East Midlands band Head Cloud offer up a deliciously heavy yet mellow grunge-gaze sound that draws on elements of 90s grunge, shoegaze and post-hardcore.
New Band of the Week: Head Cloud
Introducing: Inside The Trojan Horse
Mysterious American newcomers Inside The Trojan Horse have honed a thrilling, atmospheric hard rock and punk metal-tinged sound that they describe as a "pure, reflective release."
Introducing: Die Tired
American band Die Tired derived their name from the old Marines adage, "You can run, but you’ll just die tired," and adapted it into a punk rock "carpe diem" methodology.
Introducing: KuF
Hard rock band KuF is on a mission to restore old-school rock vibes having recently relaunched more than 20 years since their first emergence.
Introducing: àn chu
Prepare yourself for a "a dark and disturbing musical journey" with Swiss extreme ambient metal solo artist àn chu, who fuses metal elements with the use of traditional Chinese musical instruments. The result is a fascinating sound that he describes as "dark, disturbing and oppressive."
Introducing: Extra Band
Something a little different to our norm today as we introduce a legendary Czech rock band Extra Band, who started making music before I was born and describe their sound as "energetic, melodic and liberating."
Introducing: Jumpscare
Italian band Jumpscare have concocted an epic groove metal sound that they describe as "powerful, melodic and deep." Indeed, the name Jumpscare was chosen as it draws inspiration from a cinematic technique to evoke strong emotions and psychological elements that play on anticipation, fear and curiosity.
Introducing: Nothisera
Portuguese band Nothisera was formed with the goal of creating innovative music that would entertain but also challenge the minds of listeners.
New Band of the Week: Alchemize
If we had to pick two genres that probably wouldn't work together, R&B and metal would likely be good contenders. But Manchester band Alchemize have fused the two, while taking on the added complexity of having three vocalists.
Introducing: Incantus
North East England rockers Incantus aim to get your head banging with a smile on your face and a groove in your soul with a metal, groove and doom-laced metal sound that they describe as "frantic hooky riffage."
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