Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
You know when you discover a new band for the first time and they're so good you just can't stop listening to them? Well that's exactly how we feel about this week's New Band of the Week, Lightscape. The Norwich-based five-piece have only been together for about a year but have created a catchy rock... Continue Reading →
Next month UK rockers The Fallen State are set to take the country by storm as they go on tour supporting US giants 3 Doors Down. The Fallen State was raised in the Autumn of 2013 and, fresh from successful gigs with the likes of Black Stone Cherry, Halestorm and Trapt, they're only heading in one direction. The five-piece of Ben... Continue Reading →
When you think of Switzerland, awesome rock bands probably aren't the first thing that pop into your mind. However, Barbie Sailers, from the region of Ticino, near the Italian border in southern Switzerland, could be about to change all that. The band have been together since 2011, having all met at school a year earlier, and racked up gigs supporting some... Continue Reading →
Musicians are increasingly turning to their fans to crowdfund their material - from While She Sleeps crowdsourcing their new album and new band Hundred Suns, featuring Every Time I Die's Ryan Leger and Norma Jean's Cory Brandan. It's clear that fans are becoming increasingly important to bands but, if you dig a little deeper, it's indicative... Continue Reading →
UK rockers Liberty Lies certainly have an impressive track record of supporting some of rock and metal's finest on the road. Fresh from touring with the likes of Shinedown, Halestorm, Max Raptor, Press To Meco and Alien Ant Farm, Liberty Lies are ready to hit the road with US giants SOiL and Saliva in November. That... Continue Reading →
Dropping the C-bomb on the second word of your debut album is quite some statement. You either have to back it up by being brilliant, or be so heavy and scary that no-one will question your outrageous lyrical choices. Thankfully, Ipswich's War Waves fall into the former category - and their self-titled debut album is a... Continue Reading →
There's a school of thought that keeping things simple can help you produce greater results than something big, complicated and elaborate. That particular thought brings us to Derby-based rockers MYOKE. You wouldn't believe it on first listen, but this up-and-coming band consists of just two members - lead singer and guitarist Nat Webb and drummer... Continue Reading →
"Renegade metallic assault." Those three words by themselves are pretty exciting, but when combined to form the battle plan for one band's quest for musical glory they become well and truly glorious. The masterminds behind this this wonderful three-word phrase are Orlando, Florida-based Devils Envy. In addition to having an awesome band name, they leaped out at me with the self-descriptive phrase:... Continue Reading →
The word 'unique' is horribly overused and frankly meaningless - I mean, we're all inherently unique right? - but, putting the philosophical debate to one side, 'uniqueness' is horribly overused in music (and we don't mind admitting we've been guilty of using it ourselves). But it's important, in this world of multi-genres dominated by truly terrible popular music, to keep... Continue Reading →
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