Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Having formed my musical tastes in the early 2000s I'm a sucker for anything emotionally charged and full of edgy rocky angst. So it should come as no surprise that the sound of Canadian emo-rockers Selfish Things is right up my street.
We say band but, well, Grumble Bee is not a band. It's a man, called Jack, who writes as a solo artist that looks and sounds like a big rock band, and it's pretty damn awesome. Having been in bands before Jack Bennett, who hails from Walsden in West Yorkshire, went down the path of... Continue Reading →
Windsor rockers You Win Again Gravity freely admit they are something 'a little different to the norm,' combining technical, almost mathy post-hardcore with heavy rock and delicious melodies. The notion of 'new band' is slightly misleading for the quartet of Jack Jennings (vocals and guitar), Daniel Dreelan (guitar and backing vocals), James Mackenzie (drums andb acking vocals), Johnny... Continue Reading →
Norwich rockers Prey Drive are right up with there as one of the most exciting new bands we've discovered in our last year of promoting new bands. The band has an impressive knack for writing engaging rock tracks built around their guitar-led sound - which has you baffled as to how they only have one... Continue Reading →
Iowa rockers Hunter Dumped Us Here have to be one of the most eclectic and entertaining bands we've met, diving into all manner of genres from indie pop all the way through to hardcore. The quartet of Gabe Reasoner (vocals, keys and bass), Preston West (guitar and vocals), Jason Feight (drums) and Aslan Denbow (bass and guitar) write diverse track,... Continue Reading →
East London rockers Chapter And Verse only released their first song in April, but they sold out their first ever show in two weeks and already look set to take the UK rock scene by storm in 2017. Debut EP The Wolves Back Home is a raw blast of massive riffs and addictively piercing vocals that... Continue Reading →
London-based rockers Black Orchid Empire are flying the flag for the concept of 'DIY music' - whereby bands control every part of the music creation process. Indeed, not content with being one of the best new UK bands out there, they also run their own label and studio. The trio of Paul Visser (vocals and... Continue Reading →
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