Band Bios

Sometimes you don’t need three guitarists, seventeen pedalboards and enough equipment to bankrupt a small festival. Sometimes you just need two blokes, a bass guitar, a drum kit and an unreasonable amount of aggression. Welcome to SWAMPFOOT. 💥 Hailing from New York State, SWAMPFOOT are a two-piece hardcore punk outfit formed in 2025 by Cliff Hodson on vocals and bass...

HKSPK are a Black/Death Metal band from Brandenburg, Germany, formed in 2023 by Jim, Leon and Arne. Combining the cold atmosphere of black metal with the crushing weight of death metal, the trio have developed a sound built around direct songwriting, dark melody, doom-laden heaviness and flashes of punk and hardcore energy. The band began after an early jam session...

Massachusetts thrash/death metal wrecking crew Maidenhead are charging into their next chapter with riffs sharpened, touring miles under their belts and some seriously heavyweight metal names joining the carnage. Formed in 2013, Maidenhead have spent more than a decade building their sound from the foundations of classic thrash and old-school death metal — and now, with forthcoming full-length album Maximum...

“Some bands are born in rehearsal rooms. Others are forged in the fires of real life. King Kraken belong firmly in the second category.” When people think of rock stars, they often imagine leather jackets, tour buses, late nights and larger-than-life personalities. Few would imagine NHS workers clocking off after demanding shifts before heading to rehearsals, writing songs and playing...

Who says you have to wait until you’ve finished school to chase your dreams? While most teenagers are buried under revision guides, stressing over GCSEs and wondering what comes next, three young musicians from Swansea are busy doing something a little louder. They’re writing songs, playing gigs and building a reputation as one of the most exciting young bands to...

Some artists play gigs. Some DJs drop bangers. Mashd N Kutcher arrive with live instruments, enormous electronic beats, ridiculous mash-ups and enough energy to turn an ordinary festival field into the world’s sweatiest house party. 🤘🔥 Hailing from Brisbane, Australia, Mashd N Kutcher — also known as MNK — have developed into one of the most distinctive live electronic acts...

There are some bands that arrive politely, knock on the door, wipe their feet, and ask nicely for your attention. Then there are bands like Civil Villains — who sound like they’ve kicked the door open, rearranged the furniture, knocked over your pint, and somehow left you emotionally devastated in the best possible way. The southern England alt-rock/post-hardcore three-piece have...

Norway may be famous for frostbitten black metal, dramatic landscapes and riffs colder than a Greggs pasty left on a festival bench overnight — but Ghost Avenue are here to remind everyone that classic heavy metal is still alive, loud, leather-clad and absolutely refusing to behave. 🤘🔥 Hailing from the suburbs of Oslo, Ghost Avenue were born back in 2002...

Every now and then a band appears that feels less like a debut act and more like a warning shot fired straight into the modern rock scene. That band is NOVA RIOT. Hailing from Durant, Oklahoma, this rising alternative metal trio are stomping into heavy music with enough attitude, atmosphere, and cinematic chaos to make the entire scene sit up...

Straight outta Dublin’s underground and swinging riffs like concrete blocks, Charnel Crown are a groove metal powerhouse built on grit, graft, and proper working-class fire 🤘💥 Formed in December 2025, this four-piece isn’t here to reinvent metal — they’re here to remind you why it hits so hard in the first place. No gimmicks, no posing, no nonsense… just heavy,...

Alright you riff-hungry legends… strap in, crack a cold one 🍺 and prepare to get absolutely buried in sand, sludge, and sonic destruction… Because Hungary’s underground firestarters Obey The Sun have just dropped Desert Ritual — and this thing doesn’t knock politely… It kicks your door in, flips your table, and sets your speakers on fire. 🤘🔥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dhweFfMyNw 🌪️ FIRST...

Some bands chase trends. Others chase riffs. Parallel Minds are firmly in the second camp — loud, thoughtful, and wired straight into that sweet spot where modern rock muscle meets restless, curious songwriting. They’re the kind of band that sound massive live, tighter every time you see them, and just a bit smarter than your average shout-along chorus merchants. This...

Right then butt, tighten your boots and hide the weak lager, because Misery Goblin are here to drag Irish metal back into the mud, teeth-first, snarling and loving every second of it. This is no polished, posh prog nonsense. This is grit-under-the-fingernails, sweat-on-the-ceiling, goblin-brained heaviness. 😈🤘 If you like your metal loud, ugly, honest, and swinging wildly like a pub...

Alright butt, tighten your corsets and dust off the opera cloak, because Night-ish are bringing full-fat symphonic metal drama back to UK stages and doing it with proper job precision. If you worship at the altar of Nightwish, this lot are your next pilgrimage. 🖤🎶 Based right here in the UK, Night-ish aren’t about half-measures or pub-band cosplay. This is...

Alright butt, strap in. This is the story of Punk Rock Factory, the Welsh pop-punk chaos merchants who took your childhood, lobbed it into a distortion pedal, and shouted “LET’S HAVE IT” at the top of their lungs. 🧃🔥 They are proof that punk doesn’t have to be serious to be powerful and that fun can still absolutely level a...