Manchester trio DDE's have stayed true to the city's indie roots in their creation of a catchy rock'n'roll sound that just sounds like Manchester.
Introducing: DDE’s
New Band of the Week: Heriot
Describing themselves as "not for the faint-hearted," Swindon's Heriot offer up a violent assault on your earholes with a crushing hardcore sound.
New Band of the Week: Kath & The Kicks
Leeds trio Kath & The Kicks have honed an intriguing sound that packs the power of alternative and grunge. Led by delicious, engaging vocals and supported by heavy riffs, there's also a more melodic edge to the band that's sure to have you hooked.
New Band of the Week: Kicked In The Teeth
Nothing quite shakes off the Monday morning blues than a fix of energetic, frenetic, fast-paced hardcore punk. So expect fun, energetic, enthusiastic punk laced with metal influences from the exciting sound of Northwich's Kicked In The Teeth.
Introducing: Milk White Throat
Fusing progressive rock elements coming from a death metal background is always going to conjure up something pretty exciting, and that's exactly what we get from Brighton band Milk White Throat. The band offer up thrilling riffs, cheeky guitar solos and pounding rhythms in a heavy, intense and encapsulating sound.
Introducing: Pteroglyph
Leeds melodic death metal trio Pteroglyph offer up a fascinating fusion of old school death metal and modern technical metal. It's an approach they delightfully describe to us as "feral and violently technical songs."
New Band of the Week: Creak
Let us transport you to a dark place fuelled by chaos and desperation with Newcastle quartet Creak. The band's savage sound fuses groove metal, nu-metal and post-hardcore intensity with moments of eerie atmosphere and distortion.
New Band of the Week: The Zangwills
One thing you can rely on the north of England for is producing brilliant new Indie bands and it's been too long since we featured one. However, the wait has been more than worth it with the discovery of loosely Cheshire-based band The Zangwills, who offer up engaging singalong vocals alongside lively indie instrumental goodness.
Discover This: Madicide
A GigRadar first for you today as we bring you our very first Welsh thrash band in Madicide, who first unleashed their thrash metal on the unsuspecting villagers of Glynneath some ten years ago.
New Band of the Week: Demure
Brighton band Demure are using a foundation of classic rock and building a wide range of musical influences on top of it, from funk and blues to psychedelia, reggae and even hip-hop. The result is an intoxicating fusion of delicious riffs, catchy vocals, funky instrumentals and plenty of musical diversity.
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