North East trio Abnorm offer up a feisty, punky rock sound that blends emotive storytelling with punchy riffs, and they describe as "fierce, alternative and empowering."
New Band of the Week: Abnorm
Introducing: Incantus
North East England rockers Incantus aim to get your head banging with a smile on your face and a groove in your soul with a metal, groove and doom-laced metal sound that they describe as "frantic hooky riffage."
Introducing: ZUDZ
Newcastle Upon Tyne trio ZUDZ offer up a fascinating psych-rock sound that fuses encapsulating guitars and intense vocals and they describe as"heavy psychedelic country music."
Introducing: SPOONHEAD
If you like your rock music raucous, frantic and frenetic then Australian trio Spoonhead are exactly the band for you.
New Band of the Week: Giant Walker
Brand new British rockers Giant Walker have honed a heavy progressive rock sound that blends elements of grunge, nu-metal and alternative rock and metal, which they describe as "powerful, dark and nuanced."
New Band of the Week: Creak
Let us transport you to a dark place fuelled by chaos and desperation with Newcastle quartet Creak. The band's savage sound fuses groove metal, nu-metal and post-hardcore intensity with moments of eerie atmosphere and distortion.
Discover This: Skitz NPCs
We're not really sure where to begin when Newcastle, Australia, duo Skitz NPCs regularly refer to themselves as "the Semen Wizards." Do wizards conjure up semen-based spells? Frankly, we think we'd be safer never finding out.
Introducing: Holding Out
Newcastle quartet Holding Out have honed an exciting punk fuelled rock sound that they describe as "unpredictable, shouty and fun" - which should have you hooked already.
New Band of the Week: Dayshifter
Newcastle's Dayshifter offer up that most intriguing of combinations, a seriously heavy, dark melodic hardcore sound accompanied by passionate, heartfelt vocals. In fact, we were first introduced to the band with the appealing analogy "if Architects and Counterparts had a baby, Dayshifter would be wearing the nappies." The quartet of Nathan Dillon (vocals), Tom Simpson (lead guitar),... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Fever Days
Most students, speaking from personal experience, use the opportunity to be away from their parents for the first time to blow their student loan down the nearest student drinking hole. But Newcastle-based Oliver Green has not only started one-man indie rock act Fever Days and released two singles in his first year of uni, but he's... Continue Reading →
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