Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
We’re ticking another country off the map today by introducing you to an awesome new metalcore band out of New Zealand, Crooked Royals. The Auckland five-piece are everything you could … Continue reading Introducing: Crooked Royals
Kent metalcore quintet Cove are about to blow away the UK metal scene with an EP that is crushingly brilliant. The five-piece, our New Band of the Week last month, have … Continue reading EP Review: Cove – A Conscious Motion
The new-found more melodic edge to Bristol metalcore band Backroads today comes to fruition with the launch of debut EP Faith Left Me, You Did Too. But don’t be fooled … Continue reading EP Review: Backroads – Faith Left Me, You Did Too
We first discovered six-piece metalcore band These Thousand Hills almost a year ago, when they delivered a crushing opening set at the O2 Academy Islington 2 ahead of Esprit d’Air … Continue reading Single Review: These Thousand Hills – Masquerade
There’s an element of diversity in the sound of hardcore Plymouth newcomers Carrier that even the most open-minded metal fan would be surprised by. Their hard-hitting metalcore is offset by … Continue reading New Band of the Week: Carrier
We’ve found a whole host of exciting new Italian bands over the last year, but by far the heaviest yet is Turin-based Forbidden Seasons. The quintet of not very Italian … Continue reading Introducing: Forbidden Seasons
Bristol’s Backroads have honed a lyrically charged hard-hitting metalcore sound that packs an intriguing punch with a newly found more melodic contrast. The quintet began with college course pals Eddie Craven … Continue reading Introducing: Backroads
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 … Continue reading Introducing: Black Ink
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 … Continue reading Introducing: Decrypted
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 … Continue reading Gig Review: As Everything Unfolds, Defences, Erasea, Culling The Pantheon & Death Goals
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 … Continue reading Introducing: DVWKINS
As the name suggests, Bring The Onslaught are brilliantly, brutally heavy – and the good news is that things are only going to get heavier from Aylesbury’s exciting metalcore newcomers. … Continue reading New Band of the Week: Bring The Onslaught
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