Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
It seems the Italian music scene is alive and kicking right now, with a host of great new rock bands popping up. This week we discovered the superb, expressive music of Milanese rockers ANEWRAGE, who've been busy honing their awesome sound since they began playing music together 11 years ago, when they were just 14. We spoke to... Continue Reading →
Canadian rockers Sumo Cyco are back with a bang with second album Opus Mar, which will be released on Friday (31 March). The quartet of enigmatic front-woman Skye Sweetnam, better known by the moniker Sever, lead guitarist Matt 'MD13' Drake, bassist Ken 'Thor' Corke and touring drummer Matt Trozzi have offered up a delicious second offering... Continue Reading →
British rock giants Feeder have been announced as the headline act for this year’s Camden Rocks Festival. The Welsh rockers have been named alongside another 30 confirmed bands joining the line-up for the event, which takes place on 3 June at 25 venues across Camden Town. With a career including no fewer than 25 Top 40 hits and... Continue Reading →
It's always great to hear amazing stories about how people have turned their lives around by getting involved in and creating music. That's the case for lead singer of Wisconsin hardcore act Milestones, Aaron Holstein, who used music as a release to get out of tough times and has come out of it stronger on the... Continue Reading →
All the way from Anchorage, in Alaska, comes a very exciting new band that crosses the boundaries between punk, rock, metal and hardcore. This False Ghost sound like a raw combination of Deftones meets Glassjaw, with huge guitar riffs and gruff vocals pieced together superbly with some brilliant musicality. The quartet of Caleb DiLoreto, Christian Childers, Noah... Continue Reading →
The city of Stoke-on-Trent is probably best known for being the home of the pottery industry and - personally speaking - a pretty horrible football team. But all that is about to change with the emergence of the city's very own rockers Alter Eden. The quartet of enigmatic frontman Nick Pilgrim, guitarist Alex Coleman, bassist Aled... Continue Reading →
New bands looking to make it in the music industry could learn a lesson or two from iconic stoner rock band Truckfighters. After all, this is a band that's been described as "the greatest band that's ever existed" by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, who should know a good band when it comes along.... Continue Reading →
One of my favourite gigs of all time was seeing The Gaslight Anthem at the excellent Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver around seven years ago. A then relatively unknown English guy opened proceedings, and was then giving away badges and other memorabilia at the back of the dancefloor. Me and my Scottish mate introduced ourselves, told him we enjoyed... Continue Reading →
When NIGHTLIFE tell us they write songs with the purpose of imagining them being played as WWE entrance songs, you can understand why we get a little bit excited. The London rockers have been busy adapting and evolving their sound over several years, with the end result being this week's release of debut album Salt & Acid. Having... Continue Reading →
If you were of a certain age back in 2006 then you'll remember with fondness the impact that four largely unknown 20-year-old guys from Sheffield made on the music industry with their debut album. Over a decade later history could be set to repeat itself with the emergence of Irish rockers The Klares. The quartet of Andy... Continue Reading →
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