We delve into the "dark facts" of being a metal musician in Iran by interviewing the founder of Iran's first metal label Tough Sounds.
Guest Blog: Tough Sounds – Iran’s First Metal Label
Discover This: Pain
Indian musician Kartik Baisoya has picked up the remnants of his high school band and, over a decade later, taken it upon himself to bring the old school music (literally) to life.
New Band of the Week: ASKARI
ASKARI, led by the distinctive vocals of frontman Asher Baker, are a band that pulls no punches and are on a mission to throw, in their words, "walls of sound around any size venue and spitting vitriolic lyrics squarely in the face of absolutely every fucker ever."
New Band of the Week: Bearers
One of the best - if not the best - things about music is the power it has to change the way you feel, both in the sound of the instrumentals and in the meaning of the lyrics. Glasgow newcomers Bearers are a perfect example of this, and it's safe to say that their powerful yet engagingly melodic metal sound takes you through a cycle of emotions and feelings.
Discover This: No Faith In Fortune
The pure aggression of metalcore is present in all its splendour in the intense, yet melodic, sound of Canadian six-piece No Faith In Fortune - which they have dubbed "progressive aggressive."
Discover This: Slim Tin Fox
A Brazilian, an Italian, an American and an Irishman walk into a bar... No, it's not some crappy joke, it's the formation of intriguing Dublin-based rockers Slim Tin Fox.
New Band of the Week: Kaiber Koi
Manchester's Kaiber Koi are far from your run-of-the-mill progressive metal band, promising an ethos of 'breaking down the boundaries that lie between the generic and oversaturated.'
Introducing: Omega Diatribe
Until a couple of months ago we had no idea that the concept of Hungarian Metal even existed, but now we find ourselves chatting to our third awesome band from Hungary.
Introducing: Mountain Eye
The compelling sound of Dutch rockers Mountain Eye is borne out of their riff-heavy hard rock roots being infused with elements of alternative, funk and jazz.
Introducing: HARMED
HARMED fuse brutally heavy, low-tuned guitar riffs with furiously savage vocals in their wild and wonderful hardcore sound, which they describe as "angry, chaotic, noisy" - and who are we to disagree.
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