Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Join us in the magical land of Atlandia, where we'll tred a fascinating path into the world of symphonic metal opera with French band Avaland. The band, whose name is the capital city of the realm, welcomes wanderers into its lands with engaging vocals and dramatic instrumentals in an enthralling style that they describe as "theatrical, genuine and many-sided."
French band Eleven Ounces have crafted a compellingly feisty alternative rock sound that sounds like it stepped straight out of the 2000s, and they summarise as "catchy, energetic and sincere."
Built on years of friendship and including some familiar faces, France's DECIDER offer up powerful riffs and synth soundscapes in a delicious metalcore sound that they describe as "sincerity, conviction, and connection."
French band Warside offer up blinding riffs. breakneck rhythms and vicious vocals in a death metal sound that they describe as "sincere, wild and direct."
French metalcore band Neova offer up a powerful sound that fuses precise production with melodic intensity and striking contrasts, and they describe as "intense, dark and emotional."
The sound of French band Perpetual Escape has evolved through various phases, leading them to an edgy melodic rock and metal sound that they describe as "riffs, melody and energy."
French-Japanese band Re:Instinct blend different musical and cultural backgrounds and influences in a powerful but engaging metal sound that they describe as "intense, emotional and honest."
Our latest edition of new music from bands we've previously interviewed brings you new rock, metal and punk tracks to get your weekend started. This month, we've got new music by seven bands from Canada, France, Spain and the UK.
This month, we've got an intriguing mix of rock, metal, pop-punk and visionary psychedelic music by nine bands from France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.
Parisian collective Ressentiment Superlibre Masculin Hardcore fuse grindcore, rap, metal and industrial music "in an incoherent fashion" in a sound they summarise as "Grindcore, Rap, GRAPE!"
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