Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
There's something almost magical about the haunting melodies and intensity of South Carolina's Olive Dares The Darkness, who explore the darker sides of life in an alternative rock meets dark wave sound that they describe as "irreverent, exploratory and ambitious."
Nottingham band Blight Town fuse elements of progressive post-hardcore, math-rock and pop in a thrilling sound that they describe as "eclectic, bouncy and catchy" and "spicy, tech and chaos."
New Zealand rockers This Silent Divide have honed an engaging sound that traverses the indie, rock and metal landscapes in what they describe as "energetic, melodic, wall-of-sound rock."
Bristol band Split Chain offer up an intriguing fusion of shoegaze meets nu-metal that draws on late 90s / early 2000s skateboarder rock and punk in a sound they describe as "catchy, ethereal and hard."
Greek newcomers Oceandvst have honed a catchy and engaging sound that toes the line between pop-punk, rock and alternative and they intriguingly describe as "darkness with colours."
They may be Beige by name but there's nothing beige about the infectious fuzzy goodness of the Brighton rockers who describe their sound as "fuzzy noisy loudness."
Leicester band Her Burden have taken old-school pop-punk and classic rock influences and fused them with modern pop and indie in a sound they describe as "upbeat, catchy and energetic."
Birmingham band Led By Lanterns is on a mission to push alt-rock into something darker, which takes the best bits of pop songs and improves them with metal and electronic influences.
Kent quartet The Alchemy have honed an explosive alt-rock sound fusing filthy riffs and pounding rhythms with engaging vocals that they describe as "dynamic, shiny and warm."
Chicago's Sixty Lumens fuse anthemic rock and elements of pop punk and metal with splashes of synth in an intoxicating sound that they describe as "theatrical, engaging and catchy."
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