Before ghostbells ever stepped into the light, they spent two years creating in the shadows. What emerged was more than a band — it was an immersive world of pulsing electronics, haunting visuals and gothic glamour that took shape behind the scenes before a single song was ever released. Built …

For Shields, their new album Death & Connection wouldn’t exist if they hadn’t spent years apart. In 2018, the U.K. metalcore band quietly stepped away from the industry following the devastating death of their guitarist George Christie, who took his own life. This unbearable loss — and indefinite hiatus — came …

Motionless in White’s “Afraid of the Dark” isn’t just a new single — it’s a reminder of everything the band has stood for since its inception two decades ago: clawing your way toward the light, even when it feels impossible. Released on Jan. 28, the track marks the first offering …

Calling All Captains may fiercely clash over one thing — whether Green Day or Blink-182 is the superior pop-punk pioneer of the early ’90s — but when it comes to making their own music, they’re in perfect harmony. On Jan. 9, the Edmonton-based four-piece released The Things That I’ve Lost — …

Travis Sedg Bacon has quietly carved out a space for himself in the darker corners of music and film — not by following tradition, but by actively pushing against it. Known for his work in the industrial metal band CONTRACULT and for composing genre-bending scores for film and television, Bacon …

Before he ever stepped foot in Derry, Miles Ekhardt was an avid theater kid. With a stint as the frail yet faithful Tiny Tim in a touring production of A Christmas Carol marking his breakout performance, he’s no stranger to acting opposite the central villain of a story. But in HBO’s …

What’s Christmas without presents, candy canes and a little vigilante justice served in a Santa suit? From writer/director Mike P. Nelson comes Silent Night, Deadly Night, a reimagining of Charles Sellier’s controversial classic from 1984 [our review]. After witnessing his parents’ brutal murder at the hands of a man dressed as …

It takes a special kind of band to play for a crowd of sweaty, sunburned Warped Tour diehards less than 24 hours after charming families at Disney World’s Epcot — and make both feel equally natural. But Bowling for Soup has never been a typical band. In a year where …

Elijah’s current success didn’t happen overnight. After years of experimenting and trying to fit into the “Warped Tour pop punk” mold, he stopped chasing expectations and started confronting his own emotions — the ones he’d spent years keeping hidden. The result? lowest — a 13-track collision of post-hardcore chaos and emo-rock introspection …

Who says you can’t reinvent yourself in your 40s? Annie Davis is living proof that it’s never too late to chase your wildest dreams. In just the past few years, she’s launched a music career, shut down digital haters and tested her prowess on Survivor…all with pink hair and plenty of …