Bristol band In Fear have cooked up a ferocious metal sound that fuses violent riffs, bonecrushing rhythms and intense vocals with dreamy, atmospheric melodies that they describe as "dreamlike, ominous and dark."
New Band of the Week: Copehill Down
South Wales band Copehill Down have honed an aggressive and emotionally charged sound that's pushing the boundaries of metalcore.
Introducing: Without Warning
Finnish band Without Warning explore the dark and the light in an intriguing sound that fuses modern metal with electronic elements and they describe as "modern, interesting and catchy."
New Band of the Week: Keep This Up
Having started life with a catchy pop-punk vibe, Peterborough band Keep This Up! have reinvented themselves with a significantly heavier emo meets post-hardcore approach.
Introducing: Gate Of Mind
French band Gate Of Mind have honed a deliciously intense but oddly catchy old-school groovy thrash hardcore sound that they unusually describe as "cuddles, kisses, love."
Introducing: Nightmare Constellation
"You want to have fun? This ain't gonna happen." That's a promise from Austrian deathcore meets progressive metal collective Nightmare Constellation, who've concocted a brutal, dark and ominous sound that they describe as "ruminative, gloomy and unusual."
New Band of the Week: BITTER KISSES
BITTER KISSES offer up an infectious sound that fuses rock with elements of electro and pop, which they describe as "heavy, infectious and pazazzful?"
New Band of the Week: IOTA
Bristol band IOTA have honed an infectious alternative rock sound that fuses engaging vocals and punchy guitars with dreamy harmonies and driving rhythms.
Introducing: Flowers Of Hades
New Zealand newcomers Flowers Of Hades are making quite the impression with a crushing djenty metalcore meets deathcore sound packed with crushing seven-string riffs, vicious vocals and booming breakdowns.
New Band of the Week: Virgin Witch
Essex deathcore/death metal newcomers Virgin Witch have brewed up a cauldron of vicious vocals, rampaging riffs and brutal breakdowns in a ferocious sound they describe as "energetic, extreme and dynamic."