Emerging from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Calgary band Greybeard offer up a delicious fusion of metal influences, from black metal and death metal to atmospheric and progressive elements.
Introducing: Greybeard
Introducing: Flammable Animal
How would you feel about revisiting songs or even things you thought or ranted about 21 years ago? Personally, I think it's best not to even contemplate visit 15-year-old me's thoughts. However, that's exactly what brilliantly named Los Angeles rock band Flammable Animal (try saying that three times) are doing with their recently released debut EP that transports us back to our formative music days of the 1990s.
Introducing: ODC
Parisian band ODC have honed a diverse rock sound that draws on modern metal and alternative metal influences. Led by the superb vocals of frontwoman Celia Do, the band complements them with booming riffs, powerful drums and an almost industrial instrumental sound.
Introducing: Moments
Belgium is one of the most exciting new hotbeds of metal that we've only recently discovered, and we've found another great new band to add to it in hard-hitting metal quintet Moments.
Introducing: TEETH
Canadian trio TEETH offer up a seething cacophony of "unapologetically pissed off noise," which provides perfect catharsis for the absurd times we currently find ourselves enduring.
Introducing: Future Palace
German rockers Future Palace have honed an exciting alternative rock sound with electronic, post-hardcore, pop and soul influences, led by the delicious vocals of frontwoman Maria.
Introducing: Census
Arkansas' Census are a metal band that falls outside the scope of what you might typically expect from a metal band. They've honed an intriguing sound that fuses metal elements with delicious yet powerful vocals, modern metalcore instrumentals, synth fusions, and emotionally-driven lyrics.
Introducing: KVLTMOR
You often here people who aren't fans of metal lazily denigrate the genre as "the Devil's music." Well, in this case, they'd be absolutely correct. The main source of inspiration for Russian band KVLTMOR is the Diabolica Quimbanda, a sinister Occult black magic tradition that dates back to the forgotten bowels of human history.
Introducing: Hemmera
Until now, we've only ever covered one band from Brazil and no metal bands from the country. However, Ponta Grossa newcomers Hemmera have well and truly put the nation's scene on our map with their intoxicating fusion of metal, electronica, trance and orchestral elements, plus the contrast of screamed vocals and melodic choruses.
Introducing: Fixation
As we've mentioned several times in previous blogs, the various music discovery tools available through the likes of Spotify are great for finding new bands. And that's exactly how we discovered exciting new Norwegian rockers Fixation.
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