Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
English newcomers The Villains Have Wings have played music together all their lives before building up to their latest project, in which they’ve crafted a thrilling riff-laden metal sound they describe as “authentic and progressive.”
Welsh band House Of Hosts have honed a deliciously intense, emotionally charged and anthemic modern metal sound that they describe as “Bangin'” and “thicc, sexy and dirty.”
Promising newcomers Cataclysmic fully embody their violent name with an angsty, chunky riff-laden, moshpit-instigating nu-metalcore sound that they describe as “heavy and pissed off” and “in your face.”
If there’s a single country we could pick out as intriguing based on not discovering any artists from the nation and lacking any understanding of their rock/metal scene, it would be South Africa. But we’re putting that right today with multi-genre music project FiveSidedDice, who describe their rock meets nu-metal sound as “colourful, enigmatic and transformative.”
Dutch band Unnerve offer up a vicious concoction of metalcore, deathcore, nu-metal and grunge as aggressive vocals and relentlessly heavy riffs form a sound they describe as “groovy, chaotic and cathartic.”
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.
Italian band Cult Of Aurora aim to bring a touch of 2000s nostalgia with a distinctive brand of alternative rock meets modern metal that they describe as “introspective, energetic and mystic.”
We love a good comeback story, and that’s very much the case with Swedish extreme metal supremos Disruption, who describe their sound as “aggressive, energetic whiplash.”
Brazilian newcomers Dollflesh are on a mission to reject labels and embrace creative chaos, fracture, disturb and bring rust to an age of polished music with a sound deeply rooted in metal and electronic music.
French band Oïkoumen have honed a fascinating sound that marries metal with progressive, orchestral and symphonic elements, which they describe as “powerful, breathless and moving.”
Swiss rockers Rebel Rose fuse powerful vocals and delicious classic hard rock meets heavy metal goodness in a thrilling sound they describe as “passionate, classic and modern.”
Prepare to have your musical senses thrilled yet potentially slightly confused by the enthralling, experimental and diverse electronic noir alt-rock sound of Romania’s June Turns Black, who describe their music as “pain, electronic and personal.”
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