Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Christmas Eve it may be but Nottingham metalcore outfit Black Ink are not feeling the festive spirit with the release of their 'Christmas single' Lights Out, which was released on Friday (22 December). What it lacks in hollies and berries, tinsel and sparkle this track more than makes up for in booming metal guitars and... Continue Reading →
One of the genres I've really enjoyed exploring over the last year or so is technical metal aka Tech-Metal, and south coast rockers Core Of iO are an intriguing example of this emerging genre. The quartet met at a music college a few years ago and formed out of a desire to create interesting and... Continue Reading →
The intrigue of Brighton-based newcomers Operation Kino (OP:K) isn't just sharing a band name with a plot to kill Adolf Hitler and other high-ranking Nazis, on which the Tarantino film Inglorious Basterds was based. Drummer Max Griffin describes their music as: "Like a lion with snakes as legs; sounds terrifying on paper but in reality it’s hilarious,"... Continue Reading →
Bristol rockers From Idols To Ashes' exciting hard-hitting post-hardcore sound is back with the release of new single Justified. The track, which in typical FITA style is built around big guitar riffs from Aaron Daniel, builds on the success of this year's EP Scare Tactics, which we featured when they were our New Band of... Continue Reading →
The pure dark metal heaviness that's launched upon us in the form of Grantham, Lincolnshire's Miscreant is truly terrifying, yet utterly brilliant. The quartet of Harvey Jaffrey (vocals), Craig Massie (guitar), Jake Bilton (bass) and George Topham (drums) have fused an intense sound of huge screamed vocals built around booming guitar riffs and basslines and... Continue Reading →
London's emerging tech metalcore band Decrypted began as a project dreamt up by Polish guitarist Martin Luczynski which, thanks to the power of the Internet, has exploded into a truly international melting pot of metal goodness. Having moved to London he set about using online ads on the likes of Bandmix and Gumtree to form... Continue Reading →
Dartford-based trance-metal six-piece Silent Descent are back from a four-year hiatus with a new album oozing in heaviness. Fusing metal and synth, with hugely catchy riffs, big guitar solos and booming drums, the band has lovingly been monikered 'Enter Shikari for sweaty goths.' This tag is apt now given the Hertfordshire band's disgusting new pop... Continue Reading →
Having been our New Band of the Week back in June I've been excited about the potential of Kingston-upon-Thames trio Harbour Sharks for a while now. But the debut album released by Jack Morris (vocals and bass), Rob Rees (guitars) and Richard Hemley (drums) yesterday is even more special than I was expecting. I was well... Continue Reading →
A Friday the 13th in Camden was duly given the heavy metal delivering it deserved as five exciting new bands put on a great show at The Crowndale Club last night. We headed down to see Defences, our New Band of the Week from a couple of weeks ago, and found another female-fronted band that... Continue Reading →
French metal isn't a genre we've delved too far into, but if Parisian metalcore quintet DVWKINS are anything to go by then perhaps we all really should. The five-piece have created a powerful yet melodic sound that deliciously contrasts between the clean vocals of lead singer Djoul and guitarist Antonin's screams, with a big metalcore... Continue Reading →
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