Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Our recent trend of focusing on awesome female vocals brings us nicely onto one of our favourites, in London rockers Pretty Pistol. The garage punk quartet, our New Band of the Week back in May when they released their debut EP Bones, are back with a brand new single Cry Wolf. Pretty Pistol's trademark high-energy... Continue Reading →
Norwich rockers Lightscape are back with an exciting new synthy edge to their big rock sound. The five-piece, who were our New Band of the Week last October, release their new EP Circles on 1 December, and it's packed with rocky goodness supporting frontman Will Overton's trademark insatiably good vocals. Chatting to the guys before... Continue Reading →
Pop punk quintet Øff Guard peaked our interest when they described their intriguingly catchy sound as "intricate emo rock'n'roll." These may not be the most natural musical genre bedfellows, but the Long Island, New York-based band really make it their own as evidenced by last month's launch of their debut EP. The five-piece of Matt... Continue Reading →
Dartford-based trance-metal six-piece Silent Descent are back from a four-year hiatus with a new album oozing in heaviness. Fusing metal and synth, with hugely catchy riffs, big guitar solos and booming drums, the band has lovingly been monikered 'Enter Shikari for sweaty goths.' This tag is apt now given the Hertfordshire band's disgusting new pop... Continue Reading →
Sit back if you will and envisage Birmingham trio Crimson Star's description of their hard-hitting rock sound as "the kind of music you need when driving a beautiful car, extremely fast across the Californian desert." It's loud and riff-heavy, but it'll also have you screaming your lungs out to their huge singalong choruses. The band's... Continue Reading →
Strap yourself in and prepare yourself, and your ears, to encounter one of the finest albums of 2017. Because our former New Band of the Week Gold Key have released a masterpiece on their debut album Hello, Phantom. It shouldn't come as any surprise, given the DIY Watford band features former members of Sikth and... Continue Reading →
Having been our New Band of the Week back in June I've been excited about the potential of Kingston-upon-Thames trio Harbour Sharks for a while now. But the debut album released by Jack Morris (vocals and bass), Rob Rees (guitars) and Richard Hemley (drums) yesterday is even more special than I was expecting. I was well... Continue Reading →
Last month we introduced you to rising Norwegian hardcore punk band Rise Above, and today the five-piece are back with their latest single Up. The track is yet another reminder of the band's awesome punk sound and frenetic levels of intoxicating energy. Up opens with a reverby sounds alongside a low guitar riff which soon feeds... Continue Reading →
A couple of weeks ago I saw High Wycombe post-hardcore band As Everything Unfolds headline a London show and proceeded to have my mind blown by their awesome live performance. Post-gig, I've struggled to listen to anything else other than their music. The six-piece of Charlie Rolfe (vocals), Adam Kerr and Owen Hill (guitars), George... Continue Reading →
Baltimore hardcore quartet Sharptooth have given us another teaser of their awesomely heavy sound ahead of their debut album launch next Friday, with today's release of No Sanctuary. No Sanctuary is even heavier than the previous track we covered in our Introducing article, Clever Girl. It opens up with reverby noise then diving into low-tuned chugging... Continue Reading →
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