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.”

Strayers

Introducing: Strayers

British quartet Strayers offer up a nostalgic infatuation of alternative 90s and 2000s sounds and aesthetics that aims to be equal parts tongue-in-cheek fun and emotionally wrought. The band have crafted a deliciously feisty and grungey sound that they describe as “raw, catchy and loud.”

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.”

Novaghost

New Band of the Week: Novaghost

British band Novaghost have crafted a diverse “future metal” sound, fusing heavy riffs, dreamy synths and soaring vocals in a metalcore approach they describe as “aggression, atmosphere and purpose.”

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.”

Viatorem

New Band of the Week: Viatorem

London band Viatorem pair intense, groovy and unrelenting metalcore and hardcore influences with outspoken political messages in a sound that they describe as “ungovernable , unfiltered and unwavering.”