Attack Attack

After a year of setbacks and growing anticipation, Of Mice & Men have finally released their long-awaited sophomore album, 'The Flood.' Industry insiders predict that the record will be one of 2011's best indie sellers. "If I'm not writing songs about things I've actually been through, it ruins the idea of making music to me," says Of Mice & Men vocalist Austin Carlile while on

Columbus, Ohio's Attack Attack! know about about getting grief. They're one metal act many elitists love to hate -- right up there with Brokencyde in terms of criticism heaped upon them. But despite the snarls and glares, the band continues to do well...

When indie label Razor & Tie (home to Norma Jean and All That Remains) teamed up with The Artery Foundation (a management firm that represents Attack Attack! and Impending Doom) to form Artery Recordings, it was like two meteors colliding to form something incredible. No...

Breakdowns don't hurt animals; circuses do. That's the message on a Peta2 poster from Attack Attack! It's a fitting sentiment, since Attack Attack!, who manufacture electro pop metalcore, rife with more breakdowns than an AAA call center. But kudos to the Ohio band for shining a spotlight on the cruelty that circus animals endure for entertainment purposes...

Southern California screamo-metal band Of Mice & Men have announced a parting of ways with singer (and co-founder) Austin Carlile. In statement the band cited unnamed personal issues as stopping Carlile from the "high demands of touring full-time." T...

Everything for Of Mice & Men has moved fast. First a demo song gets recorded, and in five days the Southern California screamo band is signed to a deal, setting a time for a full-length and planning a non-stop touring schedule. 'Second & Sebring' is the band's debut video from their self-titled album released earlier this month. The ...

In the late '00s, Rise Records well, rose to prominence -- pun intended -- much like Ferret and Trustkill did in the early part of the decade. Rise is the hot boutique label in the metalcore scene, and it was started by founder/president Craig Ericson as a senior in high school...

The last few years, Kevin Lyman's Warped Tour has become more metal than your mother's kettle, so to speak. Rather than serve strictly as a platform for punk, ska and emo, Warped has become an all-inclusive affair, featuring bands like Underoath, the Devil Wears Prada, In This Moment and Killswitch Engage...

On Oct. 22, Attack Attack! drummer Andrew Wetzel broke his silence about the recent departure of frontman Nick Barham, just days before the crabcore outfit was to embark on a headlining run with I Set My Friends on Fire, Miss May I, Our Last Night and the Color Morale...

Every Time I Die's 'New Junk Aesthetic' is like a nuclear warhead aimed at synthetic bands, like Attack Attack! "That genre is so easy to pick on," guitarist Andy Williams told Noisecreep. "It's another manufactured thing. Those kids sat there and instead of making original music, they heard what was popular and thought, 'That's what we'll sound like...