Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
If, like us, you're looking for a bit of fun punk rock to liven up the endless days of sitting at home in lockdown then Drama Dolls may be just the band for you. The Los Angeles trio fuse popiness with punkiness in a lively, high energy and highly enjoyable punk rock sound.
Oxfordshire newcomers Severed Tongues have honed a delicious modern metal sound that's somehow exceedingly dark and dramatic, yet also positive and catchy.
We love ticking new countries off the GigRadar band map, and the latest - which I believe takes us to 44 countries - is Puerto Rico with death metal band Omnifariam.
Dutch rockers Phrasing began life as a cover band playing everything from Metallica and Queen through to Britney Spears and Spice Girls. Thankfully, they got the last two out of their system and branched out into writing their own original material in late 2018.
Melbourne metal newcomers HooF offer up a thrilling sound that oozes intensity, unrelenting riffs and pounding drums. It's monstrously heavy yet, somehow, strangely catchy.
Newcastle band Pave The Jungle have honed an intriguing, unusual sound that walks the tightrope between chaos and melody. The band fuse the engaging elements of US indie-rock and the noisiness of post-punk with the power of alternative rock.
As we've mentioned several times in previous blogs, the various music discovery tools available through the likes of Spotify are great for finding new bands. And that's exactly how we discovered exciting new Norwegian rockers Fixation.
The intriguingly named Bipolar Architecture hail from Berlin and Istanbul, which technically makes them only our second ever Turkish band. But they also come from an intriguing place musically, with three of their members having been a major part of the European death metal scene with previous band Heretic Soul.
New York band Brookline are going out with a band with an excellent, diverse EP that blends post-hardcore and alternative rock elements along with emo and punk influences.
Celtic punk inspired by rock'n'roll and a love for metal with Irish jigs and a cheeky bit of accordion thrown in for good measure. There's a lot to love about the sound of Johnstown, Pennsylvania band Lucky Lad Green.
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