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Influenced by Queens of the Stone Age, Black Sabbath, Rush, Herbie Hancock and The Meters, The Alive is a California rock band launched between surf and skate sessions in 2018.

Morocco-born, Manitoba, Canada-raised artist Faouzia Ouihya has been making music for the better part of a decade, racking up millions of streams alongside awards for her songwriting and her powerful ...

“The studio is my room,” vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist Jess Allanic says. The title is a reference to the Manchester, England band carrying its own chaotic workload on its shoulders. “The ...

Buckethead performs at the Warfield in San Francisco on Oct. 17, 2025. Photo by @bucketheadrocks. SAN FRANCISCO —This week has provided many electric rock guitar laden shows with Judas Priest, Richie ...

SACRAMENTO — Orange County metalcore quartet Dayseeker didn’t plan to make a Halloween record; it just turned out that way. The band walked into a studio last year and it took this long to make ...

Shawn Robbins is an event and concert photographer, and a father of a monster truck-obsessed toddler. An active duty member of the U.S. Coast Guard and writer for the Duffel Blog (a military satire ...

Last summer, South African singer Loyiso Gijana performed at the Miss South Africa competition and at the wedding of soccer great David Beckham’s eldest son. While both were amazing opportunities to ...

“We aim to expand the possibility of metal music and this album carries our wish to be a part of it,” vocalist and dancer Moa “MOAMETAL” Kikuchi said over email recently. “There are many artists who ...

Max Becker of SWMRS performs at Live 105’s BFD 2017 at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 10, 2017. Alessio Neri/STAFF. SWMRS’ Max Becker doesn’t remember undoing his seatbelt, but ...