Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
No we haven't turned into one of those conspicuous Russian websites that promises you a wife that looks like Anna Kournikova (deletes Internet history), we're actually introducing you to American punk rockers Russian Girlfriends. Despite not actually having Russian girlfriends - no, none of them, boring! - the New Mexico five-piece have honed a style... Continue Reading →
We've got bit of new punk-rock gold for you today, in the form of London-based 'shwifty' pop-punk trio No Insight. The self-confessed 'sad boys writing sad emo / pop-punk songs' Gian 'Kid' Carlo (guitar and vocals), Joe 'Grumps' Papworth (bass and vocals) and Rich Alexander (drums and vocals) all started playing in bands at a young... Continue Reading →
In the past few weeks I've been getting more and more into the awesome dirgey sound of dark doom metal. And we've found a band that epitomises everything that's great about this filthily beautiful genre in Birmingham doom-mongers Kroh. The five-piece of vocalist Oliwia Sobieszek, guitarists Paul Kenney and Paul Harrington, bassist Darren Donovan and... Continue Reading →
One of our highlights from 2000 Trees Festival in July was seeing Belgian three-piece Brutus smash the place up with their intensely powerful rock sound. Brutus are quickly gaining notoriety as one of the most exciting emerging rock acts around, with the likes of Lars Ulrich (Metallica) and Greg Puciato (The Dillinger Escape Plan) championing their... Continue Reading →
One-man extreme metal band is one of the more unusual concepts we've come across, but in Liverpool-based Crejuvent we've discovered something that truly is different, yet also entertaining and intriguing. Frontman, and bassist, and guitarist, and producer, and mixer (you get the picture) Federico Spera (Freddy), is a character I can't help but like. When... Continue Reading →
Time for something completely new to us on this Bank Holiday Monday. Fresh out of Glasgow we bring you an intriguing new project that'll bring noisy trauma to your ears and bend your mind with its addictive intensity. The Eagertongue is unlike anything we've heard recently, as evidenced by new track The Butcher, which is... Continue Reading →
"Really fucking loud," says Creature frontman Sam Avery when asked to describe his band's sound, and he's not far wrong. If you've been craving a fuzzy, grungey Nirvana-like sound for the last 20-odd years, then this exciting Newcastle trio are certainly the cure to your urges. Awesome fuzzy guitar sounds are fused with Sam's infectious... Continue Reading →
Virginia Beach rockers Give 'Em Hell, Kid have honed a ridiculously infectious, and utterly unique sound of post-hardcore and metal fused with a southern drawl that'll have you hooked. Hailing from the east coast of the United States, the five-piece of vocalist Ryan Polesko, guitarists Jared Griffith and Tyler Stallard, bassist Jason Stevens and drummer... Continue Reading →
Surrey punk sensations SHADED are everything you could wish for from feel-good pop-punk. The quartet fuses catchy guitar riffs and singalong vocal melodies with driving drums and poppy vibes on their impressive debut EP The Better Man In Me, which is due for release next Friday (1 September). Vocalist Matt East, slightly self-detrimentally, describes the... Continue Reading →
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