Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
What better way to welcome in the weekend than with a seriously heavy new metal band that aims to bring a bit of good to the world and “break the mold of a digital age where the music industry seems to be becoming increasingly formulaic.”
There’s a brilliant British TV comedy called Peep Show in which two of the main characters discuss starting a band called Various Artists “just to fuck over people with iPods.” And that kind of sneaky trick is, we assume, what Virginia band UNKNOWN was going for, as it took us bloody ages to find them on Spotify…
Columbus, OH, band Pray For Sleep is one of the most engaging bands we’ve discovered in a while. As soon as we fired up Spotify, searched their name and hit play on lead track Ask Us, we were gripped on their intense rock-meets-metal sound.
The sound of Manchester, New Hampshire, band SEPSISS is deliciously eclectic, fusing big metal guitars, shredding solos and a bit of synth with engaging vocals.
Theatrical metal is a fairly new genre to us, but if St Louis sextet Unimagined are anything to go by then we’re fully onboard with the concept. The band aren’t … Continue reading Introducing: Unimagined
Wisconsin band Casket Robbery‘s name alone has us excited, but taking a listen to their intensely heavy yet strangely catchy killer death metal riffs and pounding drums has us hooked. The … Continue reading Introducing: Casket Robbery
When we tell you this band go by the name of Decayer, and that their latest single is entitled Bastard, well, you’re probably expecting something pretty darn heavy. And you … Continue reading Introducing: Decayer
Baltimore hardcore quartet Sharptooth have given us another teaser of their awesomely heavy sound ahead of their debut album launch next Friday, with today’s release of No Sanctuary. No Sanctuary is … Continue reading Sharptooth tease heavy new single a week before debut album
Albuquerque rockers Lights on the Coast have taken the interesting step of merging their four favourite genres of music into one unique sound, which they describe as bringing together ‘various … Continue reading Introducing: Lights on the Coast
Virginia Beach rockers Give ‘Em Hell, Kid have honed a ridiculously infectious, and utterly unique sound of post-hardcore and metal fused with a southern drawl that’ll have you hooked. Hailing … Continue reading Introducing: Give ‘Em Hell, Kid
American rockers Next To None not only sound like Slipknot 2.0, they also carry the added intrigue of having former Dream Theatre and Avenged Sevenfold drummer Mike Portnoy’s extremely talented … Continue reading Introducing: Next To None
As a special Sunday treat we’re bringing you one of the heaviest, most technical bands we’ve encountered, and our first ‘math-metal’ band in the form of Los Angeles’ The Conduit. The progressive metal … Continue reading Introducing: The Conduit
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