Features

For extended reading and interviews

Features

For extended reading and interviews

An Artist's Obsession

Featuring The Word Alive

Telle Smith, vocalist for The Word Alive, is coming off the release of the band's sixth studio album, MONOMANIA. That was in February. This is, well, now. Originally planned to tour for the new album and play for millions, he’s in his house in California... trading stocks. HM contributing writer Andrew Voigt catches up with the quarantined Smith.

PR in the Time of Pandemic

Featuring Amy Sciarretto

No one knows artists better than Amy Sciarretto, industry veteran and President of Atom Splitter PR. So when the world hit pause and artists had to call an audible, there is no one better to talk to about how those bands are pivoting in a new reality. Sciarretto talks to us from her own home in New Jersey about how the pandemic is affecting artists, their process of undergoing transition, and how it's going to change music – maybe in great and unexpected ways.

Together We are Not Alone, Even When We Feel Lost

Featuring Sleeping with Sirens

Last year, Sleeping With Sirens put out 'How it Feels to Be Lost' with plans to support it throughout 2020. And then, well, 2020 happened. HM contributing writer Andrew Voigt speaks with vocalist Kellin Quinn about putting the band on pause, starting a new project in quarantine, and his new-found life as a part-time teacher.

Man on Fire

Featuring Asking Alexandria

Multihyphenate vocalist-actor-musician-entrepreneur Danny Worsnop can't cool off as his main gig, Asking Alexandria, releases their sixth studio album, 'Like a House on Fire'

The Unwavering Drive to Create

Featuring The Devil Wears Prada

The bigger they got, the less The Devil Wears Prada took it easy. HM contributing writer Andrew Voigt spoke with quarantined vocalist Mike Hranica about the band's latest venture into podcasting, his writing career, and his entrance into the business world

How Yesterday Got Stuck on Repeat

Featuring Azusa

HM Contributing Writer Andrew Voigt talks with Azusa's Eleni Zafiriadou about the band's latest release, shirking the 'female-fronted' moniker, and how 'Loop of Yesterdays' was born from a dream

The Light Behind the Eclipse

Featuring Wolves at the Gate

"That’s what makes the idea of faith so difficult. You have to put your trust in something you can’t see. That’s the idea of an eclipse." HM contributing writer Andrew Voigt revisits Wolves at the Gate's 2019 release, 'Eclipse,' with vocalist and songwriter Steve Cobucci, and explores his new (aptly named) project, Home Front.

How to Survive the Shadows

Featuring Scott Stapp

"Unknowingly, the song is taking on a kind of other meaning and it’s relating to people in another way." Scott Stapp's single, "Survivor," has found new life as a quarantine anthem. Now he just needs to figure out if he can pass sixth grade.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Featuring August Burns Red

"I hope it encourages you to look around and see the massive needs in the world today. Step in and reach out. Assist those who really can’t do what needs to be done for themselves. There’s so much reward in that." Nao Lewandowski talks to August Burns Red drummer Matt Greiner about the band's eighth studio album and how to find fulfillment in creativity and selflessness.

Jake Luhrs Wants to Help You

Featuring August Burns Red

August Burns Red released their eighth album, 'Guardians,' earlier this month when the rest of the world came to a halt. And amidst an enveloping and oppressive anxiety and uncertainty, Jake Luhrs has learned to thrive. We talk to Luhrs about the new world, the new album, but, most importantly, how to get help and stay grounded when every day looks exactly like the last.

Liminal Messaging

Featuring Vagabonds

On Vagabonds' latest release, 'Liminal Space,' frontman Luke Dean lives between the seasons but embraced one mentality: "I wanted to create and contribute something beautiful to the world."

