Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We're taking the heaviness up to maximum with this week's New Band of the Week, as we introduce you to brutally brilliant Sheffield metalcore / deathcore band Arkdown. The quintet of vocalist Kyle Dawson, drummer Alex Roberts, bassist Ed Morley and guitarists Mike Dyson and Ben Freestone have taken influence from the likes of Parkway Drive,... Continue Reading →
Any band that claims they're set to "take over the world in 2017" has to demand your attention, especially when they make music that backs up their bold claim. Canadian rockers Era 9 have taken the hip-hop and electro music that dominates their hometown of Montreal and combined it with their rock background to define... Continue Reading →
The city of Stoke-on-Trent is probably best known for being the home of the pottery industry and - personally speaking - a pretty horrible football team. But all that is about to change with the emergence of the city's very own rockers Alter Eden. The quartet of enigmatic frontman Nick Pilgrim, guitarist Alex Coleman, bassist Aled... Continue Reading →
The week after rap-rock meets nu-metal pioneers Linkin Park gave up on making rock music and sold their souls to the cash-rich lure of pop dross, it's hugely refreshing and relieving to hear a band pledging their devotion to real music. Joe Turner, lead singer of Tennessee rockers Divided We Stand, told us: "We want to stay... Continue Reading →
New bands looking to make it in the music industry could learn a lesson or two from iconic stoner rock band Truckfighters. After all, this is a band that's been described as "the greatest band that's ever existed" by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, who should know a good band when it comes along.... Continue Reading →
One of my favourite gigs of all time was seeing The Gaslight Anthem at the excellent Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver around seven years ago. A then relatively unknown English guy opened proceedings, and was then giving away badges and other memorabilia at the back of the dancefloor. Me and my Scottish mate introduced ourselves, told him we enjoyed... Continue Reading →
When NIGHTLIFE tell us they write songs with the purpose of imagining them being played as WWE entrance songs, you can understand why we get a little bit excited. The London rockers have been busy adapting and evolving their sound over several years, with the end result being this week's release of debut album Salt & Acid. Having... Continue Reading →
If you were of a certain age back in 2006 then you'll remember with fondness the impact that four largely unknown 20-year-old guys from Sheffield made on the music industry with their debut album. Over a decade later history could be set to repeat itself with the emergence of Irish rockers The Klares. The quartet of Andy... Continue Reading →
Last night I witnessed a very special gig, including a band that wowed the audience with their very first gig ever. I went along to see Stoke-on-Trent rockers Alter Eden a few days ahead of their eagerly awaited second EP on Friday, and was then treated to a masterclass in making it up as you go along... Continue Reading →
Norwegian rockers Taking Names are a fun throwback to the good old pop-punk heyday of the likes of Blink-182 and co. The band, from the city of Bergen, enjoyed great success in their homeland last year, including making it to Årets Urørt, the national final for unsigned artists hosted by the biggest Norwegian radio station NRK P3. They're... Continue Reading →
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