Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
From the heart of Canada’s Newfoundland island comes a fascinating, mysterious metal project that represents the brutal nature of planet Earth. Instrumental act IRØNVEIL exists as a conduit for an ancient planetary consciousness known as Miasma, formed when ice first began to claim the Earth billions of years ago.
Hard rock project Criminal Hero blends elements of alternative clarity and punk urgency in a lively, nostalgic sound that they describe as “rhythmic, driven and focused.”
Canadian duo NOXATRA have crafted an engaging and diverse nu-metal sound that fuses impressive vocals with powerful metal elements and they describe as “emotional, unpredictable and catchy.”
Canadian band Doom Stoned have crafted, unsurprisingly, based on the name, a doom meets stoner metal sound that they describe as “raw, ruthless and creative.”
Canadian band The Velvet Supersloths blend heavy rock and groove metal in a hard-hitting sound that they describe as “heavy, groovy and uplifting.”
Our latest edition of new music from bands we’ve previously interviewed brings you new rock, metal and punk tracks to get your weekend started. This month, we’ve got new music by seven bands from Canada, France, Spain and the UK.
Canadian duo In Stone offer up a deliciously in-your-face and groovy rock and metal sound that they describe as “heavy, catchy and rockin’.”
Upon opening up my laptop this morning, the first YouTube suggestion was a VICE video on the story of Papa Roach’s Last Resort. So, once I’d got myself fired up by giving that a listen, it felt like fate to get the day started with some gritty nu-metal that screams of the 2000s from Canadian band Fatal Switch, who describe their hooky sound as “explosive, emotional and unapologetic.”
Canadian duo Dune Reaper met on a construction site and are building a grungey outlet for the burned-out and the overworked. They’ve crafted a gritty and atmospheric rock-meets-metal sound that they describe as “aggressive, dynamic and chaotic.”
Canadian band Light Drawn In offer up an intriguing, diverse sound that toes the line between hard rock, modern metal and nu-metal with electronic elements, and they describe as “unique, energetic and organic.”
Vancouver quartet The Haptics aim to give their listeners the chills with a deliciously dark and engaging grungey post-punk sound that they describe as “noisy and moody.”
With a name like Holy Hell, it’s only fair for us to expect something dramatic, powerful and vicious. And the Canadian newcomers very much deliver on those expectations in an emo-meets-metalcore sound they describe as “emotional, aggressive and epic.”
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