Brand new California band Loose Ends have honed a power pop-punk sound that they refer to as "grown-ass pop-punk."
Introducing: Loose Ends
New Band of the Week: Basement League
East London-based Basement League have built on a pop-punk and emo foundation with heavy guitar influences and catchy, harmonic dual vocals.
Introducing: We Demand Parachutes
Maine trio We Demand Parachutes have honed an engaging nostalgic pop-punk sound injected with the band's own modern take on a wide range of genres.
Introducing: NEMOPHILA
Intriguing new Japanese metal band NEMOPHILA offer up an intoxicating yet fierce sound they summarise as "soft and fluffy hell."
Introducing: RODERIK
Thrilling new American band RODERIK offer up an emo meets post-hardcore sound they describe as "passionate, metaphorical and ever-changing."
Introducing: Waking The Sleeping Bear
French rapcore meets neo metal is a music genre we're fairly sure you've not heard too much of. But if Waking The Sleeping Bear are anything to go by, it's something we all need a little bit more of in our lives.
Introducing: Ashes of Autumn
Exciting new Australian rockers Ashes of Autumn offer up a deliciously high-octane hard rock sound that blends powerful vocals with explosive melodies, which they describe as being "dynamic, accessible and organic."
New Band of the Week: Memorist
Exciting emerging British band Memorist have conjured up an epically dramatic sound that fuses metalcore and nu-metal foundations with influences from cinematic composers and electronic music.
Introducing: Plant My Bones
Finnish trio Plant My Bones offer up a thrilling sound that harnesses influences from across the rock and metal spectrum. The band combines prog rock influences, modern metal riffing and multi-layered harmonies alongside stunning vocals that, in their words, packs "maximal amounts of whoopass mayhem shabang."
Introducing: Rockford
Dutch newcomers Rockford offer up a slice of raw, intoxicating grunge rock that sounds like it could have feasibly stepped right out of the genre's 1990s heyday.
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