Bristol band In Fear have cooked up a ferocious metal sound that fuses violent riffs, bonecrushing rhythms and intense vocals with dreamy, atmospheric melodies that they describe as "dreamlike, ominous and dark."
New Band of the Week: In Fear
New Band of the Week: Copehill Down
South Wales band Copehill Down have honed an aggressive and emotionally charged sound that's pushing the boundaries of metalcore.
New Band of the Week: Borders
Lincoln band Borders combine elements of alternative metal, hardcore, grime and hip-hop in a ferocious nu-metalcore sound they describe as "fresh, exciting and heavy."
New Band of the Week: Shadow Smile
Alternative metal band Shadow Smile formed to offer a voice for the voiceless with music that carries a message and meaning to provoke independent thinking.
New Band of the Week: Beneath The Ruin
Liverpool band Beneath The Ruin offer up an intriguing fusion of aggressive metal, Djent grooves and huge breakdowns with engaging vocals, melancholy shoegaze and clean post-rock elements, which they describe as "progressive, melodic and melancholic."
New Band of the Week: Grief Ritual
As someone going through a significant grief process, I can testify that seriously soul-destroyingly heavy music can often be just the tonic. Birmingham trio Grief Ritual offer that in abundance with a fusion of death and black metal, hardcore and metalcore that they describe as "miserable, unrelenting and crushing." Perfect.
New Band of the Week: We Are Many We Are Legion
There aren't too many people whose idea of a dream band is a Slipknot-esque collective backed by a horn section - even this writer, who grew up as a trumpet player. But that's exactly what we get from intriguing new band We Are Many We Are Legion, who describe their fusion of metal and brass as "challenging, uncomfortable and melodic."
Introducing: Crimson Throne
"If you're looking for party riffs, we aren't for you," warns T.H, the frontman of intriguing black metal band Crimson Throne.
New Band of the Week: El Moono
Brighton quartet El Moono offer up a heavy yet melodic fusion of hardcore, post-hardcore, grunge and metal that they intriguingly summarise as sitting "somewhere between Deftones and Kelly Clarkson."
New Band of the Week: Sixth Wonder
Sixth Wonder fuse engaging vocals and choruses with dark, djenty guitars in an infectious progressive metalcore sound they describe as "ethereal, intuitive and technical."
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