Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We love a good one-man metal band and that's exactly what we have from Florida newcomers Raven Tooth. The Orlando-based outfit offers us a no-nonsense, hard-hitting metal sound that also provides elements of hard rock, punk and hardcore.
Finnish newcomers Deltrem offer up an intriguing brand of groove metal that fuses intense vocals, pounding riffs and delicious guitar solos in a sound they describe as "groovy party metal."
Washington band Darkenside joke that they sound like "a stadium rock band that plays breakdowns." But it's an apt description of a riff-heavy yet melodic modern metalcore approach that they describe as "powerful, energetic, and emotional."
Exciting Yorkshire band Conflare have crafted an alternative rock sound that has the perfect mix of heaviness and 'poppiness.'
If you're craving a little 2000s-esque intense emo nostalgia in your life, then Wyoming post-emo meets post-hardcore quintet getbent. may be just the band for you.
New York newcomers Pep Talk offer up a fun and catchy nostalgic sound that transports the listener back to the good old days of 90s pop-punk.
Minnesota metalcore meets hardcore band Common Choir have honed an intense sound that offers something for all listeners to connect with and they describe as "honest, aggressive and energetic."
Canadian group Every Hour Kills aims to challenge the notion of what we consider to define a "band." Instead of your standard band format, the musical collective features various members and guest appearances that constantly reshapes the group's intense progressive sound and futuristic approach.
Bristol-based garage rock band PARKAS - which allegedly stands for Please, Answer, Road, Kill, Alan - offer up an infectious groove and distortion-heavy fusion of deliciously dirty rock meets indie.
South Wales rockers Godsticks offer up a heavy, high energy progressive rock meets guitar-orientated metal sound that's gradually increased in heaviness as the band evolves.
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