Welsh band House Of Hosts have honed a deliciously intense, emotionally charged and anthemic modern metal sound that they describe as "Bangin'" and "thicc, sexy and dirty."
New Band of the Week: House Of Hosts
Introducing: Cataclysmic
Promising newcomers Cataclysmic fully embody their violent name with an angsty, chunky riff-laden, moshpit-instigating nu-metalcore sound that they describe as "heavy and pissed off" and "in your face."
Introducing: FiveSidedDice
If there's a single country we could pick out as intriguing based on not discovering any artists from the nation and lacking any understanding of their rock/metal scene, it would be South Africa. But we're putting that right today with multi-genre music project FiveSidedDice, who describe their rock meets nu-metal sound as "colourful, enigmatic and transformative."
New Band of the Week: Kurbside Villain
Bristol band Kurbside Villain have crafted a captivating alternative rock sound that combines catchy melodies and gritty guitar riffs and they describe as "raucous, spikey and unapologetic."
Introducing: Deflecting Ghosts
Kansas band Deflecting Ghosts have made somewhat of a family affair of their modern yet nostalgic rock sound inspired by personal pain and tragedy, which they describe as "real, passionate, and honest."
Introducing: Unnerve
Dutch band Unnerve offer up a vicious concoction of metalcore, deathcore, nu-metal and grunge as aggressive vocals and relentlessly heavy riffs form a sound they describe as "groovy, chaotic and cathartic."
July New Music Round-Up: BeastKiller, Don’t Tell John, Faeser, Giant’s Knife, Horizons Demise, HRFTR and ONE FALL
We’ve been using music discovery platform Groover to find new rock and metal bands from all around the world for several months now. In order to carry out interviews for our articles, we have to send an email to the bands and, sometimes, they don’t respond to our requests. So we routinely put together a review of those that go unanswered.
Introducing: Cult Of Aurora
Italian band Cult Of Aurora aim to bring a touch of 2000s nostalgia with a distinctive brand of alternative rock meets modern metal that they describe as "introspective, energetic and mystic."
Introducing: White Cloud Fire
Finnish band White Cloud Fire have crafted the type of thrilling rock sound that you can't help by want to belt out at the top of your lungs, led by powerful vocals and packed with heavy riffing.
Introducing: Dollflesh
Brazilian newcomers Dollflesh are on a mission to reject labels and embrace creative chaos, fracture, disturb and bring rust to an age of polished music with a sound deeply rooted in metal and electronic music.
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