The thrilling sound of Chiasmata walks the tightrope between atmospheric and cinematic metal and the complexity of modern technical metal, and the result is pretty special.
New Band of the Week: Chiasmata
New Band of the Week: Enamel Animal
This week's New Band of the Week is a little unusual given that we'd already featured the band after they'd changed their name and now they've changed their name back to the old name.
New Band of the Week: No Time For Reason
Newcastle newcomers No Time For Reason have honed a lively, hooky melodic punk-laced rock sound that reflects their pop, rock and EDM influences. The band started out one year ago, when Charlie Philp (lead guitar) and Henry Poxon (bass) joined frontman David Stoker for a show under the latter's solo brand. They later met drummer Tony... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Ten Eighty Trees
Get your fix of infectiously catchy singalong rock with Newcastle and Sheffield-based newcomers Ten Eighty Trees.
New Band of the Week: Back To The Point
Suffolk quartet Back To The Point describe their sound as taking 90s pop-punk and dropping it into the modern music world. It offers nostalgia to those of us who grew up with the classic punk bands accompanied by an element of something new.
New Band of the Week: Standing Like Statues
This week's New Band of the Week is a band I've been aware of from a distance for some time. The band have been through some thrills and spills, including even a spell where there wasn't a band, but I'm delighted they are back together and better than ever.
New Band of the Week: Clashmute
We're unashamedly aware of the fact that we always bang on about how great the British metal scene is at the moment. But we only do so because there are so many great new metal bands out there to fuel it. The latest reminder of this is Manchester metalcore newcomers Clashmute.
Discover This: Room: IV
Channelling the sounds of classic hard rock and metal bands of decades gone by, Bolton-based Room: IV are a welcome reminder of no-frills, good old rock'n'roll.
Discover This: The Fangs Of The Dodo
With Halloween around the corner, you'd be wise to be wary of all things nightmarish and villainous coming your way. But we fully recommend you allow Bath band The Fangs Of The Dodo to guide you through their dystopian fairground of ghoulish monstrosity.
New Band of the Week: Salt Hill
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
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