Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Hull tech metal quartet Dividium are quite the metal melting pot, fusing huge mathy guitars and delicious solos with a kaleidoscope of vocal offerings, from classic metal vocals through to intense screams. Dividium began life as a project between vocalist Neil Bailey and guitarist Peter Delaney, who later added drummer James Coggin and bassist Joel... Continue Reading →
Following the afternoon session of Camden Rocks Festival, which we covered here, the evening saw things get a whole lot heavier and sweatier as the day-long celebration of emerging British rock, metal and punk continued. Press To MECO Having seen At The Sun bring a rocking end to the afternoon, I moved back up to... Continue Reading →
Thousands of people flocked to the north London borough of Camden for a feast of the finest emerging British rock, metal and punk talent at the annual Camden Rocks Festival on Saturday (2 June). The action kicked off at 12pm with music running into the early hours of Sunday morning at various afterparties, as rock... Continue Reading →
Bristol's Liquid State are a band worth getting excited about, combining big dirty riffs, gritty basslines and pounding drum grooves with soaring, powerful vocals in their loud, unapologetically heavy brand of rock. Having won a Battle of the Bands competition in their hometown last year, they've since been hard at work on their debut EP, from... Continue Reading →
Welcome to a brand new feature that we're kicking off this week: New Music Friday Round-Up. The clue is in the title, we'll bring you a round-up of the latest new music from our favourite new rock and metal bands every Friday. Here goes... Cassels - When Completing Handshakes (Single) A bit of noise... Continue Reading →
This has been a long time coming but the wait for new music from Rugby's finest wars has been more than worth it. The metal quintet, our New Band of the Week last July, have today released new single Little Death, their first new material since debut album We Are Islands, After All. And it's awesome.... Continue Reading →
Rock newcomers In The Cards have come a long way from their days as school friends in the Midlands town of Stoke-on-Trent. Their delicious combination of soaring melodies, energetic choruses and moments of heaviness is now just weeks away from being unleashed upon the ears of the world with their debut EP. The quartet of Amy... Continue Reading →
For every epic theme song to kids' TV shows like The Hurricanes, Animals of Farthing Wood, The Raccoons and The Moomins, there's a whole host of absolute dross teaching the next generation bad musical habits. And this is an issue that's not been lost on Slay Duggee, who've come up with a game-changing concept of 'metal... Continue Reading →
If you've long been yearning for a throwback to the good old days of 90s grunge then you're in for one hell of a treat with Leeds newcomers Vs. The quintet of Shortie Himself (vocals and guitars), Sparks (guitars and part-time rapper, apparently), Ruke (guitars and backing vocals), Bear (bass) and Jungle Dave (drums), who I'm... Continue Reading →
Following the success of last year's debut EP Cambridgeshire-based rockers Hollowstar are today back to delight their growing fan base with new single All I Gotta Say. Our New Band of the Week way back in last March, Hollowstar have honed a trademark sound that sees slow lullaby-like verses explode into full-on rock mode and... Continue Reading →
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