New Cheltenham-based rockers Neptune Rain have refused to allow these strange times to restrict their creativity and have used it as an opportunity to grow their audience.
New Band of the Week: Neptune Rain
Discover This: Hour of Anguish
Exciting Swedish melodic death metal duo Hour of Anguish have an intense sound that they descibe as "channelling the godfathers of the Gothenburg scene."
Discover This: Six Feet Over
California quintet Six Feet Over spent the first five years or so as a band playing cover versions but today launched a debut EP that oozes energetic hard rock goodness.
Discover This: Everfall
Estonian rap metal is a phrase that we're 99.9% certain you'll never have heard/read about before. But it's alive and kicking with exciting quintet Everfall, who fuse elements of rock and metal with trap, hip-hop and trumpet solos.
New Band of the Week: The SchytëHawkës
Exciting Birmingham band The SchytëHawkës take the heaviness of hardcore and thrash and supplement them with hip-hop vocals.
Discover This: A Common Crown
Harnessing the high energy of hair metal and groove metal, Pittsburgh band A Common Crown have honed a catchy yet heavy sound led by engaging vocals and plenty of big riffing.
Discover This: Normal Machine
Canadian electronic rock duo Normal Machine are the perfect band for the crazy times we're living in, as they refuse to prescribe to the modern, happy-go-lucky songwriting culture of popular music.
Discover This: The Damnnation
Brazilian trio The Damnnation offer up a fast-paced, energetic blast of heavy, thrashy metal that is chocked full of big riffs and whiplash-inducing rhythms.
New Band of the Week: Fang City
Fang City have honed an energetic hard rock sound fuelled by dynamic riffs and intriguing lyrics - which they describe to us as "Bitchin'."
Discover This: Three Of Me
We've not featured too many Portuguese bands on the site over the last few years, but from the sound of Porto's Three Of Me we've definitely been missing out.
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