Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Making music in the Ukraine, with the ongoing conflict started by Russia, is one of the most severe challenges we can imagine. But Ukrainian solo artist INVISIBLE KIDS is delivering great new music while providing critical support to the Ukrainian armed forces. In doing so, he offers up a raw and grungey metal sound that's big on experimentation, and he describes as "atmosphere, concept, and groove."
Indianapolis hard-hitters Church Tongue conjure up a vicious concoction of complex, breakneck, uncompromising and utterly brilliant metalcore that they describe as "dark, melodic, and fast."
French band VISAVIS take us on a wild groove metal ride that flows through catchy riffs and vocals with unexpected electronic elements along the way, in a sound they describe as "Fresh Heavy Sludge."
Toronto newcomers Slow Motion Victory have cracked the perfect formula for metal success with crushing riffs, engaging vocals and vicious breakdowns in a sound they describe as "explosive, melodic and dynamic."
International band Full Nothing offers up an alluring dark rock and alternative metal sound that fuses progressive, melodic and symphonic elements.
French band Xystenz offers up a fascinating metal meets punk sound that fuses pure metal intensity with more melodic moments.
If you've read any of our recent articles, you'll have seen us reference discovering new bands through Groover, a music submission and discovery platform. With that in mind, we wanted to drill down into what Groover is and summarise a few of the most recent submissions we've received.
German band Rivers Collide draw on the energy of 2000s metal, hardcore and progressive elements to hone a thrilling sound that will most certainly appeal to people of a certain age.
American guitarist, songwriter, producer and all-around music enthusiast Jared Hara offers up an engaging but intense metal sound that he aims to make relatable to all music lovers.
West Virginia solo project Endtime Friendtime fuses diverse musical styles from heavy metal, rock and punk to indie and acoustic elements and somehow makes it work in a sound they describe as "unorthodox, elusive and undeterred."
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