Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
French metal band Dukkha offer up a diverse combination of brutal heavy-polyrhythmic and djent guitars with melodic ambiences, which they describe as "raw, powerful and meaningful." The Lyon band was formed in 2016 by Julien Sartorius (vocals) and Maxim Payot (guitar). They were swiftly joined by Fabien Belissard (guitar) before the band composed its first... Continue Reading →
Tuck into a feast of Dutch punk rock as we introduce you to not one but two new bands. That's because Nijmegen punk bands Ink Bomb and No Breakfast Goodbye are taking the unusual step of releasing a split EP, so we thought we'd write a split article.
New Jersey trio latewaves have honed a somewhat schizophrenic but highly engaging sound that fuses late 90s rock and pop-punk, 2000s emo, hair metal choruses and modern songwriting, which they describe as "fun, energetic and introspective."
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.
In the west end of Toronto, a congealed mess of discordant sound, disparate musical influences and disturbed ramblings is lurking, waiting for its opportunity to corrupt innocent minds. This thrashing punk-laced cut of the rarest hardcore is more commonly known as The Slime.
Exciting Danish metalcore newcomers ARCHON have created a stunningly heavy, atmospheric and experimental sound that they describe as being "brutal, mellow, ambient and graceful."
German death thrash metal band Bloodbeat bring us thrashing aggression through savage death metal riffs and crushing rhythms in a sound they summarize as "raw, old-school and mosh-friendly."
Like many new music projects, West Coast band Dig The Grave is the product of necessity formed during the pandemic.
Part-time Norwegian indie-punks as they are known, The Modern Times hosts a hybrid of original and jagged post-punk with a garage-band aura.
Get your weekend off to an epic start with the powerful metal sound of Thorium, who hail from Belgium and the Netherlands.
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