Australian project The Orphaned Bee combines elements of rock, metal and post-punk with electronica in an atmospheric sound they describe as "cinematic synth rock."
Introducing: The Orphaned Bee
Introducing: Valkyrie
Texan band Valkyrie embrace their roots of old school 1980s thrash combined with modern metal elements in a fast and frenetic sound they describe as "heavy, aggressive and technical."
Introducing: Fighting Chance
German band Fighting Chance have honed a powerful metalcore sound oozing in energy and aggression with a melodic edge that they describe as "raw, melodic and relentless."
Introducing: Sleazy Money
Welsh rockers Sleazy Money are bringing back the party with a fun, filthy and fast old-school, hard-riffing sound that they describe as "abrasive, venomous and uncompromising."
Introducing: Symbiontic
German collective Symbiontic combine the brutality of European death metal with the precision and playfulness of their American counterparts in a sound they describe as "like a punch in the teeth, but in a good way" and massive, eclectic and visceral."
Introducing: The Villains Have Wings
English newcomers The Villains Have Wings have played music together all their lives before building up to their latest project, in which they've crafted a thrilling riff-laden metal sound they describe as "authentic and progressive."
Introducing: Cataclysmic
Promising newcomers Cataclysmic fully embody their violent name with an angsty, chunky riff-laden, moshpit-instigating nu-metalcore sound that they describe as "heavy and pissed off" and "in your face."
Introducing: FiveSidedDice
If there's a single country we could pick out as intriguing based on not discovering any artists from the nation and lacking any understanding of their rock/metal scene, it would be South Africa. But we're putting that right today with multi-genre music project FiveSidedDice, who describe their rock meets nu-metal sound as "colourful, enigmatic and transformative."
Introducing: Deflecting Ghosts
Kansas band Deflecting Ghosts have made somewhat of a family affair of their modern yet nostalgic rock sound inspired by personal pain and tragedy, which they describe as "real, passionate, and honest."
Introducing: Unnerve
Dutch band Unnerve offer up a vicious concoction of metalcore, deathcore, nu-metal and grunge as aggressive vocals and relentlessly heavy riffs form a sound they describe as "groovy, chaotic and cathartic."
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