An avid music fan, author, and journalist, Matt Karpe has written for multiple print and online magazines over the last decade, including Powerplay, Rock & Metal Magazine and Down For Life (punk and hardcore). As well as releasing three books (We Own the Night: The Underground of the Modern American Hard Rock Scene, and two volumes of Nu Metal: Resurgence), he is also the creator of the nu metal dedicated zine, The Nu Zine and the owner of the independent record label, TNZ Records, which caters for up-and-coming artists in the modern nu metal scene. He lives in March, Cambridgeshire, UK.