Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Our final round-up of new music from bands we’ve previously interviewed of 2025 brings you a tasty little collection of new rock and metal. This month, we’ve got new tracks by four bands from Portugal, Switzerland and the UK.
Portuguese band Above the Ocean fuse elements of metalcore, groove metal and nu-metal in a modern metal sound that’s equal parts aggressive and melodic, and they describe as “heavy, catchy, and cathartic.”
Portuguese band Alkhemia has honed a thrilling gothic metal sound ritual in which they aim to transport us to an immersive and cathartic universe with music they describe as “passionate, … Continue reading Introducing: Alkhemia
Portugal-based metalcore newcomers Before Us combine crushing riffs, powerful vocals and moments of melody in a thrilling, diverse metal sound they describe as “energetic, emotional and intense.”
Portuguese band Nothisera was formed with the goal of creating innovative music that would entertain but also challenge the minds of listeners.
Lisbon five-piece PUSH! deliver a thick slab of heavy and intense metallic hardcore infused with serious amounts of groove in a sound they describe as “heavy, energetic and groovy.”
Underground rock band Wildchains is on a mission to deliver change in the Portuguese music scene with a boundary-free sound that embodies the classic rock’n’roll spirit and they describe as “raw, genuine and energetic.”
Portuguese punk and rock is not something we’ve discovered too much of in our time scouring the world for the latest new rock and metal talent. However, Zebra Libra offer up a fun and catchy sound that they refuse to allow to be tied to one musical genre, ranging from lively punky tracks to more groovy hard rock.
We’ve not featured too many Portuguese bands on the site over the last few years, but from the sound of Porto’s Three Of Me we’ve definitely been missing out.
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