Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands worldwide
Our latest On The Radar article offers up a bumper episode of new music by 16 bands from all over the world. This collection of great new tracks features bands from Australia, Germany, Italy, Norway, Romania, Sweden, the UK, Ukraine and the US.
French trio Polarskies combine alternative metal, dark pop and cinematic synths in an intriguingly contrasting sound that they describe as “heavy, emotional and atmospheric.”
Macclesfield band SIGILS offers up a fusion of post-rock and post-metal to create a deliciously intense sound of emotional melodies and sonic vastness that they describe as “immersive, dynamic and cathartic.”
Canadian duo Dune Reaper met on a construction site and are building a grungey outlet for the burned-out and the overworked. They’ve crafted a gritty and atmospheric rock-meets-metal sound that they describe as “aggressive, dynamic and chaotic.”
Prolific British pop-rock duo Charlie Tyler have crafted a dramatic and engaging sound that showcases the power of social platform TikTok, and they describe as “cinematic, emotional and anthemic.”
We’ve been unearthing new rock and metal bands from around the world via music discovery platform Groover for around a year now. But, if and when bands don’t respond to our interview requests, we wrap them into a new music round-up to introduce these new artists to you.
California duo FireBug have crafted a captivating old-school rock sound that blends modern rock with folk and blues influences, and they describe as “emotive desert noir and psychedelic.”
British band bNNNy offer up an intriguingly chaotic post-hardcore sound that blends elements of jazz, punk and soul and they describe to us as “impossible to perform.”
Fully DIY New Zealand quartet Say Or Do have crafted a diverse hard alt-rock sound that blends atmospheric textures with powerful riffs and they describe as “energetic, vibey and powerful.”
Pennsylvania band A Thousand Reasons started out with the intention of translating universal tragedies and connecting with people who feel the same way.
Colorado duo Safety In Sleep offer up levels of emotional rock goodness that will have you channelling your inner 2000s emo and post-hardcore self in a sound they describe as “emotional, dynamic and relatable.”
Mexican band Jerusem have crafted a dynamic and cinematic alternative rock sound that blends atmospheric instrumentals and engaging vocals and they describe as “eclectic, inspirational and deep.”
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