Introducing: Rockford
Dutch newcomers Rockford offer up a slice of raw, intoxicating grunge rock that sounds like it could have feasibly stepped right out of the genre’s 1990s heyday.
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Dutch newcomers Rockford offer up a slice of raw, intoxicating grunge rock that sounds like it could have feasibly stepped right out of the genre’s 1990s heyday.
Tuck into a feast of Dutch punk rock as we introduce you to not one but two new bands. That’s because Nijmegen punk bands Ink Bomb and No Breakfast Goodbye are taking the unusual step of releasing a split EP, so we thought we’d write a split article.
Get your weekend off to an epic start with the powerful metal sound of Thorium, who hail from Belgium and the Netherlands.
Dutch rockers Phrasing began life as a cover band playing everything from Metallica and Queen through to Britney Spears and Spice Girls. Thankfully, they got the last two out of their system and branched out into writing their own original material in late 2018.
If you’ve never listened to any Dutch metal bands before then Nijmegen five-piece Vain Louie is one hell of a place to get started. They offer up a thrilling melodic hardcore sound that’s seriously heavy, hugely energetic and curiously catchy.
One good thing about the huge amount of spare time we suddenly have on our hands is the opportunity to get really stuck into some of the amazing new bands we discover. And in fascinating Dutch alternative rock/metal band AtFirst we’ve found one that demands huge amounts of your time.
Born out of being ‘forced’ together by their school headmaster, Dutch band TAPE TOY have come a long way in the last two years.
We’ve got another helping of Dutch metal today in the form of Shuulak, who fuse old school metal with elements of a more modern sound – which they describe as “modern heavy metal.”
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.
One country that we’ve neglected in the last couple of years of writing about new bands is the Netherlands, but that’s about to change with the emergence of Utrecht punky-metalcore act Two And A Half Girl
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We’ve spoken to bands from all across Europe in recent months, but today we introduce our first Dutch band in the form of We Fall Slowly. The five-piece of Boye Emmaneel … Continue reading Introducing: We Fall Slowly