Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Strap on your eyepatch, crack open the rum and sharpen that sword for a swashbuckling adventure with pirate metal newcomers The Anchors, who describe their lively thrash metal meets ska punk sound as "catchy, fast and crab."
London band Outside Voice offer up a diverse, dramatic and engaging alternative rock meets punk rock sound that they describe as "distinctive, energetic and empowering."
Our final New Band of the Week of 2025 takes us to the East Midlands, where Distance Divine fuse a wide range of genres, from metal and emo to trance and rap, in a sound that they describe as "fun, eclectic and incongruous."
Our final round-up of new music from bands we've previously interviewed of 2025 brings you a tasty little collection of new rock and metal. This month, we've got new tracks by four bands from Portugal, Switzerland and the UK.
British band Premier Jester promise you won't be able to sit still while listening to their catchy fusion of deathcore and European electronicore. The band aims to bring a bundle of fun, energy and laughter to the metal scene in a sound they describe as "energetic, fun and crazy."
Leicester band Shallowdrown have crafted a diverse sound that fuses elements of heavy rock, indie, grunge and shoegaze and they describe as "loud, jangly and whimsical."
Leicester band Value of Nothing formed in a pub toilet after a conversation about post-hardcore, and have gone on to craft a "fast and narky" radge post hardcore sound that they describe as "Militant. Raging. Bangers."
British band Cartoons Can't Die fuse everything from groove, death metal and metalcore to industrial, prog and electronic elements in a fascinatingly diverse and experimental sound that they summarise as "Shiftcore."
Bristol-based band Dreamwrapon have conjured up a fusion of "chaotic rage jingles" in a loud but captivating rock sound that they describe as "mega, mint and occasionally gentle."
Our latest edition of new music from bands we've previously interviewed brings you new rock, metal and punk tracks to get your weekend started. This month, we've got new music by seven bands from Canada, France, Spain and the UK.
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