September New Music Round-Up: Acid Age, Baby and the Beats, Bury The Liar, Carences, Djyn, Friendship Commanders and SUMMIT XERO

We’ve been unearthing new rock and metal bands from around the world via music discovery platform Groover for around a year now. But, if and when bands don’t respond to our interview requests, we wrap them into a new music round-up to introduce these new artists to you.

This month, we’re back with seven new bands from Belgium, Canada, Germany, the UK and the US. So get your weekend started by reading about these bands below, and listen to them and over 104 hours of music from bands we’ve featured via Groover on our Spotify playlist GigRadar Groover.

Acid Age – State Your Business

Northern Irish power trio Acid Age have crafted a thrilling brand of brutal, psychedelic progressive death thrash that they intriguingly describe as “War-Jazz.”

The band sent us State Your Business, the first single from their album Perilous Compulsion. It opens up with a cool riff that drops into chunky guitars and rolling drums, before darting guitars tee up a piercing guitar lick. That epic intro leads into a lively opening verse led by gruff vocals supported by fast-paced guitars and drums, which gives way to a surprisingly melodic chorus. A piercing guitar solo takes over alongside a funky bassline, dropping into another intense verse and catchy chorus. That’s followed by another big guitar solo, before cool stabbing guitar riffs and another funky little solo bring the track to an enjoyable conclusion. There’s much more where that came from on the album, including the wild opener Bikini Island and Third Eye Locksmith.

You can follow Acid Age on Facebook and Instagram, and check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music, Deezer and YouTube.

Baby and the Beats – Your Revolution

Belgian band Baby and the Beats aim to deliver songs with a meaning in a metal sound that covers themes as varied as romanticism, global warming and war.

The band just released their debut single Your Revolution, which will be followed by five more singles completing an EP ahead of a full album next year. The track opens up with Cassandra’s echoey vocals, before palm-muted guitar chords and drums lead us into an engaging opening verse. Patrick’s vocals take over, leading into a delicious atmospheric chorus. Chunky guitars return in another dreamy verse, before taking a turn as a noodling guitar solo takes over to set up a return of the chorus.

You can follow Baby and the Beats on Facebook, and check out their music on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.

Bury The Liar – Part Of This

German band Bury The Liar offer up an atmospheric metal sound that fuses heavy vocals and guitars with interesting electronic soundscapes.

The band sent us Part Of This, which they say is one of the most emotional songs from their recent EP Rejecting Life, released in July. The track begins with a dramatic building synth sound that drops into chunky guitars, powerful drums and piercing synths, which continue under vicious opening vocals. Big doomy guitars support the intense vocals before flowing into a slightly melodic chorus, which ends with lively guitars teeing up a dark second verse supported by gothic/choral backing vocals and various synths. That ends with a vicious guttural cry and intense vocals teeing up another chorus, before taking an interesting development as a little piano section and choral vocals slow the pace down ahead of a big final blast of the chorus. The EP offers more intriguing electro and metal fusion, including opening track Gone and the intense Semicolon.

You can follow Bury The Liar on Facebook and Instagram, and check out their music on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.

Carences – Lazare

Montreal band Carences fuse elements of punk and post-hardcore in a thrilling sound that channels their collective frustration and disullusionment.

The band sent us their debut single Lazare, which, in their words, “recasts the Lazarus parable as a raw indictment of extreme wealth disparity.” The single comes ahead of the band’s debut album Violences, which will be out in November. It hooks you in straight from the off with a lively driving guitar riff over intense screamed chorus vocals “Ni paradis, ni purgatoire.” The pace slows a little with a stabbing guitar note under more intense vocals, teeing up another blast of the chorus. Wild guitar sounds support another verse that builds in intensity with rolling drums, then the pace drops before a violent conclusion courtesy of heavy stabbing guitars. We’re excited to hear what the band have to offer on their debut album.

You can follow Carences on Facebook and Instagram, and check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music and YouTube.

Djyn – Maybe

Belgian band Djyn are aiming to rewrite the rules of alternative metal. The Brussels duo of Davit and Arthur fuse heavy riffs with big vocal harmonies, trap beats and synths to create an intriguing metal sound.

The duo sent us their fourth single Maybe, which was released in August and features heavy J-rock influences. It opens up with a big wall of synths over driving drums and guitars, before dropping into a laid-back opening verse. Guitars creep in as it flows into a catchy chorus that ends with heavy guitars feeding into a mellow verse that again builds in intensity. A second chorus ends on a drawn-out and big stabbing guitars give way to a delicious flowing guitar solo, before building up to a big final blast of the chorus.

You can follow Djyn on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, and check out their music on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube.

Friendship Commanders – MIDHEAVEN

Tennessee duo Friendship Commanders offer up a heavy rock sound that fuses engaging vocals, driving rhythms and big riffs.

The Nashville band sent us MIDHEAVEN from their upcoming fourth album BEAR, which is out on 10 October and was produced, mixed and engineered by Converge’s Kurt Ballou. And they describe the track as “almost a Viking death march, but about the stars.”

MIDHEAVEN starts with a drum roll giving way to a darting guitar riff then big drawn-out guitar chords that continue under Buick Audra’s engaging vocals. The enjoyable guitars return and continue under another delicious verse and chorus, which gives way to an epic instrumental section with moody guitars over big rolling drums. That flows into a big final blast of the chorus, before crashing drums and a looping guitar riff bring the track to a fitting conclusion.

On the track, Buick says: “MIDHEAVEN gets into this idea of being born under a certain set of stars, and whether or not that has anything to do with who we are. As a person who feels like a lifelong misfit with a nature I can’t seem to change, I’m so curious about where that starts. Is it true from birth? Is it written from the start? I’m willing to believe anything at this point. And some days, it’s tempting to blame it all on the sky. The sky can take it. At the same time, this song is also making fun of modern astrology and the weight some people place on it. It seems to almost exist as a get-out-of-jail-free card for human behavior, leaving us wholly unaccountable for our actions. I find it wild.”

You can follow Friendship Commanders on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, and check out their music on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music and YouTube.

SUMMIT XERO – SERPENT TONGUE

Long Island trio SUMMIT XERO (pictured above) takes us on a welcome nostalgic ride back to the good old days of the early 2000s, when nu-metal and hard rock were taking over, we played Tony Hawk on the PS2 and watched prime MTV and Scuzz. The band is formed of Chris Beyer (vocals and guitar), Matt Spataro (bass and backing vocals) and Mile Beyer (guitar), who’ve all been part of Long Island emo and post-hardcore bands.

The trio sent us their latest single SERPENT TONGUE, which was released last month and follows on from last year’s self-titled debut EP. It dives straight into heavy stabbing guitars and drums, which are joined by a high-pitched guitar and turntable spins before dropping into a heavy opening verse led by intense fast-paced vocals. That flows into a big catchy chorus “And you are the reason, It’s over, it’s over, Now you’ve been locked alone in the cold, It’s over, it’s over, Now you should watch your serpent tongue.” The turntables return to bridge into another vicious verse, and a second chorus drops into cool stabbing high-pitched guitar stabs before deliciously nu-metal rapped/screamed vocals tee up a final blast of the chorus. The EP is packed with more beautiful nostalgic 2000s vibes, including the more melodic DIG YOUR GRAVE and a personal favourite track SO PITIFUL.

You can follow SUMMIT XERO on Instagram, and check out their music on Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp.

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