Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Our latest On The Radar article offers up a bumper episode of new music by 16 bands from all over the world. This collection of great new tracks features bands from Australia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Romania, Sweden, the UK, Ukraine and the US.
French trio Polarskies combine alternative metal, dark pop and cinematic synths in an intriguingly contrasting sound that they describe as "heavy, emotional and atmospheric."
Macclesfield band SIGILS offers up a fusion of post-rock and post-metal to create a deliciously intense sound of emotional melodies and sonic vastness that they describe as "immersive, dynamic and cathartic."
International band Overture have crafted a thrilling, haunting and provocative metal sound that aims to take the listener on dramatic, theatrical journeys and they describe as "progressive melodic metal."
Canadian duo Dune Reaper met on a construction site and are building a grungey outlet for the burned-out and the overworked. They've crafted a gritty and atmospheric rock-meets-metal sound that they describe as "aggressive, dynamic and chaotic."
With a name like Vicar Blood, you'd rightly expect a band to be obscenely heavy and confrontational. And the Ohio quintet doesn't disappoint, serving up a vicious death metal sound laden with chugging guitars, driving drums and violent vocals.
Prolific British pop-rock duo Charlie Tyler have crafted a dramatic and engaging sound that showcases the power of social platform TikTok, and they describe as "cinematic, emotional and anthemic."
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.
Arizona band Vipera aim to thrill and give your neck the ultimate workout with a bouncy crossover thrash metal sound that they describe as " fast, heavy, and angry."
California duo FireBug have crafted a captivating old-school rock sound that blends modern rock with folk and blues influences, and they describe as "emotive desert noir and psychedelic."
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