Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
In almost three years of running this blog, we've yet to discover a single band that hails from the gambling capital that is Las Vegas. But today that all changes with Louder Than Words, a band that oozes the raw emotion of classic pop-punk.
Any band that provides Jamiroquai's Deeper Underground with a doomy, sludgy ten-minute-long metal makeover gets a firm thumbs up from us - so let us introduce you to Sheffield's Kurokuma.
Belfast trio THVS are purveyors of their very own self-defined genre that they intriguingly describe as "heavy pop."
Southampton trio Toreador deliver fuzz-soaked guitars, and sultry vocals with moments of heaviness and delicious harmonies in an intoxicating sound that they describe as "heavy, loud and sexy."
The rapid rise of Dublin band Skyfever is an inspirational story that's seen them, in their words, "ignore the status quo" to, within just two years, get their music played at Premier League and NFL matches and gather a few rock royalty superfans.
Fresh from recording a live studio session at the famous Abbey Road Studios, London's River Hounds are one of the most exciting new bands on the UK rock scene.
If you've been pining after a bit of classic 2000s pop-punk in your life then New York City quartet All In Due Time are here to fill the void.
Fancy some powerful pop-rock that'll have you screaming your heart out in a bid to remove the stresses, pain and annoyances of your life? Then Virginia rock project HAAS will deliver just that.
Combining atmospheric post-punk with catchy alternative rock instrumentals and vocals, Sheffield's FEARS. are an intriguing proposition.
Manchester newcomers House of Wolvxs have honed a catchy alternative rock sound that fuses beautifully cathartic vocals with big riffs and delicious melodies.
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