If you're a metalhead, a punk or some other sorta fan of dark, heavy, outsider music and subculture, summer can be a bummer — black clothes are hot, tattoos get faded by the sun, and sweat makes corpse paint and eyeliner run. But don't let the dog days get you down: Slather on some SPF 666, hydrate like a motherfucker and channel your inner beach goth with these hard-hitting feel-good (and, in some cases, very feel-bad) hits of the summer, courtesy of the Deftones, Danzig, Type O, the Ramones, QOTSA and more.
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Channel your inner beach goth with our summertime playlist
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Rob Zombie Interviews Alice Cooper: "Enjoy the Bloody, Dirty Stage. Next."
Rock superbeasts talk Groucho, why grunge was "boring," joys of "offending everybody"
Dave Grohl Interviews Mastodon: "Have You All Ever Taken Acid Together?"
Chief Foo Fighter asks the important questions in classic 2009 story
How Deftones Pulled Together After Trauma, Tragedy to Make 'Koi No Yokan'
Chino Moreno discusses survival and healing in classic 2012 interview
Killswitch Engage 'Incarnate': Metalcore Rebels Face Dark Side, Fight Inner War
Singer Jesse Leach: "This album literally drove me crazy"
Rob Zombie Interviews Alice Cooper: "Enjoy the Bloody, Dirty Stage. Next."
Rock superbeasts talk Groucho, why grunge was "boring," joys of "offending everybody"
Dave Grohl Interviews Mastodon: "Have You All Ever Taken Acid Together?"
Chief Foo Fighter asks the important questions in classic 2009 story
How Deftones Pulled Together After Trauma, Tragedy to Make 'Koi No Yokan'
Chino Moreno discusses survival and healing in classic 2012 interview