Swindon band Drag Me Down offer up an aggressive and fast-paced combination of pop punk and melodic hardcore that they've termed "whatevercore."
Introducing: Drag Me Down
New Band of the Week: Shadow Smile
Alternative metal band Shadow Smile formed to offer a voice for the voiceless with music that carries a message and meaning to provoke independent thinking.
Introducing: Backyard Casino
Hull newcomers Backyard Casino have honed a catchy indie rock sound led by engaging, colloquial vocals that they describe as "raw, electric and charismatic."
New Band of the Week: Beneath The Ruin
Liverpool band Beneath The Ruin offer up an intriguing fusion of aggressive metal, Djent grooves and huge breakdowns with engaging vocals, melancholy shoegaze and clean post-rock elements, which they describe as "progressive, melodic and melancholic."
New Band of the Week: GNASCH
Bristol newcomers GNASCH formed out of an "eagerness to keep the music primitive and underdeveloped."
Discover This: Dead Jackals
Southern England newcomers Dead Jackals have built an engaging sound around the fundamental characteristics of good rock music.
Introducing: SAFIRE
New solo artist SAFIRE oozes anger and rage in a sexually charged fusion of metal, pop, electro and hardcore punk.
New Band of the Week: World On Fire
If you love modern rock, synth-powered 90s rave and 80s rock, then do we have a treat for you with exciting new Hertfordshire electronic rock outfit World On Fire.
Introducing: Halfway Atlantic
Austin, Texas-based pop-punk band Halfway Atlantic set out to differentiate themselves with explosive live shows led by a charismatic lead vocalist.
New Band of the Week: Grief Ritual
As someone going through a significant grief process, I can testify that seriously soul-destroyingly heavy music can often be just the tonic. Birmingham trio Grief Ritual offer that in abundance with a fusion of death and black metal, hardcore and metalcore that they describe as "miserable, unrelenting and crushing." Perfect.
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