Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
If you ever find yourself craving a return to the glory days of early 2000s post-hardcore then Glasgow's Tenements are the band to fill that particular void in your life. The quintet of Darren Coles (vocals), Chris Bennett (guitar and vocals), Callum Nicolson (guitar), Malcolm Robb (bass) and Jamie Whiteside (drums and vocals) combine moments of melody... Continue Reading →
Having been our New Band of the Week back in June I've been excited about the potential of Kingston-upon-Thames trio Harbour Sharks for a while now. But the debut album released by Jack Morris (vocals and bass), Rob Rees (guitars) and Richard Hemley (drums) yesterday is even more special than I was expecting. I was well... Continue Reading →
A Friday the 13th in Camden was duly given the heavy metal delivering it deserved as five exciting new bands put on a great show at The Crowndale Club last night. We headed down to see Defences, our New Band of the Week from a couple of weeks ago, and found another female-fronted band that... Continue Reading →
"Heavy, apocalyptic, crushing." These are the three words that Brad Hanson, drummer of death metal band End of Salvation, plucks out of the air when summarising the band's bonecrushingly brutal sound. The five-piece, completed by vocalist Ryan 'Dooders' Duddridge, guitarists Frank Clow and Josh 'Yoshi' Brown, bassist Alec Pearson, are yet another reminder of the... Continue Reading →
As the name suggests, Bring The Onslaught are brilliantly, brutally heavy - and the good news is that things are only going to get heavier from Aylesbury's exciting metalcore newcomers. The five-piece of vocalist Nick Wilshaw, drummer Ben Stacey, guitarist and vocalist Ashley Savage, lead guitarist Jonny Helm and bassist Adam Skinner describe their music... Continue Reading →
Last month we introduced you to the intriguing delights of Windsor rockers You Win Again Gravity as our New Band of the Week, in which we revealed their debut album Anonymity was imminent - and the good news is that's out now, and it's superb. This is an album that symbolises the maturing of a... Continue Reading →
With the seemingly endless subgenres of metal out there these days, it's totally understandable for bands to pinpoint themselves to one of them. But when a band goes all out and embraces as many of them as humanly possible and absolutely nails it, you have to give them the credit they deserve. That's exactly what... Continue Reading →
Deep in the heart of hipster East London, three of the most exciting new up-and-coming British bands put on a show to get the locals' funky beards and purple trousers in a twist at Birthdays in Dalston last night. As an East London (very much non-hipster) resident myself, I was delighted to take the short... Continue Reading →
Windsor rockers You Win Again Gravity freely admit they are something 'a little different to the norm,' combining technical, almost mathy post-hardcore with heavy rock and delicious melodies. The notion of 'new band' is slightly misleading for the quartet of Jack Jennings (vocals and guitar), Daniel Dreelan (guitar and backing vocals), James Mackenzie (drums andb acking vocals), Johnny... Continue Reading →
Instrumental trio Toska have honed a fantastic progressive metal sound that has most recently been labelled "cinematic prog," and earned them a tour across Europe alongside Arcane Roots. The trio of childhood friends Rabea Massaad (guitar), Dave Hollingworth (bass) and Ben Minal (drums) came together over shared growing frustration at not being able to create the kind... Continue Reading →
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