Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We've got some excellent new music for you to wrap your ears around this week, and from new fewer than four of our former New Bands of the Week, our favourite Swedish metal band and a couple of brand new British rock bands. Turn it up loud and check out this feast of new, predominantly... Continue Reading →
From the crimes of the Catholic church and the corrupt moral landscape to mad alternate realities - if you happen to be a Catholic priest, look away now, but for everyone else, prepare to be highly entertained by Welsh rock trio MILK.
Sussex songwriter Matt Mitchell is embarking upon an exciting, long-awaited solo project, which sees him joined by his band The Coldhearts. It's safe to say that Matt has had a colourful career playing with an array of bands, including fronting up Pride in the mid-2000s then touring Europe with Furyon, before launching his solo career... Continue Reading →
We were handed a metal treat as we went along to see Defences, one of our favourite bands at GR Towers, as they supported melodic metal band The Raven Age along with another of our former featured bands MSRY at The Underworld in Camden last Thursday (28 March).
Australia's track record for rock singer-songwriters could be about to change with the emergence of Cleo Alexandra, whose style has been aptly described as a 'grungy rock version of Rihanna.'
The hard-hitting sound of Watford newcomers SINKA has given us plenty of reasons to get excited about the trio.
Leeds-based The Varletts are intriguing concoction of screaming guitars, raw vocals and in their words - a head-case on drums, over a heavy alt-rock base.
When we first heard the phrase "piano-driven alternative indie" we'll freely admit we didn't have a clue what to expect. But the result, courtesy of Manchester band Pacific, is highly enjoyable.
It's a bold claim to make but Manchester's Climate Of Fear have been widely acclaimed as "the UK's angriest new metal band." So we had to, albeit tentatively, have a chat to discover just what was getting these lads so angry.
Anyone looking for a quiet Monday night in London was in the wrong place if they headed for the O2 Academy 2 in Islington as Skarlett Riot, Fahran and Sertraline put on a fine show of energetic rock and metal.
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