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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...

For some reason, people can't go to concerts anymore without hoisting projectiles at the artists performing on stage. Perhaps its part of the groupthink mentality, which posits people will do anything vile when provided with the anonymity of a crowd...

Chances are you've never heard of We Butter the Bread With Butter. But soon enough, you will. The band is comprised of two German dudes who have a rather bizarre sound ... so bizarre, it's bound to catch on with fans of bands like Attack Attack...

Illegal downloading has hobbled the music industry over the last decade, and try as they might, labels and musicians have been unable to quell online leaks and file sharing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, right? Late last night, the publicists for Smashing Pumpkins issued a press release announcing that Billy Corgan, the band's sole remaining founding member, would be releasing a new album call