Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Earlier this month, it was announced that the 160-year-old Colman’s Mustard factory in Norwich was to be closed down. Naturally, this was heart-breaking news for any Norwich native. After all, this leaves them with just Alan Partridge (Dan!), Stephen Fry (living legend) and Delia Smith (yawn, football) as their local cultural heroes. Fortunately, music is... Continue Reading →
As if 80s rock wasn't big and sparkly enough, Los Angeles singer Diamante Azzura - aka Diamante - is taking the genre on a modern-day rock'n'roll collision course that she describes as powerful, bold and honest. Born in Boston, the singer of Italian and Mexican heritage moved to Los Angeles when she was 12 and... Continue Reading →
London-based L Sicario have honed a deliciously cool brand of desert rock, which just oozes funkiness. The band is formed of London school friends Chris (guitar) and Mike (bass), who lived with Niko (lead vocals and guitar) at Leeds University. Niko joined him in the capital, they started jamming together, realised they were onto something... Continue Reading →
South Wales quintet Contintents are taking the term 'heavy-hitting' to the extreme with their new music, which they describe to us as "a blend of chaos and melody thrown at you like a solid right hook." Continents began as a project back in 2012 and progressed rapidly to the line-up of Phil Cross (vocals), Darryl... Continue Reading →
Ten years ago I began my fledgling journalism career as a junior reporter in the sleepy Gloucestershire hills of the Cotswolds. The idyllic village of Chipping Campden was one of my more interesting sources of news and one of the places that I remember with fondness, partly as it brought me two of my favourite... Continue Reading →
Forget the Hounds of the Baskervilles, today we bring you the wonderful fuzzy rock sounds of The Baskervilles. But what's in a name? A lot if you ask the Ipswich four-piece's frontman James Betts. As the band name suggests, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous character is an inspiration that sums up the band's ethos.... Continue Reading →
Christmas Eve it may be but Nottingham metalcore outfit Black Ink are not feeling the festive spirit with the release of their 'Christmas single' Lights Out, which was released on Friday (22 December). What it lacks in hollies and berries, tinsel and sparkle this track more than makes up for in booming metal guitars and... Continue Reading →
One of the genres I've really enjoyed exploring over the last year or so is technical metal aka Tech-Metal, and south coast rockers Core Of iO are an intriguing example of this emerging genre. The quartet met at a music college a few years ago and formed out of a desire to create interesting and... Continue Reading →
South London rockers Hey Gigantic are a great example of making music for the fun of jamming with your mates. Their catchy alternative rock sound harnesses their love for contrasting quiet with loud, with moments of calm blasted away by big hard-hitting rockiness. The quartet of Jonathan Bateman (lead vocals and bass), Matt Nicholson (backing... Continue Reading →
From Paris to Los Angeles might sound like a really naff follow up to Infernal's cult 2004 dance track, but thankfully it is in fact the intriguing musical journey followed by six-piece Charly&Faust. The band crosses a fine line between psychedelia and rock, with influences of blues, indie and old school punk for good measure,... Continue Reading →
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