Edit The Tide

New Band of the Week: Edit The Tide

Welsh band Edit The Tide blend powerful riffs and soaring vocals in a gritty but melodic metal sound that they describe as “powerful, emotional and dynamic.”

Introducing: Alfonso Conspiracy

British newcomers Alfonso Conspiracy offer up an abrasive fusion of 90s industrial metal, dark gothic and horror culture and modern metal riffs in a captivating sound they describe as “unapologetic, ugly and naked.”

New Band of the Week: Blackwater

Scottish trio Blackwater draw on their metalcore roots to craft a captivating fusion of crushing riffs, cinematic atmospheres and engaging vocals. Built around their love of video games, the band aims to blur the line between fantasy and reality in a sound they describe as “cinematic, crushing and evoking.”

Falling Below

New Band of the Week: Falling Below

Nottingham band Falling Below have honed an engaging and atmospheric alternative metal sound that blends big riffs and raw honesty, and they describe as “melodic, heavy and emotive.”

British blackgaze band Æl-Fierlen

New Band of the Week: Æl-Fierlen

English newcomers Æl-Fierlen have crafted a beautifully haunting and intense black metal meets blackgaze sound that they describe as “ethereal, atmospheric and dark.”

New Band of the Week: Eld Varg

Scottish trio Eld Varg offer up a deliciously powerful riff-laden, groove-heavy and melodically rich heavy metal sound that’s steeped in Norse mythology, epic battles and triumph.

The Villains Have Wings

Introducing: The Villains Have Wings

English newcomers The Villains Have Wings have played music together all their lives before building up to their latest project, in which they’ve crafted a thrilling riff-laden metal sound they describe as “authentic and progressive.”

House of Hosts

New Band of the Week: House Of Hosts

Welsh band House Of Hosts have honed a deliciously intense, emotionally charged and anthemic modern metal sound that they describe as “Bangin'” and “thicc, sexy and dirty.”