Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Another GigRadar first today as we introduce you to a band named after a Star Wars reference, in Blackpool's Oceans Over Alderaan - a fictional planet in the popular sci-fi movies. The band fuse atmospheric rock and shoegaze with doom-pop, math and post-rock, which they summarise as "pretentious arty nonsense." But let's start with that... Continue Reading →
London quartet Chaos Reigns freely admit that they may never make it mainstream, but they're hell-bent on showing the rest of the hardcore scene how it's done.
The riffy, intense sound of Southampton alt-rockers Minus Alive could fool you into thinking it's feel-good, upbeat and melodic. But dig a little deeper and you'll discover the band carries a darker, yet important message around mental health issues. Having worked together in various formats and projects over several years, the quartet of Ollie Butler... Continue Reading →
There's fuzzy guitars aplenty amid the highly enjoyable, popular culture reference-laden, catchy noise rock sound of Durham quartet The Yada Yada Yadas.
If you're on the lookout for music that might make you want to tap your foot and nod your head, then look away now. Because Hull sludge doom merchants Mastiff are only interested in "someone slamming their head into a concrete wall just by listening to it."
On the lookout for a bit of archetypal feel-good pop-punk goodness to get your teeth stuck into in 2019? Then look no further than Newcastle quartet Better Days.
For anyone who, like me, grew up on the old-school emo and post-hardcore sounds of the early 2000s, we may just have found you a nostalgic new favourite band.
Oxfordshire rockers I Cried Wolf made quite the impression with their debut EP back in 2015, only to see a three-year hiatus brought to an end in fine fashion at the end of last year.
Our second new EP of 'exciting release review day' is the excellent second EP from Rugby rockers wars As Within // So Without, their first longer form release since debut album around three years ago. And it's been well worth the wait.
Today is exciting release review day - yep, that might not catch on - which kicks off with a preview of Glow, the launch of the second EP from East London's finest Chapter and Verse.
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