Pennsylvania band Eden On Fire packs a punch with a powerful symphonic metal and hard rock sound that they describe as "melodic, heavy and emotional."
Introducing: Eden On Fire
Introducing: Skin To Bone
Georgia-based band Skin To Bone fuse powerful guitars and raw emotion in an engaging sound that blends nu-metal and alternative metal and they describe as “unsettled, raw and heavy."
Introducing: Chasing Stars
South Florida band Chasing Stars have crafted an intriguingly diverse rock and metal sound that they describe as "emotional, revealing and introspective."
Introducing: Cats Season
The ongoing events in Iran highlight the daily struggles that now-Istanbul-based Cats Season know all too well, having escaped their country following a horrifying raid. It fuelled the band's mission to craft a powerful "cultural deathcore" sound.
New Band of the Week: The Anchors
Strap on your eyepatch, crack open the rum and sharpen that sword for a swashbuckling adventure with pirate metal newcomers The Anchors, who describe their lively thrash metal meets ska punk sound as "catchy, fast and crab."
Introducing: Nox Sinister
Step into the intriguing world of Nox Sinister, who position themselves with the 'soft lore' of being a medieval court that decided to conquer the world through music. The American collective offer up a dramatic metal sound that they describe as "Violent Musical Theatre."
Introducing: Reel
Italian band Reel will hook you in with a compelling, heavily story-led hard rock meets heavy metal sound that they describe as "cinematic, immersive and intense."
New Band of the Week: Outside Voices
London band Outside Voice offer up a diverse, dramatic and engaging alternative rock meets punk rock sound that they describe as "distinctive, energetic and empowering."
New Band of the Week: Distance Divine
Our final New Band of the Week of 2025 takes us to the East Midlands, where Distance Divine fuse a wide range of genres, from metal and emo to trance and rap, in a sound that they describe as "fun, eclectic and incongruous."
Introducing: Norsegod
German band Norsegod blend melodic death metal with pagan and black metal influences and Viking-related themes in an epic sound they describe as "melodic, unbounded and charismatic."
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