Find out which 2026 album releases are coming with our regularly updated release guide, including alternative, rock, metal, and beyond.

Early Wicca Phase songs were definitely not demoed. Was Cool Edit Pro free? EDLING: Yeah, pretty sure cool edit was free. It ...

Our fans ranked the five best tours of 2025, from My Chemical Romance's Long Live the Black Parade to Pierce the Veil's I Can't Hear You.

Death of the Heart by JER. The catchiest soundtrack to the times we live in, highlighting how racism, capitalism, colonialism, and apathy are killing us. From the beautiful melodies of “Silence is ...

Welcome to AP A-sides, where we’re highlighting the very best songs from the past week. Every Friday, the AP editors will wade through the daunting number of tracks released daily, narrow down their ...

In 2025, bands had a lot to say about the state of the world, from La Dispute’s No One Was Driving the Car, which surveyed late-stage capitalism, and End It, who examined class structure through ...

Alternative Press teamed up with AFI for exclusive vinyl of Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…, limited to 500 copies. Head to the AP Shop to grab yours. Havok, who now resides in Los Angeles, and his band ...

If we could identify one incandescent moment to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it would have to be having large stretches of time to listen to albums. Yes, in 2020, most of us binged on Netflix ...

No doubt aware of the gravity of the moment, returning co-founder Tom DeLonge marked the occasion by amending the end of the classic Enema of the State track’s first verse during Weekend 1 of the ...

This week marks 20 years since the release of the Used’s self-titled debut album. To celebrate, singer Bert McCracken, bassist Jeph Howard, producer John Feldmann and other key players tell the story ...

Sitting on the floor, somewhere sunny in Tennessee, I ask a question I’ve asked artists before, though it’s reserved for those whose hearts are fixed to their sleeve, even when broken. “Do you think ...

Detroit in the 1950s and ‘60s was a “boomtown,” according to MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer. “It was the manufacturing center of the world,” he wrote in the October 2003 issue of Mojo magazine. “If you ...