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Senses Fail on how Hell Is In Your Head expands on the story arc of Still Searching

Senses Fail are entering a new era with eighth studio album Hell Is In Your Head. Buddy Nielsen breaks down how the LP is a sequel to 2006’s Still Searching.

SeeYouSpaceCowboy on destroying the stigma of addiction with their new LP

Unquestionably, metalcore and its associated subgenres have traditionally been masculine. Even in the way we describe the music, with “brutal” screams and “savage” breakdowns, the metal lexicon occasionally can make it challenging for someone with an alternative gender identity. While we’ve seen a gradually increasing inclusion of female and nonbinary artists breaking the mold for […]

Static Dress release debut project 'Prologue... (Comic Book Soundtrack)'

Static Dress have released their debut project Prologue… (Comic Book Soundtrack). The EP and comic book were also accompanied by a video for “Vague.” Static Dress are the U.K.’s newest offering of heavy and genre-bending music, harking back to legendary early 2000s groups such as the Bled, Underoath and Norma Jean while seamlessly fusing modern […]

SeeYouSpaceCowboy release sophomore album ‘The Romance of Affliction’

SeeYouSpaceCowboy have dropped their second studio album, The Romance Of Affliction, via Pure Noise Records. Ahead of the release, the sasscore band recently shared the music video for “The End To A Brief Moment Of Lasting Intimacy,” preceded by “Intersecting Storylines To The Same Tragedy” and “Misinterpreting Constellations.” Following 2019’s The Correlation Between Entrance And […]

In issue 400, twenty one pilots reveal the importance of their community

With Alternative Press issue 400, we celebrate a major milestone for the magazine. AP has continued to change with the times, staying in touch with the evolution of music and culture at large. However, we’ve never forgotten our commitment to championing “New Music Now.” In many ways, this issue looks back to our roots. As […]

SeeYouSpaceCowboy and If I Die First join forces for “bloodstainedeyes”

SeeYouSpaceCowboy and If I Die First are teaming up for a truly epic collaboration. The hardcore bands are gearing up to release a split five-track EP A Sure Disaster, which includes the new single “bloodstainedeyes.” On March 30, SeeYouSpaceCowboy and If I Die First dropped a brutal video for the new track, which offers a […]

10 trans women musicians who are changing the world of punk rock

The punk community has notably provided refuge for society’s outcasts since its early foundations in the 1970s. Unfortunately, representation has been historically lacking across the scene, especially when it comes to LGBTQIA+ participation. While queer musicians as a whole seem to exist as a minority in punk rock, transgender artists are a glaring rarity. But don’t think that […]

SeeYouSpaceCowboy get personal with “Late December”—watch

SeeYouSpaceCowboy have molded a sound that’s currently missing from metal. It’s one that fuses the moody hits that bloomed in the early aughts of the Myspace era, along with splintering screams. Formed in 2016, the self-described “self-indulgent” project is based in nostalgia but has proven to be popular with both pop-punk die-hards and metalheads. And […]