Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Teenage sister duo Alt Blk Era took their R&B, soul, reggae and rap roots and fused them with heavy guitars, orchestral and unnerving sounds to create a diverse sound they describe as “powerful, sincere and creepy” – which had us immediately fascinated.
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.”
Hertfordshire band Raze offer up a captivating sound that combines a grungey rawness with modern metal grooves and technical guitar solos. The result is pretty special, with soaring vocals and solos countered by powerful riffs and rhythms in a sound they describe as “powerful, intricate and compelling.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Bath trio Redshift have cooked up an epically diverse, genre-bending progressive rock meets metal sound that they describe as “eclectic, technical and quirky.”
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.”
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.
London duo The Survival Code offer up a deliciously riff-heavy and catchy rock sound that they describe as “powerful, melodious and energetic.” And the band has plenty of content to treat your ears to, as they trickle their new album out with one song released every month of 2023.
Welsh newcomers Guilty Party will have you reminiscing about your rebellious days of raiding Bargain Booze, “Ibiza deep cuts” and crashing rich kids’ parties with a catchy, melodic and relatable rock sound they describe as “hooky, fat and honest.”
Intriguing new British band Swarm6ix have fused metal and trap with a sprinkling of nu-metal in an intense and engaging futuristic sound they describe as “trap, goth and primal.”
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