Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Our second new EP of 'exciting release review day' is the excellent second EP from Rugby rockers wars As Within // So Without, their first longer form release since debut album around three years ago. And it's been well worth the wait.
Today is exciting release review day - yep, that might not catch on - which kicks off with a preview of Glow, the launch of the second EP from East London's finest Chapter and Verse.
We're beginning to run out of superlatives for High Wycombe sextet As Everything Unfolds, who impress once again with their second EP Closure, which is out on Friday (19 October). Our New Band of the Week exactly one year ago, the band have been making waves on the UK metal scene and Closure offers another reminder... Continue Reading →
Glasgow rockers Tenements are set to unleash their distinctive 2000s post-hardcore throwback sound upon the world with the launch of their debut EP at the end of this month (31 August). We first spoke to the quintet of Darren Coles (vocals), Chris Bennett (guitar and vocals), Callum Nicolson (guitar), Malcolm Robb (bass) and Jamie Whiteside (drums... Continue Reading →
Hull tech metal quartet Dividium are quite the metal melting pot, fusing huge mathy guitars and delicious solos with a kaleidoscope of vocal offerings, from classic metal vocals through to intense screams. Dividium began life as a project between vocalist Neil Bailey and guitarist Peter Delaney, who later added drummer James Coggin and bassist Joel... Continue Reading →
Rock newcomers In The Cards have come a long way from their days as school friends in the Midlands town of Stoke-on-Trent. Their delicious combination of soaring melodies, energetic choruses and moments of heaviness is now just weeks away from being unleashed upon the ears of the world with their debut EP. The quartet of Amy... Continue Reading →
Taking a break out of avoiding salvaging ships in the aftermath of a European wall being erected by Donald Trump in 2025, we being to your attention of musical duo Go Gracious. In their words, they are "the only 2-piece pop rock band that has an exclusive time-travelling, extra-terrestrial membership. We define ourselves as liars."... Continue Reading →
Scottish rockers Playing With Punkarella have had an eventful existence in terms of comings and goings, but seem to have settled into life as a rock duo. The current line-up of multi-instrumentalist Lee Blades and vocalist Kimberley Thomson cracked on with things as a duo a few years ago and have remained that way since,... Continue Reading →
Bedfordshire's finest SEASONS return with a brilliant new record that takes their fusion of delicious rocky riffs with approachable, catchy vocals to another level this Friday (20 April). One of our first New Bands of the Week way back in October 2016, the band's third EP demonstrates their evolution both as band members and with... Continue Reading →
The unmistakable raucous punk sound of south London's Pretty Pistol returns with a second EP that sees the London band stamp their mark on the UK's punk scene. Led by the trademark vocal attack of frontwoman Laura Le Rox alongside Billy Larsen (guitar), Rich Cooper (bass) and Emma Waller (drums), our New Band of the... Continue Reading →
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