French-Japanese band Re:Instinct blend different musical and cultural backgrounds and influences in a powerful but engaging metal sound that they describe as "intense, emotional and honest."
Introducing: Re:Instinct
Introducing: Baby and the Beats
Belgian band Baby and the Beats deliver songs with meaning in a metal sound that covers themes as varied as romanticism, global warming and war.
Introducing: Paradise Sins
British hard rockers Paradise Sins harness the raw energy of classic rock'n'roll and melodic metal in an engaging sound that they describe as "huge, harmonious and heartfelt."
Introducing: Overture
International band Overture have crafted a thrilling, haunting and provocative metal sound that aims to take the listener on dramatic, theatrical journeys and they describe as "progressive melodic metal."
August New Music Round-Up: CF98, DoorShan, LAFAYETTE, LohArano, Nordstahl, True Devil & Zatokrev
This August music round-up features bands from France, Germany, a brand new country for us in Madagascar, Poland, Switzerland and the United States. So get your weekend started early with a batch of everything from pop-punk and rock to extreme metal from these seven exciting new bands.
Introducing: Morningstar
Wisconsin band Morningstar offers up a cinematic hard rock and melodic metal sound that fuses heavy riffs with symphonic elements and theatrical storytelling.
New Band of the Week: Jason Payne & The Black Leather Riders
They may have the longest band name we've ever featured on the site but rock meets melodic metal newcomers Jason Payne & The Black Leather Riders are giving us plenty more to get excited about.
Introducing: Synaxaria
With a sound rooted in folk and classical music, Belarussian band Synaxaria offer up a deep, atmospheric and dreamy rock meets metal offering that they describe as "romantic melodic metal."
Discover This: Once Awake
Norwegian band Once Alive describe their intoxicating metal sound as "fast, groovy and brutal," which sounds awesome but doesn't even come close to doing justice to how good this band is.
New Band of the Week: Chasing Ghosts
Don't expect the cliché rock songs about drugs, love and girls from exciting British dark rockers Chasing Ghosts. The band explore the human condition with emotive lyrics delivered through haunting vocals against a backdrop of engaging, atmospheric instrumentals in a sound they describe as "dynamic, emotive and cathartic."
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