Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Expect a real melting pot of sounds from Tallahassee, Florida, metal machine Defy The Tyrant. The band fuse high-octane heavy rock with soaring screams and rapped vocals to, in their words, "redefine what 'alternative metal' means." The band's original lineup formed around five years ago, but the current members came together just under two years ago.... Continue Reading →
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
The term blackened sludge alone told us to expect something dark and dirty from Polish band Mary and the Highwalkers. But what we encountered was something beyond our wildest dreams.
Expect the unexpected with Arizona band After The Calm, whose fusion of pop-punk, rock and post-hardcore conjures up something different from track to track.
Prepare yourself for a Spanish juggernaut of seriously heavy yet strangely catchy metal in the form of Childrain - who just so happen to be the first band we've spoken to from the Basque region.
When we spoke to angsty Australian rockers Furlong they gave us a bit of insight into feedback they'd had from other - clearly inferior - blogs about their sound. Those blogs are wrong/
All-out, full-on melodic hardcore at its finest is tinged with sadness and reflection upon the release of the debut EP of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, band Northern Remains.
Gallivant have conjured up the kind of face-melting riff-led rock that's so good it should carry a warning to strap in tight before embarking on the musical journey.
On Friday, I attended my first ever protest march, joining a #FridaysForFuture protest through Santiago that was attended by thousands of Chileans demanding action on climate change. And it just so happens that the issues raised by this movement - and several others like it - are providing answers to the issues that inspired Austria-based band Charlywood's latest single.
Surprise by location, surprise by sound. Surprise, Arizona, quartet Holmstrum fuse pop-punk and alt-rock with elements of metalcore and overtly emo lyrics to form a fascinatingly diverse sound that varies from track to track.
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