London-based band 4FOXSAKE are on a mission to challenge social barriers with an explosive sound that harnesses elements of punk, hard rock and metal, and they describe as "loud, anthemic and catchy."
Introducing: MAKTKAMP
Norwegian band MAKTKAMP offer up a hard-hitting musical entity that aims to fight injustice, idiocy and inhuman behaviour with a sound they describe as "piercing, persistent and playful."
Introducing: The Fixer
Canadian purveyors of "Dark.Sexy.Loud." The Fixer offer up a dark, melodramatic and deeply engaging fusion of hard rock and metal with a playful edge.
New Band of the Week: Dirty Money
Oxfordshire band Dirty Money are on a mission to become "the greatest band you've never heard... but you will" with a catchy rock sound that they describe as"bold, brash and ballsy."
Introducing: Hate Ritual
Hate Ritual describe their fusion of death metal, groove and thrash to us as "PURE FUCKING MEXICAN HATRED."
New Band of the Week: Motherland
If you're craving some big catchy alternative rock then Teesside quartet Motherland are going to be just the ticket with their engaging sound that they describe as "anthemic, energetic and heartfelt."
Introducing: :BOLVERK:
Norwegian trio :BOLVERK: have cooked up a deliciously wild and ferocious sound that challenges the boundaries of extreme metal and they delightfully describe as "extreme, melodic and ferocious."
Introducing: Redshift
Bath trio Redshift have cooked up an epically diverse, genre-bending progressive rock meets metal sound that they describe as "eclectic, technical and quirky."
New Band of the Week: Dire Thorns
In our near-seven years of running this blog, we've encountered a new first - a band offering up dual language Russian and English vocals. This intriguing proposition is courtesy of Lincolnshire newcomers Dire Thorns, a young, masked band offering up an old-school death metal meets nu-metal sound that they describe as "heavy, bilingual and poorly-produced."
New Band of the Week: Your Future Is Metal
Having grown up in Herefordshire, it's not too often I discover a new band that hails from the same rural location. However, the brilliantly named Your Future Is Metal is one such band, which started out back in 2011 but gradually evolved through to the current project that began in 2020.