Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
One of the best - if not the best - things about music is the power it has to change the way you feel, both in the sound of the instrumentals and in the meaning of the lyrics. Glasgow newcomers Bearers are a perfect example of this, and it's safe to say that their powerful yet engagingly melodic metal sound takes you through a cycle of emotions and feelings.
Having met at 10,000-feet high in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado band Dirty Snowman Society are ready to take your musical enjoyment to new heights and believe they're part of a major resurgence in rock music.
Dublin newcomers Brake Loose offer up a dirty, mischievous rock'n'roll sound that's packed with energy and features a unique blend of spoken word vocals.
Get a healthy dose of good old blues-fuelled rock'n'roll and a good fix of delicious noodling guitars with Huntsville, Alabama, quartet Black Market Salesmen.
Tampa band Fear The Spider offer up high-energy rock influenced by the fairly eclectic combination of old-school punk and early glam rock - we kid you not.
When a brand new band is working with the colossus of metal production that is Ross Robinson, you have to expect they have something about them. And that's exactly the case with intriguing Los Angeles-based newcomers Repenter.
Strap in tight for a "wonderful demented ride" with Kentucky trio Indigo Storm, who have honed a sound that they describe to us as "progressive, primal and heavy."
Expect a real melting pot of sounds from Tallahassee, Florida, metal machine Defy The Tyrant. The band fuse high-octane heavy rock with soaring screams and rapped vocals to, in their words, "redefine what 'alternative metal' means." The band's original lineup formed around five years ago, but the current members came together just under two years ago.... Continue Reading →
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
The term blackened sludge alone told us to expect something dark and dirty from Polish band Mary and the Highwalkers. But what we encountered was something beyond our wildest dreams.
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