Paris Fawcett
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"It was the right time and the right place, with the right words." How In Due Time and the return of Jesse Leach saved Killswitch Engage
By Paris Fawcett published
With In Due Time, Killswitch not only produced a song that perfectly encapsulated the return of Jesse Leach, but a new anthem to get their careers back on track

"A great solo has that Beavis and Butt-Head thing where you can sing it": Baroness' Gina Gleason talks Cirque Du Soleil, Smashing Pumpkins and why watching her bandmates is like listening to Zeppelin
By Paris Fawcett published
Baroness guitarist Gina Gleason shares the lessons that have shaped her career, from playing with Cique Du Soleil to sharing a stage with Billy Corgan

Jesse Leach: "After Alive Or Just Breathing came out, I was not in a great place"
By Paris Fawcett published
Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach talks new music, who he'd pick for his Roadrunner United team and the greatest hardcore song ever written

Killswitch Engage frontman Jesse Leach says this is the best hardcore song ever written
By Merlin Alderslade published
"That song encapsulates why I love hardcore and punk"

Employed To Serve's Justine Jones: "Post Malone invited us to play beer pong"
By Paris Fawcett published
From supporting Gojira in arenas to running her own record label, Employed To Serve's Justine Jones is forging her own path to success

L.S. Dunes is the 00s emo supergroup every My Chemical Romance fan needs in their life
By Paris Fawcett published
L.S. Dunes is what happens when MCR guitarist Frank Iero teams up with members of fellow post-hardcore Coheed And Cambria, Thursday and Circa Survive

Nita Strauss: "Demi Lovato is a huge rock and metal fan"
By Paris Fawcett published
Guitar hero Nita Strauss opens up on leaving Alice Cooper's band (and potentially returning), what it's like playing for Demi Lovato and why Taylor Swift playing guitar is "exciting"

Employed To Serve: "This is an album about empowerment - about conquering yourself".
By Paris Fawcett last updated
How Employed To Serve rallied after the collapse of their label to produce their most ambitious record to date

The 10 best power ballads as chosen by Creeper's Will Gould
By Paris Fawcett published
From Meat Loaf to Cher, Creeper frontman Will Gould picks his favourite power ballads

The 10 best songs from the 10 worst emo bands
By Paris Fawcett published
For every My Chem and Fall Out Boy, there was a Falling In Reverse and a From First To Last. But even emo's great pretenders had their moments

Meet the chef giving vegan cookery the black metal treatment
By Paris Fawcett published
Hail Seitan! YouTube sensation Brian Manowitz is proving that vegan food and black metal are a match made in hell

The Pretty Reckless’s Death By Rock And Roll: vulnerability, reflection and schmaltz
By Paris Fawcett published
Taylor Momsen’s crew pay tribute to fallen idols on new album Death By Rock And Roll

Dogs, drugs, and making out with yourself: inside Out Of Love's trippy new video
By Paris Fawcett published
Video premiere UK punks Out Of Love release the video for new single All Grown Up, and it's quite a ride

Sugar Horse take a grim journey through time via mind-melting new single The Great Shame
By Paris Fawcett published
Alt-rockers Sugar Horse unleash new single The Great Shame – the sound of a band "looking forward with great trepidation and looking back with great shame"
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