Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Having grown up in Herefordshire, it's not too often I discover a new band that hails from the same rural location. However, the brilliantly named Your Future Is Metal is one such band, which started out back in 2011 but gradually evolved through to the current project that began in 2020.
London duo The Survival Code offer up a deliciously riff-heavy and catchy rock sound that they describe as "powerful, melodious and energetic." And the band has plenty of content to treat your ears to, as they trickle their new album out with one song released every month of 2023.
Indeed, Barcelona-based melodic death metal band Worth is only the sixth Spanish band we've covered and the first since March 2021 - but it's been well worth the wait (pardon the pun).
Welsh newcomers Guilty Party will have you reminiscing about your rebellious days of raiding Bargain Booze, "Ibiza deep cuts" and crashing rich kids' parties with a catchy, melodic and relatable rock sound they describe as "hooky, fat and honest."
Intriguing new British band Swarm6ix have fused metal and trap with a sprinkling of nu-metal in an intense and engaging futuristic sound they describe as "trap, goth and primal."
Cambridge trio Past The Fall have honed an explosive and captivating groove metal sound that they describe as "melodic, heavy and groovey."
Italian masked collective Hurricane On Saturn combine metal, rap and electronic elements in a sound they describe as "unpredictable, unconventional and solid" and with which they "just want to destroy peoples' brains."
German metalcore collective Half Me have honed a hard-hitting and thought-provoking sound that they describe as being "rough, dynamic and bitter."
Greek newcomers Oceandvst have honed a catchy and engaging sound that toes the line between pop-punk, rock and alternative and they intriguingly describe as "darkness with colours."
Exciting London newcomers Tether. offer up a modern spin on post-hardcore with a furiously feisty and intense but engaging sound that they describe as "energetic, cathartic and inspirational."
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