Inside The Industry: Visible Noise Founder Julie Weir

Lostprophets, Bullet For My Valentine and Bring Me The Horizon have more than topping charts across countries, selling out stadiums and gracing magazine covers in common. Each band owes its accomplishments to Julie Weir, founder of the groundbreaking independent UK label, Visible Noise. Here, Weir shares her tips for bands and biz hopefuls, [...]

The bittersweet TASTE OF CHAOS.

Each year the brittle walls of Asbury’s Convention Hall are given a test in durability as the finest in metal take the stage for Rockstar’s Taste of Chaos. “The Box” (Convention Hall) as I like to call it provides more than just the walls surrounding you, it affords you its own climate (often unthinkably cold, [...]

It’s High Time, Baby, that you listen to The Blackout

Lostprophet frontman (and former Planet Verge issue #2 coverman), Ian Watkins, guest-vocals on “It’s High Tide, Baby,” by UK break-out band, The Blackout.

Ian on Set
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The Blackout are among the refreshing acts (as in haven’t already been playing it the past few years) slated to play Bamboozle. The band has been getting tons of [...]

Bullet Hits Again

Bullet for My Valentine could have failed miserably with their sophomore full-length, Scream Aim Fire. It takes a pretty balls-to-the-walls band to enter the studio knowing its lead singer can’t speak, yet alone release scorching metal melodies from his mouth, as for which he’s been hailed.

The story’s been told over and over again on [...]