Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We've got bit of new punk-rock gold for you today, in the form of London-based 'shwifty' pop-punk trio No Insight. The self-confessed 'sad boys writing sad emo / pop-punk songs' Gian 'Kid' Carlo (guitar and vocals), Joe 'Grumps' Papworth (bass and vocals) and Rich Alexander (drums and vocals) all started playing in bands at a young... Continue Reading →
In the past few weeks I've been getting more and more into the awesome dirgey sound of dark doom metal. And we've found a band that epitomises everything that's great about this filthily beautiful genre in Birmingham doom-mongers Kroh. The five-piece of vocalist Oliwia Sobieszek, guitarists Paul Kenney and Paul Harrington, bassist Darren Donovan and... Continue Reading →
One of our highlights from 2000 Trees Festival in July was seeing Belgian three-piece Brutus smash the place up with their intensely powerful rock sound. Brutus are quickly gaining notoriety as one of the most exciting emerging rock acts around, with the likes of Lars Ulrich (Metallica) and Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) championing their... Continue Reading →
Rock duos seem to be on-trend right now, and we've got another awesome new duo to add to the growing list in Scottish rockers Huxtable. The Ayrshire duo of Jordan Yates on guitar and vocals and Marc William Brown on drums and harmonies have spent the last few years honing their brand of "riff-rock." We... Continue Reading →
Spanish rockers Useless Dogs are an intriguing fusion of rock styles heavily influenced by their fascination with music of the 60s and 70s. The quartet, made up of songwriter and vocalist Rafa Suarez (aka Mr Dogman), lead guitarist Javier Rojas, drummer Miquel Ferrer and bassist Javier Santana, are relative puppies, having been together as a... Continue Reading →
A few months back we saw our friends in Jack The Envious support an exciting band called More Than Machines from across the pond in Ireland, and the good news is we've caught up with them to bring their high-energy punk rock into your lives. The Dublin quartet began life back in January 2015 as... Continue Reading →
Last night we headed up to The Black Heart in Camden for a feast of riff-tastic rock'n'roll to see our former New Band of the Week AT THE SUN support east Midlands trio THEIA alongside Anonymous. First up was London quintet AT THE SUN, who got the evening off to a positive opening with a... Continue Reading →
We've met plenty of bands that have two or maybe three members that chip in on singing duties, but one that amasses four vocalists may well be a first for us. Sunderland rockers The Firelight Opera have done just that, giving them a plethora of vocal offerings to work with alongside their ridiculously catchy brand... Continue Reading →
One-man extreme metal band is one of the more unusual concepts we've come across, but in Liverpool-based Crejuvent we've discovered something that truly is different, yet also entertaining and intriguing. Frontman, and bassist, and guitarist, and producer, and mixer (you get the picture) Federico Spera (Freddy), is a character I can't help but like. When... Continue Reading →
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