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Rise Against have announced a summer U.S. headlining tour. They will be accompanied by the Used and Senses Fail on select dates. Read more: Rise Against drop new track ahead of live EP ‘Nowhere Sessions’ The tour includes stops at The Forum in Los Angeles, as well as The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City. Tickets go...

Rise Against have announced that they will be dropping a new EP, Nowhere Sessions, on Nov. 12 via Loma Vista Recordings. The release will be a live expansion of their latest album, Nowhere Generation, and was inspired by the album’s success as well as their sold-out U.S. tour la...

In May, Rise Against announced their Nowhere Generation tour. The summer run will see the group perform in over a dozen U.S. cities. Alternative Press and Live Nation have partnered to offer an exclusive ticket giveaway for the tour. Pairs of tickets will be available for five cities and can be won by tagging your friends on Instagram...

DC’s Dark Nights: Death Metal was already one of this year’s must-read comics. The Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo-helmed seven-issue series follows Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman as they grapple with foes from the Dark Multiverse, including the nefarious Batman Who Laughs. As its ...

Rise Against are officially back with a powerful black-and-white video for their dynamic new single "Nowhere Generation." The new song tackles the idea of the American Dream and the sacrifices people make in order to be successful in the United States...

The beauty of emo music is that it provides a canvas for our own emotional projections. The lyrical narratives, even when relatively specific, often have just enough ambiguity that we can relate them in some sense to our unique circumstances. With ...

Is there anything more distinctly indicative of late-2000s culture than living room setlists? Transcending the confines of genre, the Rock Band series allowed us to connect with our favorite songs in the most intimate way possible—by performing them. Read more: Billie ... Read More ...

We know how to exhaust the discographies of our favorite bands, going back to their early foundations. But how often do we follow their journeys back to where they really started? Prior to achieving career success, many now-iconic artists started somewhere else entirely...

2000s vocalists received an enormous amount of attention compared to the rest of their bandmates. It's no surprise, really. In a scene characterized by edge, these frontmen and women drove their bands' unique personalities. That's not to say that they were all distinct. In ...

The Sims franchise has been going for a long time. Those pixelated people in their simulated homes and their intricate stories have been inspiring and entertaining the masses since 2000 with the release of The Sims for PC. Creator Will Wright put his heart and soul into the games, and it shows...

Christmas is quite possibly the most musically controversial holiday of the year. Not everyone digs the varying styles of seasonal music, though it’s a genre unto itself. You have the ancient carols, full of religious imagery, usually sung by hoary old choirs. The ...

If you've ever been trolled online with hateful comments and reviews, chances are you didn't handle it the same way Liquid Death Mountain Water did. Liquid Death is the most metal water brand you may ever come across. With branding featuring skull illustrations, death-metal script and taglines including "Death To Plastic" and "Murder Your Thirst," they seek "to make people

Is there any better surprise than listening to a song and getting hit by a cameo from a familiar vocalist? Aside from adding to the dynamics of the track, these uncredited guest vocals are great Easter eggs for any fan.  While it's not uncommon for these collaborations to go unnoted on streaming platforms, Google will often confirm your suspicions. We’...

We are less than 24 hours away from Halloween. While we get our costumes ready or perfect our spooky binge-watching lists, My Chemical Romance's Frank Iero, Rise Against's Tim McIlrath, MxPx's Mike Herrera and more celebrating the spooky weekend in style...

Anti-Flag are a sharp and substantive band who will have a legacy that stands the test of time. But don’t just take our word for it. Watch Rage Against The Machine guitarist Tom Morello, singer-songwriter Billy Bragg, Rise Against frontman/guitarist Tim McIlrath, Brian Baker of both Minor Threat and Bad Religion and many more musicians sing the band’s praises in the new documentary Beyond Barricad

At first glance, it may seem suspect that an acclaimed punk band would be aligned with a DC Comics property. But when Rise Against announced their participation in the soundtrack to the DC mini-series Dark Nights: Death Metal, there had to be something special to it...

On Wednesday, Rise Against unveiled their powerful new song "Broken Dreams, Inc." The track is the first piece of new music from the band in three years and is part of the Dark Nights: Death Metal soundtrack. Read more: There’s only one way to get McDonald’s Travis Scott meal amid shortage Earlier this week, fans got their first taste of "Broken Dreams, Inc." The new R... Read

Who among us hasn't fantasized about living the rock star life? (Well, besides rappers.) Seriously though, who wouldn't want a gig like that? The tears of the bright-eyed are the lubrication that keeps the rock 'n' roll machine pumping along...

Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack is finally living out his Batman dream. The Dark Knight enthusiast is now the voice of the superhero in the new comic Dark Nights: Death Metal. Along with Biersack, Rise Against are teasing a new single for the comic's soundtrack...

As Fall Out Boy’s From Under The Cork Tree turns 15, we take a look back at the band’s career the year the acclaimed emo record was released as told in issue #207. Over the past year, Pete Wentz and his band, Fall Out Boy—rounded out by singer/guitarist Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley—have become an unscripted Cinderella story. A group of suburban Ch...