From the depths of expressive symphonic metal, a sound uniting the guttural intensity of hard rock, with the euphoric lightness, passion and fluidity of opera. Divine Martyr celebrate ten years as a band, and the sublime arrangement of Bride In Waiting marks a bold and beautiful introduction to their 2026 album Fidem.
Rebecca Cullen
From dreamy vocal layers to distorted guitar riffs that kick in at the perfect moment, Love Affair is quite perfectly crafted, noting a nineties alternative aura that’s mildly reminiscent of the likes of Drinking in LA or Steal My Sunshine.
Inspired by the likes of Sajjan Raj Vaidya, Yabesh Thapa, this Hindi folk-pop single notes sweeping layers of reverb, strings and falsetto vocal refrains, throughout an enchanting five-minute listen that’s both deeply moving and soothing to let fill the space around you.
Promising over 90 live acts across six stages and with 12 hours of music to look forward to, the iconic Zombie Fest returns to Cambridge Junction this Halloween, and it’s a line-up noting legendary names from nineties drum and bass, dance and jungle to hardstyle, trance and breaks from across the past few decades.
A perfectly titled project, this is feel-good rock songwriting akin to the likes of The Verve and The War On Drugs – sometimes deeply evocative, but always emotionally uplifting, engaging; the kind of passion and melody and groove you can both cry to and celebrate.
WAZZARA capture a sound that’s both beautiful and unsettling, somehow both fierce and deeply calming, with the evocative depth and darkness of their new album ARBOR.
Atmospheric art-pop that’s beautifully euphoric in its intricate blend of passion, delicacy and depth. London’s Lolli Wren crafts something fearlessly artistic, for the conceptually confrontational beauty of are we alright?
Lush indie rock vibes with a certain enchanting balance of the upbeat and the delicate. Calcutta-born artist and songwriter weyvir is a multi-instrumentalist and singer with a beautifully organic and alluring sound, and Streets of Love, Pt. 1 is an uplifting and heartfelt celebration of that truth.
EMMALISA’s single Lost in LA promises both the comfort of catchy songwriting, and the refreshing realism of live performance, for a carefully captured and melodically satisfying original.
If you’ve tired of the mundane, the predictable, the automatically generated – there are so many great reasons to let Transylburbia fill the space around you. Kieran Kriss permits music and artistic freedom to guide, and the results blend talent and a rich tapestry of creative toys every step of the way.
Performative rock theatrics with a dark and poetic undertone – alt-pop and neo-soul from Talon David blends fairy-tale storytelling and scene setting with a brilliantly creative musically, throughout the opening half of a two-part album that is The Villain.
“Distant Echo is an expansion and the final piece from my journey after releasing my debut album Calling. After re-visiting some tracks and exploring a few opera pieces I felt my writing wasn’t finished so this is partly a echo from that.”