Italian band BRAILLE fuse crushing riffs and intense vocals in a powerful post-hardcore meets melodic hardcore sound that they describe as "sad, reflective and tormented."
July New Music Round-Up: BeastKiller, Don’t Tell John, Faeser, Giant’s Knife, Horizons Demise, HRFTR and ONE FALL
We’ve been using music discovery platform Groover to find new rock and metal bands from all around the world for several months now. In order to carry out interviews for our articles, we have to send an email to the bands and, sometimes, they don’t respond to our requests. So we routinely put together a review of those that go unanswered.
Introducing: R.A.I.D.
Indian band R.A.I.D. (Rueban And the Imperium Division) have crafted a brutish melodic hardcore meets death metal sound that they describe as "positive, hardcore and groove."
Introducing: Rivers Collide
German band Rivers Collide draw on the energy of 2000s metal, hardcore and progressive elements to hone a thrilling sound that will most certainly appeal to people of a certain age.
New Band of the Week: HELL CAN WAIT
Brighton melodic hardcore act HELL CAN WAIT are leading the revival of UK melodic hardcore, perfecting a powerful and emotive sound that they describe as "sincere, evocative and earnest." The lineup of Luke (vocals), Leon and DJ (guitars), James (bass) and Jordan (drums) all grew up in the same metal and alternative circles and formed... Continue Reading →
Introducing: allcaps.
Having initially crafted an emo and pop-punk vibe, allcaps. are drifting towards more of a melodic hardcore sound that they summarise as "Emo + Pop-Punk = Fun."
Introducing: Windshelter
Swiss band Windshelter have honed an intoxicating sound that fuses the intensity of post-hardcore with more melodic, almost emo elements that they describe as "deep, energetic and mindful."
New Band of the Week: The Escape Artist
Hull band The Escape Artist have honed an intense and immersive yet extremely diverse melodic hardcore sound , which they describe as "aggressive, atmospheric and emotional."
New Band of the Week: Defeatist
It's often easy to pigeonhole bands into specific genres but Cardiff's Defeatist are example of why we should keep an open mind.
Introducing: Moments
Belgium is one of the most exciting new hotbeds of metal that we've only recently discovered, and we've found another great new band to add to it in hard-hitting metal quintet Moments.