Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
This has been a long time coming but the wait for new music from Rugby's finest wars has been more than worth it. The metal quintet, our New Band of the Week last July, have today released new single Little Death, their first new material since debut album We Are Islands, After All. And it's awesome.... Continue Reading →
For every epic theme song to kids' TV shows like The Hurricanes, Animals of Farthing Wood, The Raccoons and The Moomins, there's a whole host of absolute dross teaching the next generation bad musical habits. And this is an issue that's not been lost on Slay Duggee, who've come up with a game-changing concept of 'metal... Continue Reading →
Italian symphonic death metal quartet Genus Ordinis Dei are a fascinating proposition, having honed an exciting sound that fuses heavy metal with more delicate, often haunting orchestral instrumentals. Furthermore, their music is largely inspired by their alternative take on passages of the Bible, which fuels the intrigue. The quartet of Nick K (vocals and guitars), Tommy... Continue Reading →
When you think about the Caribbean island of Trinidad hard-hitting, frenetic metal meets rock'n'roll is probably not the first thing that comes to mind, but Hail The Hatter are out to change all of that. With commanding vocals that evoke memories of rock greats like Ozzy Osbourne and Axl Rose, big chunky riffs and huge... Continue Reading →
Andover band Bitter Divide have been described by some as providing 'the UK's missing link between rock and metal,' due to the band's infectious rocky vocals amid a backdrop of metal riffs, solos and driving drums. No pressure there then. The quintet of Mojo (vocals), Si (lead guitar), Dave (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), Russ... Continue Reading →
Back in February, we attended a pretty epic day-long celebration of all things prog metal, and discovered an intriguing band called Opensight. The London-based quartet have crafted what they describe as 'film music' based on 'spy themes.' As frontman Ivan David Amaya explains: "People have used those words to describe us because of Opensight being... Continue Reading →
Emerging metal juggernaut Cove signed off their UK tour with a bang as three exciting new British bands put on a great show of rock meets full-on brutal metal at Thousand Island, in Islington, London, last night. This was my first visit to the venue since it rebranded from being simply 'upstairs at The Garage' and... Continue Reading →
Wisconsin band Casket Robbery's name alone has us excited, but taking a listen to their intensely heavy yet strangely catchy killer death metal riffs and pounding drums has us hooked. The quartet of vocalist Megan Orvold, guitarists Cory Scheider and Jeremy Kohnmann, and bassist Derek Silloway have a growing reputation State-side for their trademark brutal metal... Continue Reading →
Hereford rockers KinStrife bring all that's good about classic rock and metal and smash them together with influences of more modern rock, which they hope will break down their hometown's inhabitants love for cover songs. The band, whose name comes from a disastrous civil war in Gondor in Lord of the Rings, was founded back... Continue Reading →
Intense nudity and Capri Suns, stagnating water and chicken blood, witches and... mist. These wild and wonderful talking points sound like the musings of a madman, which they may very well be, but they're also a few of the more random topics that come up when we spoke to 'damaged sludge metal two-piece hog punching... Continue Reading →
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