Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Lebanese band Phenomy set out to create a musical interpretation of the "very dark world" we all find ourselves a part of. And it's safe to say they've succeeded, honing an intense metal sound that they describe as "authentic, heavy and dark."
Imagine being a rock or metal band in a country where the creation of such music forms is considered "evil, satanic, demonic and heretic" by your ruling elite.
Intriguing new Japanese metal band NEMOPHILA offer up an intoxicating yet fierce sound they summarise as "soft and fluffy hell."
Despite being the world's second-most populated country - with only the 1.3 billion people - until this point we'd never met a band from India. However, we're delighted to introduce our first-ever Indian band in Assam-based Arogya.
We're willing to bet that you've never listened to or even heard of a rock or metal band - or any music for that matter - from United Arab Emirates before. But, we're expanding the GigRadar compass into a 45th country with Dubai-based Wake Up Karma.
We love nothing more than finding new bands from new countries, so when the savage sound of Kazakh death metal meets thrash band Zarraza popped into our inbox we were keen to find out more.
Indian musician Kartik Baisoya has picked up the remnants of his high school band and, over a decade later, taken it upon himself to bring the old school music (literally) to life.
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.
Another new country to tick off the GigRadar map this afternoon as we introduce you to Singapore garage rock trio Knightingale.
Metalcore might not be the first thing that springs to mind when you think about China's contributions to the world but, if Beijing band Life Awaits are anything to go by, then we're well and truly missing out.
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