Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Manchester has a rich history for producing great new rock bands, and I'm delighted to say it's at it again with the emergence of fresh new indie rockers The Covasettes. The quartet of Chris Buxton (lead vocals and guitar), Matt Hewlett (lead guitar and vocals), Jamie McIntyre (bass and vocals) and Matt Buckley (drums / percussion)... Continue Reading →
With the seemingly endless subgenres of metal out there these days, it's totally understandable for bands to pinpoint themselves to one of them. But when a band goes all out and embraces as many of them as humanly possible and absolutely nails it, you have to give them the credit they deserve. That's exactly what... Continue Reading →
When asked to describe their fuzzy pop-rock sound to us, London / Brighton-based Beach Riot summarise it as "loud, hooky and sweaty," which sounded pretty damn good to us. The quartet of Rory O'Connor (guitars, vocals and songwriter), Cami Menditeguy (guitar and vocals), Jim Faulkner (bass and vocals) and Jonny Ross (drums) formed in February and... Continue Reading →
Windsor rockers You Win Again Gravity freely admit they are something 'a little different to the norm,' combining technical, almost mathy post-hardcore with heavy rock and delicious melodies. The notion of 'new band' is slightly misleading for the quartet of Jack Jennings (vocals and guitar), Daniel Dreelan (guitar and backing vocals), James Mackenzie (drums andb acking vocals), Johnny... Continue Reading →
Norwich rockers Prey Drive are right up with there as one of the most exciting new bands we've discovered in our last year of promoting new bands. The band has an impressive knack for writing engaging rock tracks built around their guitar-led sound - which has you baffled as to how they only have one... Continue Reading →
"Really fucking loud," says Creature frontman Sam Avery when asked to describe his band's sound, and he's not far wrong. If you've been craving a fuzzy, grungey Nirvana-like sound for the last 20-odd years, then this exciting Newcastle trio are certainly the cure to your urges. Awesome fuzzy guitar sounds are fused with Sam's infectious... Continue Reading →
Our New Band of the Week feature has been away for a little while, so to mark its return with a bang it's time for something awesomely heavy in the form of Derby quintet The Cartographer. The band fuses huge riffs, djent, screamed vocals and wild driving drums to form their brutal metal sound, which... Continue Reading →
The first time I checked out Glasgow's Donnie Willow I was instantly hooked by their fusion of hooky guitar riffs and vocals, and alt-rock meets hardcore sound. Then, having found them on Facebook, I became obsessed with one of their fans' comments, which claimed that their new EP Exhibition is "like listening to Elton John... Continue Reading →
If you've made the wise choice to head to 2000 Trees this weekend then you'll want to add 12.25pm on Friday at The Cave Stage to your Clashfinder, because mighty Rugby-based rockers wars are a must-see act on this year's line-up. The band has mastered the art of merging brutal screamed vocals with huge riffs... Continue Reading →
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