Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands all over the world
“Unfiltered, Primal, Invigorating.” These are the words that new London band After Smoke Clears use to summarise their sound, swiftly followed by “relentless, energising and unapologetic.” So you’d be right in thinking they offer up something pretty damn heavy.
London newcomers Break Fate have honed a warm and engaging sound that effortlessly jumps between moments of mellow melancholy and hard-hitting rock.
It’s not too often we feature a band before they have any music available to play you – in fact, we think this could be a first. But, given the sell that new London rap-rockers Antlerz gave us, we felt this one was worthwhile.
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.”
South London-based Crushed Beaks have honed a really cool sound that fuses indie rock with elements of psych, post-punk and garage rock – so expect plenty of catchy vocals and funky noodling guitar riffs.
With a name like Kick Up The Fire, you expect a band to have a bit about them – and the London garage punk trio that assumed this moniker most certainly do.
London-based production trio Electric Tuxedo aren’t afraid to try something a little different and mix things up – with their songs ranging from indie-rock through to electronica meets dubstep.
Something a little different to our norm today, as we introduce you to the raucously rambunctious fusion of rockabilly, ‘trash-gyspy’ rock and booze blues – aka Gypsybilly Rock Blues – … Continue reading Introducing: Evil Edna
London rockers District 13 introduced themselves to us as Black Sabbath meets The Ramones, while revealing that frontman Jon Wild has been described as a cross between Kurt Cobain and Sid Vicious. So we, of course, had no option but to explore further.
If you like your rock grungey and laden with dirty fuzzy guitars then you are in exactly the right place with London trio Neverlanded.
Fresh from recording a live studio session at the famous Abbey Road Studios, London’s River Hounds are one of the most exciting new bands on the UK rock scene.
Fusing rocky instrumentals with the distinctive vocals of frontwoman Bexx, Bexatron describe their sound as “high-octane pop with a glam coat.” Which is a pretty good image to be introduced to them with.
