Canada's The Deadly Romantics get in the festive spirit with their antidote to the usual Christmas chart dross with their mix of melodic, rock and punk. This is 'Jingle My Balls.' Nuff said! #DP #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjpiu_shdnU

Scotland's Obelisk just released his debut album 'Brushed By Darkness.' This is 'Set Me Free' a fusion of electronics with the harsher driving power of metalcore that remains a mellower piece of metal with heart and soul. SaN PR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVGCPWonZgg

USA's DESU TAEM and 'Super Sexy She-Cyclops Girlfriend' a dirty piece of tongue-in-cheek rock and roll, guitar driven, expressive rock vocals, and a parody of rock love songs! These guys are a lot of fun. #G #rock https://youtu.be/n332DPnCXP0

Welsh Celtic punk No Murder No Moustache releases album 'As Everything Else Decays' 02/26. This is 'A Demon In The Dark,' where Celtic folk fuses with punk swagger and hard rock guitars for sound that is catchy while remaining raw and visceral. @SaNPRuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_t6yCi2Ubo

USA's Chris Pannella and 'The Fire Within,' an enigmatic piece of acoustic guitar-driven, near instrumental, that keeps a steady, anchoring beat beneath minimal atmospheric electronic sounds while the guitar parts roll into new and unexpected forms. #rock https://youtu.be/8t7ieMDFFM8

UK's Kiffie and 'Half The Universe Is Missing' a cool mix of synthwave and dark gothic sounds where the synthetic feel of the keyboards contrasts with the emotional warmth of the vocals. #D #synthwave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSTkgEhO1ds

German/UK rockers Ray Of Light and 'Best Of Me,' a sound that channels the Sunset Strip the 80s and fuses it with the harder and meaner edge of NWOBHM for a sound that is melodically strong but with plenty of heavy rock guitar action and metal energy. https://youtu.be/QxHl6jeGP_g

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USA's DESU TAEM and 'Truthfully? I Lied' a cool little rocker that has plenty of bounce and swing in the beat, along with the guitar riffs to give it a dark soul for a track that suggests total honesty may not always be a good thing! #rock https://youtu.be/8HUrAUSoQ-E

Italy's Christine Plays Viola and 'My Redemption,' a dark piece of Gothic rock and synthwave where the bass and drum keep a steady and simple beat while guitars and keyboards add enigmatic melodies for a surreal horror atmosphere. #gothic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOF6DFBw6Fc

Germany's gimballock and 'My Dependence,' a bitter-sweet piece of melodic rock that never quite descends into mawkish balladry. Rather, it stays darkly moody, shot through with good and bad but knowing that it's for the best that this is over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN3r0NzR08I

Ireland's Asylum Road and 'Mask Of Oblivion,' a track that starts melodic but suddenly switches into a dark and turbulent piece of groove metal that keeps the melodic themes going but overlays them with tortured screams to show the world beneath the mask. https://youtu.be/ktjBGkUp87E

France's Dreamcatcher release BLEEDING HEART 18/12/25. This is 'Full-Blooded Indians' hard rocking heavy metal that channels the spirit of NWOBHM and the richer sounds of 70s heavy rock for a guitar driven sound that is filled with metal defiance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycL9PxZvsNk

Bulgaria's Oddplay and 'Kill Your Limits,' a cool bit of cross-genre instrumental rock. Funky bass grooves, prog technicality and quirkiness, and some surprisingly heavy guitar riffing and changes that make for engaging listening. #rock https://youtu.be/uiK3gyGNQQk

UK's Tizane and 'Change For You,' a sad-girl ballad given a hefty dose of energy to give it the life and heart that 'Tay-Tay' lacks. Check our live review in the latest of Loud Enough Magazine. https://loudenoughmagazine.gumroad.com/l/wfcid #F #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz06AC3iazY

USA's Spectral Sorcery released HYPERSPACE ODYSSEY in August. This is 'Dreams Of Arrakis,' doom metal channelling the classic space rock vibes of early Hawkwind, gives them a psychedelic twist then makes them smoke a big fat one for a sick stoner vibe! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0_PwUI50t8

USA's Mnemoria and 'Egypt,' a big and dramatic piece of modern metal that fuses the classic metal dramatic sound, complete with those powerful vocals, and more complex tones of shred metal and gives it a brutal touch with a splash of metalcore. https://youtu.be/EzqOr1wtczc

India's Radionuclides show they are deserving of more attention with latest track 'Fear And Faith,' a blistering piece of metalcore, fast paced, intense, loaded with menace and aggression while managing to keep a melodic streak among the dark energy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piF8vk998w0

Ecuador's @Kteisband and 'Unbridled Path To Awakening,' blackened metal with buzz saw riffing, high speed drumming, and mournful vocals; an intense and frantic dramatic sound. #blackmetal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEnCDnZPXG4

Italy's @Cyraxband and 'Metamorphosis' from the Kafka story. And it is another extraordinary cross-genre piece of prog rock that mixes grooves with rhythmic changes, and a slowly evolving melodic line that twists and turns in new and surprising ways. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPaqrWRB4_c

Puerto Rico's Ender PR and 'Obelisk,' a manic piece of prog metal with the rawness and energy of punk with some surprising technical and melodic parts that keep it dramatic and changing before heading into a death grind finish. Qabar PR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTQhri3C2cI

Poland's Black Weedow and debut track 'She Is,' a stoner rock groove slowed down to doom pace and heaviness, with rich harmonised vocals and more than a touch of grunge haunting melancholy. #stoner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwkhX-hIO_8

UK's Hijack Mantis and 'Atoned' a wild piece of rock that takes stoner rock, and wakes it up with a ton of punk energy and noise rock rawness while keeping the playing sharp and lively, and attitude ugly! #metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeLtHUdt-R0

