Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
This week's New Band of the Week is a band I've been aware of from a distance for some time. The band have been through some thrills and spills, including even a spell where there wasn't a band, but I'm delighted they are back together and better than ever.
German band CHIOPS have honed a catchy punk-fused pop-rock sound that they describe to us as "alternativ poprock."
Fusing post-hardcore with the catchiness of punk is always going to be a winning combination, and Swedish newcomers Yellow Pages only confirm this assumption.
The intense sound of Austrian band Demonicera is as terrifying as the band's name suggests it ought to be. And it's the realisation of the band's attempts to hone their own unique death metal sound over the last few years.
We're unashamedly aware of the fact that we always bang on about how great the British metal scene is at the moment. But we only do so because there are so many great new metal bands out there to fuel it. The latest reminder of this is Manchester metalcore newcomers Clashmute.
Canadian rockers Sights & Sounds came into being when frontman Andrew Neufeld switched up playing guitar for Comeback Kid to focus his attention on singing.
London-based singer Christina Rotondo has teamed up with the guitar and production qualities of Ali Marshall to form an exciting new project in Adelyn, who specialise in powerful, anthemic rock.
Channelling the sounds of classic hard rock and metal bands of decades gone by, Bolton-based Room: IV are a welcome reminder of no-frills, good old rock'n'roll.
Having started as an escape from playing cover versions of wide-ranging musical influences, it comes as no surprise that the music of São Paolo band 3 Pipe Problem is pretty diverse. Indeed, our first-ever Brazilian band is the brainchild of Rafael Adami, who vowed to include at least three of his key musical influences in every... Continue Reading →
Writing a song about murder is about as Halloween as Halloween can be. And that's exactly how Los Angeles project DARK PARTS have chosen to make their mark on the musical world.
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