Merging grunge with 2000s punk is always going to be a winner in our eyes, but Essex band Paper Fight have honed a particularly exciting, energetic sound that will have skaterpunks worldwide rejoicing.
New Band of the Week: Paper Fight
Discover This: Break Fate
London newcomers Break Fate have honed a warm and engaging sound that effortlessly jumps between moments of mellow melancholy and hard-hitting rock.
Discover This: Patient Lounge
Australian prog metal newcomers Patient Lounge have an impressive knack for dovetailing intricate, melodic moments with full-on heavy metal riffing and intensity. The Brisbane band's intriguing proggy approach fuses everything from pop and classic rock to jazz and death metal. All of that brought together makes their sound approachable and engaging yet intense and hard-hitting,... Continue Reading →
GigRadio Episode 8: New Music from Around the World!
We decided to dial down the chat for Episode 8 of GigRadio to focus on some of the great new music we've received in the last week.
Discover This: Cerebellion
Orange County, in Southern California, has a rich history for producing great music, from the West Coast explosion to multiple waves of metal. A new name to add to this list is Cerebellion, who offer up a fusion of titanic riffs with aggressive vocals in their intoxicating, heavy metal sound.
Introducing: Empty Friend
London band Empty Friend's approach of "doing things the old way, the hard way," has fuelled a raw, grungey hard rock sound dominated by big melodic vocals and heavy riffing.
Introducing: Trashed
Punk trio Trashed comes from a place that we can very much relate to. The Bristol attribute their punky sound coming from "years of being mesmerised by Kerrang! and Scuzz when bands like Green Day and Sum-41 were owning the show."
Introducing: Bone Cult
Midlands two-piece Bone Cult formed out of their shared dissatisfaction with seeing "countless guitar bands jamming rock music in their pub clothes." And it's fair to say they've well and truly bucked that trend.
Discover This: Mathukey
Australian solo artist Mathukey has honed an intriguing alternative rock music that fuses together moments of ambience with prog, post-rock and metal.
Introducing: Basement Critters
Get your fix of fast-paced, no frills metal with the deliciously frantic thrash meets hardcore sound of Belgian band Basement Critters.
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