Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Columbus, OH, band Pray For Sleep is one of the most engaging bands we’ve discovered in a while. As soon as we fired up Spotify, searched their name and hit play on lead track Ask Us, we were gripped on their intense rock-meets-metal sound.
A guy meets a girl, they break up, he sees her with another guy and writes some songs about her. Sounds pretty simple, doesn’t it? But that’s the foundation of Los Angeles-based, Toronto-born, singer/songwriter Likeable.
Toronto band Madame Psychosis have honed a fun alt-rock sound that’s about as fun as their wacky band name suggests.
We love discovering new Asian bands, as the cultural and musical influences often make them sound really different from what we’re accustomed to. And that’s exactly the case with Japanese metalcore band Sailing Before The Wind, who fuse delicious melodies with hard-hitting metal.
Having been born in Transylvania, in central Romania, to parents that looked down on his dreams of playing the guitar, it’s safe to say that Liv Mircea has come a long way.
Utah-based singer/songwriter Levi Conner has a dominant, engaging rock voice that makes you sit up and take notice. This has assured the has made an impressive start to his solo career.
We don’t meet too many solo artists who have a punk-rock vibe, so we were excited to discover Texan singer-songwriter Adam Elara. Adam represents everything that’s good about being a … Continue reading Discover This: Adam Elara
Today, we’re offering up a blast of groovy hard rock that unashamedly draws on the greats of rock, grunge, ska and rap-rock from the last few decades with self-monikered “degenerate rock band” Souls Extolled.
The latest release from Philadelphia one-man-band Bleed The Rads, aka Stapes, represents a major evolution of his musical style.
Forgive us for thinking we’ve temporarily stepped back into the 1980s, as we’ve just immersed ourselves in the world of emerging Guernsey solo artist Oliver Marson.
South London-based Crushed Beaks have honed a really cool sound that fuses indie rock with elements of psych, post-punk and garage rock – so expect plenty of catchy vocals and funky noodling guitar riffs.
We’ve met a couple of great new bands from New Zealand recently, but they’re being a serious run for their money by awesome Auckland rockers Dead Favours.
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