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RISE – Hard To Leave You Liverpool four-piece Rise deliver the most powerful, high-octane melodic rock banger you'll hear this summer Hard To Leave You wastes zero no time getting under your skin.
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you exist & i love you – raven you exist & i love you delivers a beautifully raw slice of acoustic rock on 'raven', a lo-fi gem that transforms bedroom limitations into emotional power Worn-in…
Read the BOPS →LeVioN – We are One LeVioN's "We Are One" channels spiritual urgency into a thunderous metal gem. "We Are One" arrives with a purpose that extends beyond the riff.
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This week's rock looks inward and wears its heart on its sleeve. Reflective, melodic songwriting shaped by real life, working-class grit and hard-won calm meeting warm, timeless craft.
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This week's rock celebrates the outsiders and the one-offs. Cinematic, anthemic songwriting on one hand, gloriously unhinged garage psychedelia on the other, music made by people with zero interest…
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This week's rock spans the full spectrum of catharsis. Bruising, no-compromise heaviness, working-class melancholy and soulful, blues-tinged hope all sit side by side here.
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This week's rock hits hard and means it. Big riffs, real defiance and a streak of mischief run right through, songs that trade empty bombast for grit and character.
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This week's rock spans the full spread, from a teenager announcing himself with dirty blues riffs to seasoned bands chasing euphoria, defiance and a bit of sunshine.
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This week's rock has something on its mind. Dystopian dread, misinformation, the cost of ambition and a heartbreak drowned at the bar: these are songs that hit hard and mean it, trading empty bombast…
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Raw, atmospheric and emotionally unguarded: this week's rock bops move between Singapore cinematic pop-rock and Milanese post-punk, two artists working entirely on their own terms and arriving…
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Soulful, dramatic and emotionally serious: this week's rock bops run from blues-soaked swagger to symphonic crescendos to a Pride Month courtroom Americana single, all of them built to last.
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Amsterdam folk grunge, Brussels metalcore, a Perth blues-rock supergroup forged on a European tour, a Larnaca one-man philosophical metal project, and a Seattle Americana songwriter responding to the…
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Florida Americana grit, a Dutch-Danish trio processing gun violence through swampy grunge, and a Brussels metalcore collective who recorded the old-school way: rock this week means four very…
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Three rock acts, three entry points: a Birmingham multi-instrumentalist working from his own studio, a Rome guitarist stepping out after seventeen years in a band, and a New York songwriter releasing…
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New York grunge meets Blackpool stoner crunch: two bands with nothing to prove and everything to say about what distorted guitars can still do in 2026.
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From Tel Aviv to Cape Town via Birmingham and Exeter, this week's five rock acts share one thing: a whole lot of conviction. So let's dive right in, while the amplifiers are hot ❤️🔥 fistpump!
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Two rock tracks with very different stories but the same conviction. One written in a South Carolina basement in 2002 and finally seeing the light, one originally composed in Italy during the 1991…
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Hump day is the obviously best time to rock out, so here's this week's punchy mix of grit, reflection and classic bangers.
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This week’s Easter selection is all about weight and atmosphere, with artists exploring intensity through both stripped-back grit and full-bodied arrangements.
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We're really rocking and a rolling this week, with a selection of bops that lean into scale, grit and direct songwriting.
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This week’s rock picks lean into big guitars, emotional storytelling and high-energy performances.
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March is a great month for some punk rock tension and big guitar energy. From London’s grunge-leaning newcomers to an epic slice of metal, these are the punk rock bops of the week.
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The first week of March is done, so let's lean into the best kind of heavy riffs, driving rhythms and a big sense of urgency.
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Big beautiful riffs, a bit of grit and a whole lot of emotions define this week’s rock picks. There's some heavy alt-metal, some bluesy shuffle and some straight up hard rock.
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