France's Franck Tira and 'Emma' from rock concept album 'Amara,' light rock melodies and beats fuse with subtle prog expression and a dramatic undercurrent to switch it into something a little darker and sinister. #rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvTRnU1BQvs

Germany's @TimelessRage and 'Moonbite Serenade' a dark and macabre piece of symphonic metal with a cinematic gothic horror streak. Heavy metal riffs, orchestral richness, powerful theatrical vocals and forbidden, supernatural love! #symphonicemetal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t1cSXsdGcU

UK's Constantine Kanakis (Sorceress of Sin) and debut solo single 'Ground Zero,' a guitar-driven instrumental channelling the 80s shredders while keeping it strongly melodic with more than a touch of power metal mixing with the 80s sound. @wormholedeath https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q333LPxvZGs

Potugal's ANZV and 'Namtaru' live from the KUR album release shows. This is dark and oppressive, heavy death doom with a melancholic streak of black metal from the guitars. a bleakly intense sound. #metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFWCj9Lcits

Netherland's Hidden Since the Foundation of the World and 'Man Of Stated Age,' low and sludgy doom with a little touch of the stoner groove and grunge ungliness. #D #doom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrMc-8XGEYk

USA's King Buitre and 'Goin' Insane,' a slow and soulful piece of bluesy rock, with a drum and bass driving groove, searing guitar fills and organ, soaring melodies and raw emotion, it simply bewitches the soul. Debut full length album coming next year. https://youtu.be/jrnOuJGMvGw

It's time for festive songs but this one is from USA's Amerakin Overdose so Feliz Navidad gets a metal makeover with heavy guitars and punk energy. And some truly horrifying Christmas jumpers! #metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWoNCNJRUxA

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Portugal's Nekromatics and 'Shadows Await Behind the Walls' from debut album PLACE OF INDULGENCE. A dark and menacing fusion of black and death metal. Buzz saw riffs and coarse vocals blend with death metal energy and menace. #deathmetal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAYhKnDzP24

MSLi 69 unleashes a raw, messy, experimental live drum recording of ‘Hollow’ from the new album tree. Ambient black metal captured to tape in Scotland & Norway. Watch the chaos unfold. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzUx... #lelahelmetal #metalsky #ambientblackmetal #blackmetal #analogtape

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Ireland's Voodoo Labs and debut track 'Uncanny Valley,' a dark and macabre piece of modern rock with plenty of creepy atmosphere and aggressive energy to keep it lively and hard and not slipping into pop-rock territory. #D #Rock https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTz-NWUZJIc

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France's Kaldeira Music from Reunion Island and 'Martyr Island,' a dark and menacing piece of modern metal and mixes in traditional instruments and Creole languages to create an ominous, narrative atmosphere evoking the darker history of the island. https://youtu.be/eG5wS8wKYro

USA's The Dover Affair and 'Hello Goodbye' mixes up eighties electronics with eighties alt-rock for a lighter, melodic and soulful sound rather than hard and heavy; with rich melodies and an darker, unsettling atmosphere, it's a cut above simple rock. https://youtu.be/OemVzTe8vWo

UK's ROOM 11 and 'La, La, La' an energetic piece of noise rock that struts with rock and roll swagger and spits venom like an old school punk rocker. We've featured these guys a few times and really like their off-the wall sound and energy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VmKFt4G_jc

USA's Shylo B and new track 'Overdraft,' a mellow guitar-driven instrumental blending rock guitar, AOR melodies, and soulful RnB beats for a chilled out sound. #AOR https://youtu.be/DPNaTmORZkM

USA's DESU TAEM turn groovy with 60s homage to Mad Magazine and 'Spy Vs Spy,' surf rock guitar twang, sinister noir spy thriller vibes and rock and roll energy! #rock https://youtu.be/mVetm50-5bY

Italy's Arianuova released their debut album in November. This is 'Downfall,' a stoner-space rock groove-driven piece of prog rock. Drums and bass set the steady groove around which guitars and synths weave captivating melodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVy90IvS3sk

UK's Loud George and 'Monolith' a heavy and moody piece of grunge that swings from the heavy and dark melancholly to the wild and faster heavy rock while keeping it all infused with unsettling manic energy that keeps it rolling relentlessly forward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT1b8XzVKow

USA's 3 Headed Snake (featuring ex-members of Ministry and more) return with 'Catharsis' featuring guest vocals from Marieke Bresseleers. A dark and mean piece of modern metal that captures the spirit of the heavy blues rock and crank up the heaviness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H-z6gsFhEE

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Kazakhstan's @symphofhorrorof and 'Die Abgefallene' (The Fallen One) a darkly cinematic piece of symphonic metal that roars with the power of death metal, the horror of a Gothic nightmare all wrapped up in the rich textural tapestry of symphonic metal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdUscrYbR5U

Metal Temple review Hellbearer's Darker Fates! "...a fast and aggressive delivery of tight guitar riffs, crushing basslines, and spine-chilling melodies." 8/10 metal-temple.com/review/hellb... #metaltemple #hellbearer #darkerfates #ukthrashers #thrashmetal

Something a little different from USA's Cloud Blood and 'Deny Defend Depose (Free Luigi)' a cross-genre piece of synthwave, 8-bit vibes, brutal metal, prog creating a big, avant-garde musical sound. #metal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnpcHkE65Rg

Canada/USA OMBRA and 'Stitches,' a blistering piece of thrash/speed metal with the rawness of punk for a dirty, intense and mean sound that simply roars! #thrashmetal https://youtu.be/FimmvegfZ_M