Your guide to new rock, metal and punk bands all over the world
We’ve not featured too many bands from New Zealand (only six in five years!) but those we have featured have all been superb. And there’s no letting down on that front with the stunning metalcore sound of Full Bloom, which they describe as being “honest, heavy and instinctual.”
The tag of unique is thrown around far too easily not just in music but in all areas of our lives. But in South Auckland’s Shepherds Reign we think we’ve found a band that absolutely fits that moniker.
An impressive back catalogue of independent songwriting by Andrew Spittle – totalling some 40 or so albums – has evolved into new three-piece Charcoal Burners.
We’ve met a couple of great new bands from New Zealand recently, but they’re being a serious run for their money by awesome Auckland rockers Dead Favours.
We’ve got some cracking new music for you this week with new tracks from two of Britain’s finest new bands from the same record label, a debut indie-rock EP and … Continue reading New Music Friday Round-Up: 26 April
If the name Filth Wizard alone didn’t have you intrigued, then the New Zealand band’s self-descriptor surely will: “Imagine a sorcerer in the middle of a swamp, surrounded by a … Continue reading Introducing: Filth Wizard
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 … Continue reading Introducing: Crooked Royals
It’s definitely not every day we receive great music from New Zealand in the inbox, but we did this week in the form of System Corporation. The five-piece project combines the rich musical … Continue reading Introducing: System Corporation
On a day that will be remembered in history for all the wrong reasons, three female-fronted rock bands from across the globe gave Londoners an evening to remember for all … Continue reading Gig Review: Eva Plays Dead, Sumo Cyco and Devilskin at Camden Underworld
Three years ago I went along to a random gig at The Barfly in Camden with my mate, before he flew out to live in New Zealand with his girlfriend. That … Continue reading Gig Review: 48Hours, City of Ashes, LoveLess and Hyla at O2 Academy Islington 2
