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Croatian band Media Stres offer up a feisty alternative rock sound that combines elements of garage and hard rock and they describe as "energetic, explosive, diverse." Media Stres, who are only the second Croatian band we've interviewed, formed in 2012 when guitarist Karlo Komorski and drummer Matej Obadić left a covers band to start playing... Continue Reading →
Estonian band Pale Alison are on a mission to show the diversity of metal and dispel conceptions that the genre has to be aggressive with a spellbinding sound that they describe as "dark and melancholic."
Stoner rock band Achachak have honed a doomy, groovy sound laced with delicious riffs that they describe as "slow, psychedelic and loud."
With a sound rooted in folk and classical music, Belarussian band Synaxaria offer up a deep, atmospheric and dreamy rock meets metal offering that they describe as "romantic melodic metal."
Belarussian band Belle Morte have honed a beautiful blend of dark symphonic metal with haunting gothic and progressive elements laced with a melancholic and "romantic" vibe.
There aren't too many bands that can claim to have been crowned "the world's best new band" but that's the case for Sinoptik, who can now also add the honour of being the first Ukrainian band to feature on GigRadar.
Obviously, we don't condone people killing people but, if there was such a thing as the sound of killing, then maybe this could be it.
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.
If you like your metal dark, fierce, intense and unrelentingly heavy then we think you're going to love the sound of Russian newcomers Renunciation.
We're extending the GigRadar compass out to Slovakia with the discovery of exciting post-hardcore band Jamming With The Devil.
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