Today, we continue our tour of the world of rock and metal and tick another country off the list by introducing you to Israeli rockers Hartsbane. The band embrace the classic hard rock sound led by the impressive vocals of Lev Kerzhner. The foundations of Hartsbane began with Lev randomly bumped into drummer Aviram, whom... Continue Reading →
New Music Friday Round-Up: 9 November
On the day a metal band, who we're not going to publicly out, released a Christmas song, we totally ignore the fact that Christmas is seven weeks away and give you some deliciously good rock and metal tunes to enjoy instead. This week we've got a couple of new EPs from British metal bands, new... Continue Reading →
New Music Friday Round-Up: 14th September
Happy Friday people, and welcome along to another edition of the latest and greatest new music. Today we bring you some Scottish post-hardcore, chaotic metal, fun pop-punk, a bit of a breather with some Canadian pop-rock and a fix of new hip-hop infused metal. Tenements - What Hasn't Killed You Is Only Getting Stronger (EP)... Continue Reading →
Introducing: GigRadar Playlists
This is the 498th article to be written on GigRadar since I launched the blog/magazine to celebrate the latest and greatest new rock, metal and punk bands two years ago. We've met some amazing bands, been to some brilliant gigs and generally loved discovering the wealth of fantastic up and coming musicians creating great music... Continue Reading →
Gig Review: Cypher16, Defences, Jack The Envious & Parabyss at O2 Academy Islington
On Friday night we headed down to the O2 Academy in Islington to see two of our favourite new bands Defences and Jack The Envious support the mighty Cypher16 alongside the exciting new heavy-hitting Parabyss. I arrived fresh from work with Parabyss already half-way through their set, and it's safe to say that what I heard... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Decrypted
London's emerging tech metalcore band Decrypted began as a project dreamt up by Polish guitarist Martin Luczynski which, thanks to the power of the Internet, has exploded into a truly international melting pot of metal goodness. Having moved to London he set about using online ads on the likes of Bandmix and Gumtree to form... Continue Reading →
Introducing: More Than Machines
A few months back we saw our friends in Jack The Envious support an exciting band called More Than Machines from across the pond in Ireland, and the good news is we've caught up with them to bring their high-energy punk rock into your lives. The Dublin quartet began life back in January 2015 as... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Cuecliché
Just under a year ago Terry Rytz, deep into a nine-year hiatus from music, went along to see Blink-182 perform an acoustic show at The Rose Theatre in Kingston. The show was so good that it inspired him to get back onto the music wagon and a month or so later his new punk rock... Continue Reading →
Gig Review: More Than Machines, Jack The Envious, Your Illumination & Cuecliché
On Saturday night we went along to see our New Band of the Week from last month Jack The Envious rock Surya, in Kings Cross, alongside Irish headliners More Than Machines, Your Illuminations and Cuecliché. The evening was kicked off by Cuecliché - but I have to admit I didn't make it in time for... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Jack The Envious
Post-hardcore rockers Jack The Envious have one of the more interesting background stories we've heard of, with the three founding members having formed the band during their military service back in their homeland of Israel. Jack The Envious started life as vocalist Nir Perlman and guitarist Guy Avnon back in 2011, adding bassist Guy Checkarov... Continue Reading →