Glasgow newcomers Quotes of the Dead offer up a diverse rock sound that, if it were a person, would be a candidate for being locked up in a madhouse.
New Band of the Week: Sobriquet
Sheffield band Sobriquet have honed a thrilling post-hardcore sound that fuses moments of melody with eccentric, hard-hitting aggression and huge amounts of energy.
New Band of the Week: District 13
London rockers District 13 introduced themselves to us as Black Sabbath meets The Ramones, while revealing that frontman Jon Wild has been described as a cross between Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious. So we, of course, had no option but to explore further.
New Band of the Week: Trayus
Bristol's Trayus are in the midst of an intriguing musical shift that's taking them from a sound that harks back to the classic metal greats to a far heavier, infectiously savage metalcore approach. The quartet of Alex Bennett (vocals), Seb Filtness (guitar), Ryan Pountney (bass) and James Gray (drums) formed from the ashes of a... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: Cosmic Ninja
Bristol's Cosmic Ninja have honed an intriguing fusion of rock, electronica and dance music that we can't quite pigeonhole into a particular genre, but they summarise with the three E's of 'energetic, eclectic and exciting.'
New Band of the Week: River Hounds
Fresh from recording a live studio session at the famous Abbey Road Studios, London's River Hounds are one of the most exciting new bands on the UK rock scene.
New Band of the Week: Blanchard
The emergence of Lancaster/Chesterfield-based band Blanchard evokes happy memories of former Juventus midfielder Jocelyn Blanchard.
New Band of the Week: Mr Ted
With Liverpool having been crowned Kings of Europe on Saturday, we thought we'd celebrate with an exciting new band from the Merseyside area. Mr Ted is the latest in a series of intriguing bands from the Liverpool area, the so-called "rise of Scrunge" that they relate to the Seattle grunge uprising of the 19080s and 90s.
New Band of the Week: VEXED
One of the most exciting talents on the British metal scene has now graced our New Band of the Week feature not once but twice.
New Band of the Week: Valensole
The raucous, energetic sound of Southampton rockers Valensole is one that we firmly believe makes them one of the most exciting new rock bands we've encountered recently.