Rosie Solomon
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Four brilliant new bands you need to hear in September 2024
By Rich Hobson published
From Folterkammer's femme-dom black metal to Belushi Speed Ball's 'pizza thrash', Dermabrasion's occulty goth rock and the bizarre alt. metal of Battlesnake, these are the bands you need to hear in September 2024

Tom Morello-approved riotstarters Nova Twins are ripping up the rulebook
By Rosie Solomon last updated
“We want to smash barriers!”: Nova Twins are the most exciting new band in Britain, and they’ve got the Mercury nomination to prove it

SeeYouSpaceCowboy's Connie Sgarbossa: "This isn't about triumph over adversity - there is no happy ending yet"
By Rosie Solomon published
San Diego sasscore livewires SeeYouSpaceCowboy draw on addiction, darkness, humour and hope with The Romance Of Affliction

10 songs for Samhain to bring Satan to the celebration
By Rosie Solomon, Jonathan Selzer last updated
Our 10 favourite, uplifting anthems to add some devilry to your bacchanalian revelry

Dana Dentata's pantychrist: Toronto’s rap/metal warrior sharpens her teeth
By Rosie Solomon published
Rap/metal provocateur Dana Dentata takes on her demons for second album, pantychrist

11 bands redefining folk metal around the world
By Rosie Solomon last updated
From Mexico to China, we count down the killer bands that are incorporating their own cultures and traditions into metal

Out of the closet and into the pit: the queer artists revolutionising extreme metal
By Rosie Solomon last updated
Why queer artists are making some of today’s best extreme metal
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