Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Pop-rock newcomers BXRRELL have crafted an engaging sound that combines catchy rock with an emo edge and modern pop sensibilities. Critically, they also portray a message about the sad state of affairs with continued misogynistic abuse in the music industry and online.
These Northern Irish newcomers may go by the name Quiet Neighbours, but we suspect you'd be issuing your fair share of noise complaints if you had them living next door to you.
Bradford trio Drella combine gritty guitars and acutely politicised lyrics in a catchy punky rock sound that they describe as "powerful, political and energetic."
Our latest Music Industry post focuses on Quadri Haruna, the Creative Director of QH Sound, a Kent-based music startup that aims to promote unsigned musicians.
Birmingham band TNL VZN have crafted an engaging fusion of grungy rock and mellow shoegaze that they describe as "serene, nostalgic and aggressive."
Doom rules as three titans of the Greek metal world join forces in the new band Distorted Reflection, who summarise their approach as "heavy, doom, epic."
Bristol newcomers LOVELOST aim to give old-school emo a modern twist in a sound they describe as "emotive, vulnerable and energetic."
Marc Newby, a self-confessed "36-year-old cat dad from Ipswich," is a solo artist whose music is a little lighter than the War Waves days but retains the lyrical excellence.
London-based trio Electron fuse elements of grunge, hard rock, metal and nu-metal in an intense but engaging sound that they describe as "vicious, ferocious and unapologetic."
German duo FLOYA offer up music's version of cheese and chocolate in a gorgeous fusion of rock and EDM that oozes positivity and they describe as "ecstatic, celebratory and conscious."
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