South Florida band Chasing Stars have crafted an intriguingly diverse rock and metal sound that they describe as "emotional, revealing and introspective."
Introducing: Chasing Stars
Introducing: Cats Season
The ongoing events in Iran highlight the daily struggles that now-Istanbul-based Cats Season know all too well, having escaped their country following a horrifying raid. It fuelled the band's mission to craft a powerful "cultural deathcore" sound.
New Band of the Week: The Anchors
Strap on your eyepatch, crack open the rum and sharpen that sword for a swashbuckling adventure with pirate metal newcomers The Anchors, who describe their lively thrash metal meets ska punk sound as "catchy, fast and crab."
Introducing: Nox Sinister
Step into the intriguing world of Nox Sinister, who position themselves with the 'soft lore' of being a medieval court that decided to conquer the world through music. The American collective offer up a dramatic metal sound that they describe as "Violent Musical Theatre."
Introducing: Reel
Italian band Reel will hook you in with a compelling, heavily story-led hard rock meets heavy metal sound that they describe as "cinematic, immersive and intense."
New Band of the Week: Outside Voices
London band Outside Voice offer up a diverse, dramatic and engaging alternative rock meets punk rock sound that they describe as "distinctive, energetic and empowering."
New Music Round-Up: Bastion’s Wake, Dead Villains, floodlit, GAMBO HEMP, Mortez, Ray of Light, Saint City Orchestra, Tamagotchi Bay & Tiny Ships
Our latest batch of new music from bands using music discovery platform Groover sees us kick off 2026 with tracks from eight new bands. We begin the new year with a fusion of rock, metal, nu-metal, punk and rap metal by bands from Germany, Switzerland, the UK and the US.
New Band of the Week: Distance Divine
Our final New Band of the Week of 2025 takes us to the East Midlands, where Distance Divine fuse a wide range of genres, from metal and emo to trance and rap, in a sound that they describe as "fun, eclectic and incongruous."
On The Radar: Dreamweapon, IOTA, PUSH! & WINDSHELTER
Our final round-up of new music from bands we've previously interviewed of 2025 brings you a tasty little collection of new rock and metal. This month, we've got new tracks by four bands from Portugal, Switzerland and the UK.
Introducing: Norsegod
German band Norsegod blend melodic death metal with pagan and black metal influences and Viking-related themes in an epic sound they describe as "melodic, unbounded and charismatic."
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