Exciting newcomers Cage Fight offer up an aggressive concoction of thrash metal and hardcore punk, which fuses vicious vocals and powerful riffs and rhythms loaded with visceral rage.
New Band of the Week: Cage Fight
New Band of the Week: When They Riot
Leeds-based band When They Riot have honed a grungey sound that offers a nod to 90s alternative rock fused with a new, raw flavour.
Introducing: Finding Aurora
South Wales band Finding Aurora offer up a grungy, engaging garage rock sound that began as a bedroom project and has retained its raw but powerful edge by keeping things simple.
New Band of the Week: Centuries
London band Centuries have conjured up a brutally heavy post-metalcore sound that swiftly pushes them into the higher echelons of the exciting British metal scene.
New Band of the Week: 26th Avenue
Brighton indie rockers 26th Avenue aims to inspire people to overcome hardships in life with a mantra of "we're young, we're loud, and we're determined," which they try to capture in every track.
Introducing: Maya Lakhani
Surrey-based Maya Lakhani was inspired to go it alone as a solo rock artist when the pandemic hit and made it impossible to start up a new band.
New Band of the Week: NO:IR
The resurgence of nu-metal is very much alive and kicking with the menacingly atmospheric sound of Bristol band NO:IR.
New Band of the Week: Switchdown
Leicester trio Switchdown offer up a fun and bouncy punk-infused alternative rock sound that's big on energy and feisty riffs.
Introducing: Monasteries
If you happened to be on the lookout for the heaviest new UK metal band then Monasteries would probably be a good place to start.
New Band of the Week: Majin
Deathcore sextet Majin will cast a spell over you with their punishing, brutal cyberpunk influenced sound that they describe as "forward thinking groove" and "deathcore in technicolour."
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