Breaking Waves

Featuring Rusty Shipp

Surf-rock, sea mines, and spirituality: How Rusty Shipp brought war and peace together on their most recent release, 'Liquid Exorcist'

Norma Jean's Mirrored Image

Featuring Norma Jean

"The album has two sides, and it's meant to be interpreted from that perspective. If you think of a mirror ... and you're looking at yourself, you're used to the same room all the time. We don't think about what's necessarily behind us because it's the same thing every day. And we're used to that." Norma Jean goes behind the mirror on their latest release, 'All Hail,' a tribute to their fans.

An Impactful Autopsy

Featuring Fit for an Autopsy

"I feel like there’s nothing more impactful than basing your record around those events that are actually part of the world." Fit for an Autopsy takes on the need for humanity's change on 'The Sea of Tragic Beasts,' the band's fifth album that Will Putney describes as "a little outside the box."

The Devil's Next Act

Featuring The Devil Wears Prada

With a dynamic and challenging new release, The Devil Wears Prada gears up for their next 'Act,' a purposefully ambiguous roller coaster of a record

Rescued by Light

Featuring Wolves at the Gate

Wolves at the Gate stand firm in their formidable subtext of rescuing hope for humanity on their latest release, 'Eclipse.'

Becoming Comrades

Featuring Comrades

"I feel like the things we wrote and the things we said on the record were the things we needed to write and the things we needed to say. We did our best at what we needed to do."

Growing into Permanence

Featuring After the Burial

With over fifteen years as a band, After the Burial has already dug deep and planted the seeds. Now, those roots have taken hold, been tested, and have proved true on their latest release, 'Evergreen.'

Where You Want to Be

Featuring Taking Back Sunday

Twenty Years of Taking Back Sunday

Carrying the Torch

Featuring The Drowned God

The Drowned God is a new generation of band, fueled by the odd dichotomy of seeking hope in a hopeless world. Now, with their second release, 'I'll Always Be the Same,' the band sits down with HM and expands on art, influence, and, of course, a touch of religion.

Astroworld

Featuring Astronoid

Somewhere between the worlds of gaming and sci-fi and ethereal rock lies Astronoid, and they're here to take you on a journey through their space

Inspiration for the Devil

Featuring The Devil Wears Prada

With Album No. Seven on the horizon, The Devil Wears Prada's Mike Hranica takes a look back at the ten years since the release of their seminal album, 'With Roots Above and Branches Below,' and the inspiration and creativity that keeps them going

The Brutal Homecoming

Featuring Impending Doom

On 'The Sin and Doom, Vol. II,' Impending Doom reunites with their first producer in a beatdown of a return to music with their first release in five years

When the End Began

Featuring Silent Planet

"It’s every scenario I’ve ever imagined where my gut reaction was, 'This is the end of everything.' We need to have imagination to find hope in the middle of apocalypse."

Fell on Black Days

Featuring Fit For A King

"Even on your darkest days, try to find the bright spot because there is one." Fit for a King vocalist Ryan Kirby opens up about the songwriting on the band's latest release, 'Dark Skies'

Austin City Limits

Featuring Austin City Limits

Back for its 17th year, Austin City Limits embraced a diverse music lineup and expanded venue for another successful run

Red Jumpsuit Rejuvenation

Featuring Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

After some time out of the limelight, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus has recently spent over a month at No. 1 with their newest single, 'On Becoming Willing.' We talk with vocalist Ronnie Winter to find out what's behind the band's reemergence as a leading band.

Seeing Clearly

Featuring Levi the Poet

After sordid experiences with a megachurch's abuse of power, Levi the Poet has emerged with 'Cataracts,' an honest, clear look in the mirror

Darkest Before the Dawn

Featuring Phinehas

Phinehas pushes the human rights cause forward, highlighting the atrocities of the Kim regime in North Korea with their most recent effort, concept album 'Dark Flag'

The Unpublished Interview

Featuring We Came As Romans

This past weekend, We Came as Romans vocalist Kyle Pavone passed away. Previously unpublished, HM is releasing their last official interview with Pavone, conducted on the heels of the band's most recent release, 'Cold Like War'

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