The Virginmarys Interview: “We’ve Never Been So Happy With a Body of Work…”
Derek Oswald
One of the hottest three-pieces to come out of the UK in recent memory, The Virginmarys have enjoyed a great run of success since their explosion on the scene with 2013’s King Of Conflict. ...
Civil Twilight Interview: A Chat With Richard Wouters
Derek Oswald
Civil Twilight is a four-piece rock band based out of South Africa and consisting of brothers Andrew (guitar) and Steven McKeller (bass guitar/lead vocals), plus Richard Wouters (drums), and Kevin Dailey (keyboards/backing vocals). Their ...
Stone Sour Interview:- “2016 Will Be For The New Record…”
Derek Oswald
Last month, prior to our short holiday break for AltWire, I had the chance to interview Stone Sour‘s own Josh Rand on the band’s recent covers EP Straight Outta Burbank, and to get the ...
Product Review: Thumbs Up Touch Speaker Boombox Review
Derek Oswald
Altwire recently received this awesome touch speaker boombox from Thumbs Up out of the UK. Compatible with most smart phones and MP3’s with external speakers, it involves no pairing or cables. Instead, through using ...
Linkin Park: 15 Best Linkin Park Songs
Derek Oswald
If you were asked who had the highest selling album of the year 2001, chances are you’d probably answer Britney Spears, or one of the other highly popular pop acts on the radio at ...
NWA, NIN Among 2016 R&R Hall of Fame Nominees
Derek Oswald
Incase you’re feeling rather youthful today, here’s your daily dose of “I feel old” to shoot you down, and remind you that you too are indeed soon to be old and decrepit. Today, The ...
Adam Gontier: Behind The Scenes of His New Saint Asonia
Derek Oswald
Once the lead singer of one of the biggest hard rock groups on the planet, Adam Gontier provided a huge jolt to the rock scene and the music industry when he announced his resignation ...
Saint Asonia Announce Upcoming Tour Dates
Derek Oswald
After totally blowing the minds of hard rock fans across the nation, Saint Asonia featuring members of two of the biggest hard rock acts of the past decade – Adam Gontier (formerly of Three ...
Shinedown Drops ‘Black Cadillac’, Announces Co-Headlining Tour
Derek Oswald
After exploding on the charts and Sirius XM Octane with their first single from Threat To Survival ‘Cut The Cord’, Shinedown have delivered yet another taste of their latest record through the soulful rock ...
Atreyu Unveil Lyric Video For “Start To Break”
Derek Oswald
Orange County based Metal-Core band Atreyu have unveiled a brand new lyric video for their latest single Start To Break through their official YouTube channels. Taken from the band’s upcoming studio album, ‘Long Live’ ...
The Spark 08/09/15: New Singles
Derek Oswald
The Spark: Sunday August 9th, 2015 Welcome to The Spark, a feature on AltWire where we put the spotlight on fun, exciting and lesser known bands that we feel deserve your undivided attention (although ...
Video Interview – Escape The Fate: Warped Tour ’15
Derek Oswald
Last month during a stop at The Vans Warped Tour in Scranton, PA AltWire contributor Derek Oswald had a chance to sit down for a very lengthy interview with Escape The Fate drummer Robert ...
[AltWire Video Interview] The Karma Killers at Warped Tour – Scranton, PA 07/21/15
Derek Oswald
Last month during a stop at The Vans Warped Tour in Scranton, PA AltWire contributor Derek Oswald had the opportunity to sit down for a ten-minute video interview with The Karma Killers. Formed in ...
Disturbed: Inside Their Explosive “Immortalized”
Derek Oswald
AltWire discusses Disturbed’s surprise album announcement with Mike Wengren of Disturbed. Check it out below: With the advent of technology making it easier than ever before for fame-seekers to leak exclusive media to the ...
Finger Eleven Interview: “I Still Feel Like a F*cking Clueless Teenager!”
Derek Oswald
Looking to capture the magic of their favorite classic rock albums, Finger Eleven is back after five long years with their sixth studio album, Five Crooked Lines. Recording their album in an astonishing eleven ...
Fort Minor’s Return: Mike Shinoda on ‘Welcome’
Derek Oswald
To anyone looking from the outside, 2005 would have seemed to be a wonderful time to be Mike Shinoda. Riding on the wave of two very successful blockbuster Linkin Park Records, and a critically acclaimed ...
Bullet For My Valentine Announce 5th Studio Album “Venom”
Derek Oswald
UK metal act Bullet For My Valentine have officially announced details about their highly anticipated fifth studio album “Venom“, due for release on August 14th via RCA Records. Announced yesterday via the reveal of ...
Mike Shinoda Q&A: Darker Than Blood
Derek Oswald
Linkin Park and Mike Shinoda are no strangers to the world of EDM. With two electronic influenced remix albums under their belt, and two mega collaborations with a superstar EDM artist, Steve Aoki, Linkin ...
Essential Playlist: Mike Shinoda’s Legendary Influences
Derek Oswald
Listen to a curated playlist of artists that inspired Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, submitted to us by Mike Shinoda himself. When we first spoke to Linkin Park and Stone Temple Pilots’ Chester Bennington ...
My Goodness Announce Spring + Summer Tour Dates
Derek Oswald
Fresh off of their latest record ‘Shiver + Shake’, the Seattle-based rock band My Goodness have announced a slew of new tour dates as part of an upcoming Spring and Summer US Tour. The ...
