Introducing: MAKTKAMP
Norwegian band MAKTKAMP offer up a hard-hitting musical entity that aims to fight injustice, idiocy and inhuman behaviour with a sound they describe as “piercing, persistent and playful.”
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Introducing: The Fixer
Canadian purveyors of “Dark.Sexy.Loud.” The Fixer offer up a dark, melodramatic and deeply engaging fusion of hard rock and metal with a playful edge.
Introducing: Hate Ritual
Hate Ritual describe their fusion of death metal, groove and thrash to us as “PURE FUCKING MEXICAN HATRED.”
Introducing: :BOLVERK:
Norwegian trio :BOLVERK: have cooked up a deliciously wild and ferocious sound that challenges the boundaries of extreme metal and they delightfully describe as “extreme, melodic and ferocious.”
Introducing: Redshift
Bath trio Redshift have cooked up an epically diverse, genre-bending progressive rock meets metal sound that they describe as “eclectic, technical and quirky.”
Introducing: The Survival Code
London duo The Survival Code offer up a deliciously riff-heavy and catchy rock sound that they describe as “powerful, melodious and energetic.” And the band has plenty of content to treat your ears to, as they trickle their new album out with one song released every month of 2023.
Introducing: Worth
Indeed, Barcelona-based melodic death metal band Worth is only the sixth Spanish band we’ve covered and the first since March 2021 – but it’s been well worth the wait (pardon the pun).
Introducing: Hurricane On Saturn
Italian masked collective Hurricane On Saturn combine metal, rap and electronic elements in a sound they describe as “unpredictable, unconventional and solid” and with which they “just want to destroy peoples’ brains.”
Introducing: Half Me
German metalcore collective Half Me have honed a hard-hitting and thought-provoking sound that they describe as being “rough, dynamic and bitter.”
Introducing: Oceandvst
Greek newcomers Oceandvst have honed a catchy and engaging sound that toes the line between pop-punk, rock and alternative and they intriguingly describe as “darkness with colours.”
Introducing: Ancient Settlers
International band Ancient Settlers have honed an energetic and intense technical melodic death metal sound combining clean and guttural vocals with plenty of guitar solos and synths, which they describe “emotional, aggressive and melodic.”
Introducing: Meristem
Hungarian band Meristem have beautifully crafted huge metalcore sounds that blend heavy djent and metal influences with more electronic and melodic elements.
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