Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
From the crimes of the Catholic church and the corrupt moral landscape to mad alternate realities - if you happen to be a Catholic priest, look away now, but for everyone else, prepare to be highly entertained by Welsh rock trio MILK.
The hard-hitting sound of Watford newcomers SINKA has given us plenty of reasons to get excited about the trio.
Leeds-based The Varletts are intriguing concoction of screaming guitars, raw vocals and in their words - a head-case on drums, over a heavy alt-rock base.
It's a bold claim to make but Manchester's Climate Of Fear have been widely acclaimed as "the UK's angriest new metal band." So we had to, albeit tentatively, have a chat to discover just what was getting these lads so angry.
"Exhilarating and effervescent." These are the words that scintillating progressive metal quintet Sertraline use to summarise their tantalisingly heavy yet catchy sound. The Stoke-on-Trent five-piece fuse raw intensity with soothing melody - in their words, "big naughty riffage" meets "groovy, heavy but hella melodic." The band, who share a name with an anti-depressant drug that's... Continue Reading →
Blackpool noise makers Dü Pig would like you to think they're a pretentious lot, when in reality "We sound like The Chipmunks fronting Black Sabbath. Or a grunge Steps."
Fusing technical and progressive metal with furious heavy influences, Oxford's LestWeForget are quickly establishing themselves as a force to be reckoned with.
London quartet Plain Sails have exploded onto the local scene over the last couple of years with their engaging, high energy yet delicate anthemic rock sound.
I'm not one for claiming 'the UK's next big rock band' and all that jazz, but last night we saw Brighton trio Breather play their first ever gig weeks after releasing their debut single - and boy were they impressive.
Emo power-pop rockers Hot Milk may have only just released their debut single, but they've already supported the likes of You Me At Six and Enter Shikari and are due to kick off a nationwide tour with Deaf Havana on Friday (15 March).
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