Exciting Birmingham band The SchytëHawkës take the heaviness of hardcore and thrash and supplement them with hip-hop vocals.
New Band of the Week: The SchytëHawkës
Discover This: The Damnnation
Brazilian trio The Damnnation offer up a fast-paced, energetic blast of heavy, thrashy metal that is chocked full of big riffs and whiplash-inducing rhythms.
Discover This: Wyrmhaven
We've come to realise that Arizona is somewhat of a haven for awesome metal bands and we've unearthed another in the form of deathcore meets melodic metal newcomers Wyrmhaven.
Discover This: Devil In Disguise
Yesterday, we brought you a Russian band who attest to create the Devil's music, and today we're bringing you a Baltimore band called Devil In Disguise. Despite that, we promise you that the enforced lockdown hasn't suddenly transformed us into Satan worshippers!
Introducing: KVLTMOR
You often here people who aren't fans of metal lazily denigrate the genre as "the Devil's music." Well, in this case, they'd be absolutely correct. The main source of inspiration for Russian band KVLTMOR is the Diabolica Quimbanda, a sinister Occult black magic tradition that dates back to the forgotten bowels of human history.
Discover This: This Is Falling
St. Louis five-piece This Is Falling have honed an intriguing sound that tows the line between metal and post-hardcore with elements of industrial, electronic sounds and 80s influences. And they're definitely the first band to reference Top Gun as a musical influence to us.
Introducing: Hemmera
Until now, we've only ever covered one band from Brazil and no metal bands from the country. However, Ponta Grossa newcomers Hemmera have well and truly put the nation's scene on our map with their intoxicating fusion of metal, electronica, trance and orchestral elements, plus the contrast of screamed vocals and melodic choruses.
New Band of the Week: Severed Tongues
Oxfordshire newcomers Severed Tongues have honed a delicious modern metal sound that's somehow exceedingly dark and dramatic, yet also positive and catchy.
Discover This: Omnifariam
We love ticking new countries off the GigRadar band map, and the latest - which I believe takes us to 44 countries - is Puerto Rico with death metal band Omnifariam.
Discover This: Phrasing
Dutch rockers Phrasing began life as a cover band playing everything from Metallica and Queen through to Britney Spears and Spice Girls. Thankfully, they got the last two out of their system and branched out into writing their own original material in late 2018.
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