Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
From the moment Hoodwinker launches into life with a brutal burst of low-tuned guitars and crashing drums, followed by Rou Reynolds' booming "This is the voice of God," you just know we're in for something special. The trademark Enter Shikari choruses are there in all their glory, but the general feel of the new track is much heavier... Continue Reading →
The word epic is banded around all too frequently and easily these days, but when it comes to Alter Bridge's new album the 'E word' is more than deserving. The Last Hero starts with an almighty bang, leading off with Show Me A Leader - the first single to be released from the album. It... Continue Reading →
Musicians are increasingly turning to their fans to crowdfund their material - from While She Sleeps crowdsourcing their new album and new band Hundred Suns, featuring Every Time I Die's Ryan Leger and Norma Jean's Cory Brandan. It's clear that fans are becoming increasingly important to bands but, if you dig a little deeper, it's indicative... Continue Reading →
UK rockers Liberty Lies certainly have an impressive track record of supporting some of rock and metal's finest on the road. Fresh from touring with the likes of Shinedown, Halestorm, Max Raptor, Press To Meco and Alien Ant Farm, Liberty Lies are ready to hit the road with US giants SOiL and Saliva in November. That... Continue Reading →
Dropping the C-bomb on the second word of your debut album is quite some statement. You either have to back it up by being brilliant, or be so heavy and scary that no-one will question your outrageous lyrical choices. Thankfully, Ipswich's War Waves fall into the former category - and their self-titled debut album is a... Continue Reading →
Chasing Cadence, one of our favourite up-and-coming British bands, have released a new video for Watching The World, which is taken from the band's recent Destroy Something Beautiful EP. The video follows a similar premise as that of previous video for Everyone Relax - with gunmen hunting down. There's clearly an ongoing narrative along the gun theme,... Continue Reading →
There's a school of thought that keeping things simple can help you produce greater results than something big, complicated and elaborate. That particular thought brings us to Derby-based rockers MYOKE. You wouldn't believe it on first listen, but this up-and-coming band consists of just two members - lead singer and guitarist Nat Webb and drummer... Continue Reading →
"Renegade metallic assault." Those three words by themselves are pretty exciting, but when combined to form the battle plan for one band's quest for musical glory they become well and truly glorious. The masterminds behind this this wonderful three-word phrase are Orlando, Florida-based Devils Envy. In addition to having an awesome band name, they leaped out at me with the self-descriptive phrase:... Continue Reading →
The word 'unique' is horribly overused and frankly meaningless - I mean, we're all inherently unique right? - but, putting the philosophical debate to one side, 'uniqueness' is horribly overused in music (and we don't mind admitting we've been guilty of using it ourselves). But it's important, in this world of multi-genres dominated by truly terrible popular music, to keep... Continue Reading →
We're kicking off a new weekly feature that will bring you our tip for a hot new up-and-coming band to check out - in our New Band of the Week. Our maiden New Band of the Week is South East London-based Sidelines. Sidelines have only been together for around six months and released their self-titled EP back in... Continue Reading →
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