We're closing in on the Autumnal months, but that doesn't mean our ears aren't still full of brilliant new music. As festival season dies down and release schedules ramp up (there's a to come in the next couple of months) it can be difficult finding great new bands to check out - but that's where we come in! As we do , we've hunted high and low to find you some of the best and most exciting new bands around, covering everything from thumping modern metal (Defects) to trad metal revivalism at its best (Tailgunner), Danish post-metal (Kollapse) and even Austrian folk-tinged black metal (Perchta). You can read about all of those bands below, as well as check out our massive playlist with the latest releases for all.
Happy listening! Tailgunner bassist Tom Hewson is a problem solver. After waiting endlessly for a new band that sounded like the ones he idolised as a kid, he decided to start his own. One look at that band and you can tell what Tailgunner are aiming at, presumably from the back of a battle-scarred Avro Lancaster.
“Someone wore one of our Crashdive t-shirts to a Dave Mustaine meet and greet and sent us a video,” Tom says with glee. “Dave said ‘We haven’t had artwork as cool as that in 30 years!’ It was amazing.” Dave Mustaine’s not the only metal legend in their corner, either.
When former guitarist K.K. Downing announced his first live show with KK’s Priest, Tailgunner were hand-picked as support.
“He said he’d been waiting for a band like ours.