Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Canterbury rockers Strife Darko are about to launch themselves onto the British rock scene with a bang that they describe to us as "a blitzkrieg of folk, rock and something unexpected." The band began as a solo project crafted by frontman George Berry. He soon added Trash Mammoth (stay tuned for more on them shortly)... Continue Reading →
We're starting 2018 as we mean to go on by making our first New Band of the Week of the year the brilliantly bleak, relentlessly heavy Leeds-based doom sludgers Hundred Year Old Man. The six-piece of Tom Wright (guitar), Steve Conway (drums), Aaron Bateman (bass), Paul Broughton (vocals), Dan Rochester-Argyle (keys and vocals) and Owen Pegg (guitar and vocals) - plus... Continue Reading →
The intrigue of Brighton-based newcomers Operation Kino (OP:K) isn't just sharing a band name with a plot to kill Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis, on which the Tarantino film Inglorious Basterds was based. Drummer Max Griffin describes their music as: "Like a lion with snakes as legs; sounds terrifying on paper but in reality it’s hilarious,"... Continue Reading →
The pure dark metal heaviness that's launched upon us in the form of Grantham, Lincolnshire's Miscreant is truly terrifying, yet utterly brilliant. The quartet of Harvey Jaffrey (vocals), Craig Massie (guitar), Jake Bilton (bass) and George Topham (drums) have fused an intense sound of huge screamed vocals built around booming guitar riffs and basslines and... Continue Reading →
Regardless of how into the heaviness of metalcore or deathcore you may be, Swindon's Ursus are about to blow your mind with their interpretation of what 'heavy' is. The band has been around in various guises for a while but freely admit their first incarnation of the band was an educational experience that helped them... Continue Reading →
If fast-paced, angsty punk-fuelled rock is your bag, then you're going to love the raw, rocking sound of Kent's Weekend Recovery. The band perfectly crosses the border of punk and rock, with frontwoman Lori's engaging vocals supported by energetic guitar riffs, big driving drums and more than an ample dose of solos from lead guitarist... Continue Reading →
To paraphrase Zach Galifianakis in The Hangover, London's Duke Of Wolves are increasingly adding to their 'Wolfpack' with their engaging, hard-hitting rock. Like the movie they are four in number and, while their wolfpack may not be 'running around the desert together in Las Vegas, looking for strippers and cocaine' they are increasingly winning over UK audiences with... Continue Reading →
There's few things more powerful and enjoyable than the sound of hard-hitting female vocals over the top of booming hard rock guitars and drums, which succinctly sums up Edinburgh quartet Grace & Legend. The fact that the band exists at all is perhaps a surprise, given that founding members Bekah Mhairi Comrie (vocals) and Ashely-Nicole... Continue Reading →
If you ever find yourself craving a return to the glory days of early 2000s post-hardcore then Glasgow's Tenements are the band to fill that particular void in your life. The quintet of Darren Coles (vocals), Chris Bennett (guitar and vocals), Callum Nicolson (guitar), Malcolm Robb (bass) and Jamie Whiteside (drums and vocals) combine moments of melody... Continue Reading →
Every now and again a brand new band pops up and has you instantly hooked. That's exactly the case with Newcastle rockers Tomorrow Is Lost, who have honed an intoxicating sound led by the powerful vocals of frontwoman Cass King supported by a big hard rock sound. The five-piece only completed their lineup a few months... Continue Reading →
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