. “I'm supporting Alex's campaign because […]

APTV's Los Angeles correspondent Nick Major breaks down the reasons why you should be attending this year's Warped Tour. From the handfuls of throwback bands to the potential surprise guests, Major details why this year should be the best Warped Tour yet. Besides guests, Warped Tour is revamping their staging, offering two separate Monster stages […]

When you hear the word “metalcore,” soothing, glorious vocal melodies probably aren’t the first thing that come to mind. Nonetheless, the genre’s modern era has brought forth some of the best vocalists to ever come out of our scene. In 2014, we presented you with the 15 best screamers in modern metalcore. Now, take a […]

Former Chelsea Grin guitarist Jason Richardson has released the first single from his upcoming solo album, which is due out July 29. (Pre-orders will be on sale soon.) The Word Alive’s Luke Holland played drums on the whole record. Read more: Chelsea Grin part ways with guitarist You can check out the track, titled “OMNI,” along […]

Suns out, fun's out—it's finally here! Our annual Warped Tour issue has arrived! We've been talking to the bold people (and pup!) fronting Sleeping With Sirens, Motionless In White, Tonight Alive, Real Friends, the Word Alive and Waterparks. We also got your all-access pass to everything behind the scenes for what makes Warped Tour run—from […]

The Word Alive dispels rumors and shares little-known secrets in this episode of 10 Things You Didn't Know. Singer Telle Smith admits that he almost got kicked out of the band in 2009, during a band conversation in a Texas Taco Bell. His bandmates explained that he needed to step up his game, and Telle […]

In 2009, both Motionless In White and the Word Alive released new EPs. MIW dropped When Love Met Destruction, while TWA debuted Empire.  Read more: 14 modern metalcore songs you've already forgotten about  While both were distributed through different labels in the United States, it was a different story entirely in Japan. “Shortly after [Empire’s] release, we signed […]

The Word Alive’s Luke Holland is widely recognized for his mega-popular YouTube covers. But in his latest YouTube video, he’s keeping things original.  Holland teamed up with Alternative Press to bring you his playthrough of TWA’s title track of their new album Dark Matter. “'Dark Matter' is our self-titled track off of our brand new […]

In 2003, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Green Day and more were paving the path of pop punk—topping the charts and blasting through speakers across the country. Headliners is a web series set in Chicago during the scene’s heyday and it shows this world from the view of one young, up-and-coming band and a seasoned record […]

The guys in the Word Alive have dropped a new music video for their single “Trapped.” Check it out below, and let us know what you think in the comments! Read more: The Word Alive tour manager allegedly jumped and beaten by local band “Trapped” comes from the band's new album Dark Matter, one of AP's most […]

Get AP 334 now! We have the exclusive story behind Pierce The Veil’s new album Misadventures, as well as the limited-run cover art edition. As if that’s not enough, we caught up with Sleeping With Sirens and The Used to get their stories on all things acoustic. (Tours and albums? C’mon, guys.)  Read more: Vic Fuentes details his ‘Misadventures’ […]

In light of the Word Alive’s new album Dark Matter, we sat down with the band and grilled them about their favorite tracks. Guitarist Zack Hansen and drummer Luke Holland both agree that the title track is their favorite. “I think that 'Dark Matter' is my favorite track off the album because that’s the one […]

Things seemed to have went a bit awry during the Word Alive’s show at Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola, Florida last night. After the gig, tweets flooded in that local band Rainey’s Revenge jumped and beat the Word Alive’s tour manager due to an alleged conflict over set times. Here are tweets from the Word Alive […]