Another week of exciting new music for you. This time around, we've got some really heavy stuff from some several awesome new British metal bands, some even heavier stuff from Paris, alongside new Watford indie-rockers and punk rock from New York, Manchester and Liverpool. And a special treat to finish this week's new music feast... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Crooked Royals
We're ticking another country off the map today by introducing you to an awesome new metalcore band out of New Zealand, Crooked Royals. The Auckland five-piece are everything you could want from a metalcore band - a combination of screamed and clean vocals, huge crushing riffs, and a generally delightful combination of intense heaviness and... Continue Reading →
EP Review: Cove – A Conscious Motion
Kent metalcore quintet Cove are about to blow away the UK metal scene with an EP that is crushingly brilliant. The five-piece, our New Band of the Week last month, have returned all guns blazing with their second record A Conscious Motion, which is released tomorrow. Produced by Oz Craggs (Feed The Rhino, Mallory Knox and... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Forbidden Seasons
We've found a whole host of exciting new Italian bands over the last year, but by far the heaviest yet is Turin-based Forbidden Seasons. The quintet of not very Italian sounding Mark Seasons (vocals), Symon Ray (lead guitar), Danny Ghale (rhythm guitar), Paul J. Price (bass) and the much more Italian sounding Federico Spagnoli (drums) grew up together... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Mighty Swedish metallers Knogjärn
If you're yet to discover Spotify's Discover Weekly, then here's a tale that'll make you want to get involved in it. I was listening to my weekly collection of new music the other week when some brutally good metal popped into my ears. The creators of this brilliant noise was Knogjärn, a band that formed... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Give ‘Em Hell, Kid
Virginia Beach rockers Give 'Em Hell, Kid have honed a ridiculously infectious, and utterly unique sound of post-hardcore and metal fused with a southern drawl that'll have you hooked. Hailing from the east coast of the United States, the five-piece of vocalist Ryan Polesko, guitarists Jared Griffith and Tyler Stallard, bassist Jason Stevens and drummer... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Next To None
American rockers Next To None not only sound like Slipknot 2.0, they also carry the added intrigue of having former Dream Theatre and Avenged Sevenfold drummer Mike Portnoy's extremely talented son Max sitting on their own drums. The quartet from Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, have honed an incredible sound that combines Slipknot-esque DJ sounds with Max's... Continue Reading →
New Band of the Week: InVisions
Coming out of York we've discovered a very exciting new band who've crafted an aggressive brand of heavy metal packed with attitude but also plenty of melody. InVisions started back in January 2016 when Ben Ville (vocals) approached Lucas Gabb (guitars) about starting a new project after the demise of their previous bands, then recruited... Continue Reading →
Introducing: Triumphant
When asked to think of Russian musicians I found myself stuggling, with the only names that spring to mind being Pussy Riot (more famous for feminist protests than good music) and... erm... Tchaikovsky and Stravinksy? But luckily we now have an exciting new metal band to add to the list, in the form of Moscow... Continue Reading →
Single Review: Brightlight City – Past/Future
When we met Brightlight City a few weeks ago, the band promised us this year's upcoming EP would bring with it a new-found punkier sound. This week we got the first sign that they're delivering on that with the first track from that EP being revealed, in the form of Past/Future. The track has, like the rest of the... Continue Reading →