Having made the most of your long Bank Holiday Weekend, I'm pretty sure you'll be in need of some good old fast-paced punk meets rock'n 'roll to get your brain back in gear. Luckily for you, we have the perfect tonic in North Carolina-based quartet The Fill Ins. You can't help but rock along to... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Prey Drive
Norwich rockers Prey Drive are right up with there as one of the most exciting new bands we've discovered in our last year of promoting new bands. The band has an impressive knack for writing engaging rock tracks built around their guitar-led sound - which has you baffled as to how they only have one... Continue Reading →
Introducing: The Eagertongue
Time for something completely new to us on this Bank Holiday Monday. Fresh out of Glasgow we bring you an intriguing new project that'll bring noisy trauma to your ears and bend your mind with its addictive intensity. The Eagertongue is unlike anything we've heard recently, as evidenced by new track The Butcher, which is... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Creature
"Really fucking loud," says Creature frontman Sam Avery when asked to describe his band's sound, and he's not far wrong. If you've been craving a fuzzy, grungey Nirvana-like sound for the last 20-odd years, then this exciting Newcastle trio are certainly the cure to your urges. Awesome fuzzy guitar sounds are fused with Sam's infectious... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Give ‘Em Hell, Kid
Virginia Beach rockers Give 'Em Hell, Kid have honed a ridiculously infectious, and utterly unique sound of post-hardcore and metal fused with a southern drawl that'll have you hooked. Hailing from the east coast of the United States, the five-piece of vocalist Ryan Polesko, guitarists Jared Griffith and Tyler Stallard, bassist Jason Stevens and drummer... Continue Reading →
Introducing: SHADED
Surrey punk sensations SHADED are everything you could wish for from feel-good pop-punk. The quartet fuses catchy guitar riffs and singalong vocal melodies with driving drums and poppy vibes on their impressive debut EP The Better Man In Me, which is due for release next Friday (1 September). Vocalist Matt East, slightly self-detrimentally, describes the... Continue Reading →
Album Review: InVisions – Never Nothing
When we met York rockers InVisions back in June frontman Ben Ville told us to "expect heavy, brutal and punchy verses with catchy choruses" from the upcoming launch of their debut album. And the quartet certainly haven't disappointed with the launch of the brilliantly brash, yet seductively melodic Never Nothing on Friday. The album kicks... Continue Reading →
Introducing: FAULTLINES
If you love the fusion of melodic choruses with hard-hitting riffs and the combination of melodic vocals with contrasting screams, with a bit of synth effects thrown in for good measure, then Leeds rockers FAULTLINES are going to be right up your street. The quintet of Ryan Booth (vocals), Chris McIntosh and Benji Wilson (guitars), Lee... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Serenity Came Calling
Brutal metal riffs and poetic vocals may not be the most obvious things to place side by side one another, but that's exactly what Scottish five-piece Serenity Came Calling are aiming for. We spoke to guitarist and clean vocalist Ross Dickson off the back of recent single Tenebris, and he summed up the band's sound... Continue Reading →
Verity White reveals rocky side ahead of October album
A few months ago we introduced you to solo artist and Pendragon backing singer Verity White, who is embarking on a rockier approach beginning with today's launch of new single I Don't Care. This is the first single from Verity's upcoming rock album Breaking Out, due for release in October, that she is funding through... Continue Reading →