Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We've covered a few exciting young musicians over the last few years, but 12-year-old metal guitarist TreBell08 is easily the youngest. Furthermore, the young Canadian believes he's part of a thrilling new generation of metal musicians with the world at the fingertips.
One of the best - if not the best - things about music is the power it has to change the way you feel, both in the sound of the instrumentals and in the meaning of the lyrics. Glasgow newcomers Bearers are a perfect example of this, and it's safe to say that their powerful yet engagingly melodic metal sound takes you through a cycle of emotions and feelings.
Expect a real melting pot of sounds from Tallahassee, Florida, metal machine Defy The Tyrant. The band fuse high-octane heavy rock with soaring screams and rapped vocals to, in their words, "redefine what 'alternative metal' means." The band's original lineup formed around five years ago, but the current members came together just under two years ago.... Continue Reading →
Having eased people into their alternative-rock meets metal sound with their debut EP, Merseyside/Chesire rockers Salt Hill have ripped the lid off their experimental edge with their superb new single Summit.
The term blackened sludge alone told us to expect something dark and dirty from Polish band Mary and the Highwalkers. But what we encountered was something beyond our wildest dreams.
Prepare yourself for a Spanish juggernaut of seriously heavy yet strangely catchy metal in the form of Childrain - who just so happen to be the first band we've spoken to from the Basque region.
All-out, full-on melodic hardcore at its finest is tinged with sadness and reflection upon the release of the debut EP of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, band Northern Remains.
The tag of unique is thrown around far too easily not just in music but in all areas of our lives. But in South Auckland's Shepherds Reign we think we've found a band that absolutely fits that moniker.
Having harnessed the influences of old school rock and metal with the power of nu-metal and added their own unique atmosphere on top, Ukrainian band Chasing Embers have conjured up an intriguing, dark metal sound.
Telling us that your brand new metal band is "as metal as metal gets" is a surefire way to get our musical antennae to full attention.
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