Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We first discovered six-piece metalcore band These Thousand Hills almost a year ago, when they delivered a crushing opening set at the O2 Academy Islington 2 ahead of Esprit d'Air and Lightscape. Since then we've been waiting eagerly for some new music to bring you from this exciting new band and I'm delighted to say... Continue Reading →
Back in November we brought you the raw punk rock sound of Kent's Weekend Recovery as our New Band of the Week and promised you their debut album would be out in February. And, true to our word, it is, and we've had a sneaky preview listen to the quartet's first full-length effort. The band... Continue Reading →
If you're on the lookout for a band to inspire the next generation of Welsh rock then Calling Apollo could well be it. The post-hardcore act have been busy crafting the latest evolution of their engaging aggressive yet melodic sound since we first introduced you to them just over a year ago. And the result of the... Continue Reading →
London's finest day-long celebration of rock is back as Camden Rocks Festival returns on Saturday 2 June. Highlights include post-punk legends Public Image Limited (PiL), fronted by former Sex Pistol John Lydon, playing the festival for the first time, while it'll be headlined by Newcastle's Mercury Award nominees Maxïmo Park, who will close the day out at Koko.... Continue Reading →
One of the most exciting bands we discovered last year was Reading rap-rockers The Final Clause of Tacitus. I'm delighted that our former New Band of the Week from exactly one year ago are back with a brand spanking new second EP that rocks even harder than their awesome debut effort. New EP Not Like... Continue Reading →
What do you have planned for Christmas Eve? If, like me, you're planning a quiet, relaxing day then our favourite Belorussian rockers Weesp have a little festive treat in store for you. The band will release their first music since 2015 with their first single from a long-awaited new album Black Sails. Illumination is the... Continue Reading →
Bristol rockers From Idols To Ashes' exciting hard-hitting post-hardcore sound is back with the release of new single Justified. The track, which in typical FITA style is built around big guitar riffs from Aaron Daniel, builds on the success of this year's EP Scare Tactics, which we featured when they were our New Band of... Continue Reading →
Italian rockers Sittingthesummerout tell us tomorrow's launch of their second EP marks "the real beginning" of their true identity. The band, who released their debut just a few months after forming, fuse emotional post-hardcore rock with spoken word vocals that they describe to us as "honest (kinda), desperate, and our outlet." The Milanese quintet first formed through vocalist... Continue Reading →
East London rockers Chapter and Verse may have kept us waiting on new music for a while, but it has been well worth it for the release of brand new single Magazines. The launch gives us our first taste of fresh Chapter and Verse goodness since their fantastic The Wolves Back Home EP last year, which we... Continue Reading →
When we caught up with Verity White around the launch of her single I Don't Care back in August, the diverse singer promised us a rock album by the end of the year and this week she has duly delivered on it. The Cheltenham-based singer's promised album Breaking Out was created with the help of... Continue Reading →
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