Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Today, we have reached the milestone of the 1,000th article to be published on GigRadar. Since setting the site up from scratch in August 2016, we've covered new bands from all over the world and I'm pleased to say that numbers are only on the rise.
Bristol's Cosmic Ninja have honed an intriguing fusion of rock, electronica and dance music that we can't quite pigeonhole into a particular genre, but they summarise with the three E's of 'energetic, eclectic and exciting.'
Scotland has a great track record for producing alternative-rock bands and Glasgow's Banshee continue this tradition with their high energy, catchy riffs and engaging, powerful vocals. The quartet of Erin Donnachie (vocals), Gavin Williams (guitar), Gianluca Demelas (drums) and Liam Walker (bass) all met through mutual friends and have played for several years, but only... Continue Reading →
Newcastle quartet Holding Out have honed an exciting punk fuelled rock sound that they describe as "unpredictable, shouty and fun" - which should have you hooked already.
Never ones to be constrained to musical norms, Hampshire quartet Reventure have perfectly fused elements of electronica, rock, rap and metal to form a sound that reinvents itself from song to song. The Reventure venture began back in 2010 as four schoolfriends united in their lack of interest in playing football at the weekends, love of... Continue Reading →
The intrigue of Brighton-based newcomers Operation Kino (OP:K) isn't just sharing a band name with a plot to kill Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis, on which the Tarantino film Inglorious Basterds was based. Drummer Max Griffin describes their music as: "Like a lion with snakes as legs; sounds terrifying on paper but in reality it’s hilarious,"... Continue Reading →
Dartford-based trance-metal six-piece Silent Descent are back from a four-year hiatus with a new album oozing in heaviness. Fusing metal and synth, with hugely catchy riffs, big guitar solos and booming drums, the band has lovingly been monikered 'Enter Shikari for sweaty goths.' This tag is apt now given the Hertfordshire band's disgusting new pop... Continue Reading →
A band that claims to be "the new breed, the new generation" in their first song on their debut EP has a lot to live up to. But London's The One Hundred back that claim up in abundance, and are all set to be one of the hottest bands around in 2017. The four piece's unique electr0-metal... Continue Reading →
University has a funny knack of throwing together people that inspire each other to achieve things that aren't necessarily related to their studies. After all, the founders of Google met each other at Stanford University and still haven't graduated, nor will they ever need to. While this may be a tenuous link, the members of female-fronted... Continue Reading →
British metal music - in whatever guise you wish to label it, from metalcore and melodic hardcore to post-hardcore - is in a pretty good place right now. The likes of Bring Me The Horizon, Architects, Asking Alexandria, Enter Shikari to name just a few have put it on the map, and we're now seeing a whole new generation... Continue Reading →
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