Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Montreal newcomers Steve Creep and the Wildcards compare enjoying their engaging rock sound to the experience of appreciating the look and sound of a vintage car, summarising it as “catchy, retro and melodic.”
Killed By Sorrow, who hail from Granby, on the south shore of Montreal, combine catchy, intense vocals with powerful guitars in a delicious sound that they summarise as “gritty, raw and heavy.”
From the first moment you listen to the chugging riffs of Dutch metalcore band Out Comes The Storm, you can’t help but be gripped on an engaging sound that they describe as “heavy, melodic and energetic.”
Synth rock trio Neon Black Dreams take us on a journey through time with a nostalgic sound that fuses the sounds of the 80s and synthwave with melodic metal and cinematic storytelling.
Making music in the Ukraine, with the ongoing conflict started by Russia, is one of the most severe challenges we can imagine. But Ukrainian solo artist INVISIBLE KIDS is delivering great new music while providing critical support to the Ukrainian armed forces. In doing so, he offers up a raw and grungey metal sound that’s big on experimentation, and he describes as “atmosphere, concept, and groove.”
New York band The Nude began with vocalist Luke Bergstedt addressing an existential crisis that left him asking himself “are you a musician or not?” during the pandemic. But the thrilling modern rock’n’roll sound the band has honed since, by combining elements of metal, funk, punk and the blues, ensures question marks are no longer required.
Indianapolis hard-hitters Church Tongue conjure up a vicious concoction of complex, breakneck, uncompromising and utterly brilliant metalcore that they describe as “dark, melodic, and fast.”
French band VISAVIS take us on a wild groove metal ride that flows through catchy riffs and vocals with unexpected electronic elements along the way, in a sound they describe as “Fresh Heavy Sludge.”
Toronto newcomers Slow Motion Victory have cracked the perfect formula for metal success with crushing riffs, engaging vocals and vicious breakdowns in a sound they describe as “explosive, melodic and dynamic.”
International band Full Nothing offers up an alluring dark rock and alternative metal sound that fuses progressive, melodic and symphonic elements.
Chilean guitarist and international band Le Coc pays homage to old-school rock legends, telling fascinating, impassioned tales with energetic melodies and soaring vocals.
French band Xystenz offers up a fascinating metal meets punk sound that fuses pure metal intensity with more melodic moments.
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