Keeping up with new rock and metal bands and artists isn't always easy, especially with bands that haven't yet been discovered by the general public. As part of Wikimetal's mission to strengthen our community and showcase new talent, we've compiled this list of the best discoveries we've made recently on Groover, a music curation platform.
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Except One
With a decade-long career, the French metal band Except One has racked up success on European tours and had the opportunity to open for Lacuna Coil before the pandemic. Recently, the group released their second studio album, Broken.
The single “In Nomine” is surprisingly a perfect metal song, featuring powerful guttural vocals from vocalist Estelle and an addictive heaviness, characteristics reflected in the song's music video. Even with common elements of the genre, such as snakes and biblical references, the video still manages to be captivating and daring.
Disparilis
Disparilis is a French metal band shrouded in mystery. Formed by a single musician, identified as Aksur the Historian, the project is expected to debut with their first EP sometime in 2022.
In the instrumental track "Throughout Shame," heaviness and melody find a balance, creating an epic and almost spacey atmosphere at times, conjuring up distant and nostalgic scenarios in the listener's mind.
RGRSS
Hailing from Canada, the progressive death metal and grindcore band RGRSS (pronounced Regress) released their debut album, titled A World of Concern , in January of this year.
The single “Wrong Wire” overflows with aggression from the very first second, showcasing a dark and violent sound inspired by classic bands of the genre, such as Suffocation and Morbid Angel .
TalaioT
Hailing from the Spanish island of Mallorca, the metal band TailloT takes an epic approach to their songs, sung in Catalan, telling the story of a rebellion against the wealthy organized in the region in the 15th century.
In “Decadencia”, part of the album Dos: Repressió i Revolta , the vocal harmonies meet an intense instrumental to tell part of this narrative.
