Exciting Glasgow hard-hitters Godeater are a technical death metal band with melody at their core and the biggest issues facing modern society at their soul.
New Band of the Week: Addison Lane
When asked how to describe their sound London-based newcomers Addison Lane bluntly retort "this will destroy you." So don't let their claim that their second single is their "slow and heavy" effort fool you into thinking that this is anything other than brilliantly brutal progressive metalcore.
New Band of the Week: Bearers
One of the best - if not the best - things about music is the power it has to change the way you feel, both in the sound of the instrumentals and in the meaning of the lyrics. Glasgow newcomers Bearers are a perfect example of this, and it's safe to say that their powerful yet engagingly melodic metal sound takes you through a cycle of emotions and feelings.
New Band of the Week: Salt Hill
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
New Band of the Week: IO
Telling us that your brand new metal band is "as metal as metal gets" is a surefire way to get our musical antennae to full attention.
Introducing: Overthrone
Exciting new Birmingham metal act Overthrone offer an intriguing sound of sheer heaviness with a melodic edge. But the first thing that you will notice is that these guys are heavy - seriously heavy.
New Band of the Week: Trayus
Bristol's Trayus are in the midst of an intriguing musical shift that's taking them from a sound that harks back to the classic metal greats to a far heavier, infectiously savage metalcore approach. The quartet of Alex Bennett (vocals), Seb Filtness (guitar), Ryan Pountney (bass) and James Gray (drums) formed from the ashes of a... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Torchbearer
Prepare to be blown away by a new force in UK hardcore music that, in their own words, is set to become "a powerhouse that will send shockwaves through the music industry."
Introducing: DLVRR
Lincoln newcomers DLVRR summarise their latest single Caution to us as: "An absolute jamboree of cleans, screams, chugs, chords, harmonies and melodies."
Introducing: Kurokuma
Any band that provides Jamiroquai's Deeper Underground with a doomy, sludgy ten-minute-long metal makeover gets a firm thumbs up from us - so let us introduce you to Sheffield's Kurokuma.