As always, it’s cool when non-Asian bands announce Asian tour dates, but it’s MOST exciting when our bands go out THERE instead. This happens SO...
Formed in 2015, Zurich-based youth crew band Safe State have announced their THIRD Asian tour. The band will hit the dates found in the flyer...
Formed in Guwahati in 2015, ARSENIIC is an experimental metal act that explores a mixture of progressive metal and technical prog topped off with catchy...
Down but never out, the Singapore alternative/post-hardcore quintet Terrestrea emerges from the melee of daily living with a new song. “Heart in the clouds” is...
CENTIPEDE is a Death-Hardcore band from Kuala Lumpur that has just released their debut EP ‘Deformed Truth’. They draw inspiration from bands like Venom Prison,...
Check out Indonesian metallic hardcore band HARSH on these two new straight-up fire bangers! Goddamn this shit is so well written, technical yet heavy. The...
Australian hardcore band Speed just rolled through SE Asia leaving death and destruction everywhere they went. Speed‘s Thailand stop in particular was an explosion of...
Nepal announces a “noise” event for this weekend fearing Nepali acts and acts from the US. Here’s the full write-up: NOISE TREPANATION is the collaborative...
This past weekend saw Hong Kong’s world-renown music festival Clockenflap return for the first time in many many years. Headlining acts included Wu Tang Clan...
Formed in 2019, Okinawa garage/punk trio unit, The Questions brings a mighty noisy, catchy, and fuzzy rock terror into their latest EP ‘Beehive’ and ‘Koi...
Obsessed with the dark art and extremity, Leukotomy is the newest force of Black Metal from the Northern scene in Vietnam. Born on the eve...
Formed in 2006, Thai street punk band Chaos of Society are highly influenced by bands like The Exploited, The Casualties, GBH, and even local Bangkok...
Yo this is so damn good. Check out brand new sludge/doom metal band Crater outta Shenzhen, China. The band states, “Please make sure you sip...
To see an Asian band added to a massive European festival is sick as hell anyway, but to see the band’s name listed up as...
Hong Kong hardcore band The Priceless Boat have dropped a brand new banger ‘賤骨頭’. The band harnesses their love for a more chaotic approach to...
We’re here to help support/announce a badass new initiative being taken by two amazing groups trying to push punk/hardcore/metal music in Vietnam AND also trying...
YES! Love reporting from Asian countries that we don’t often write about…Brunei easycore band (pop punk) Secret Signal return after a 2-year hiatus with a brand...
Yoooo…no joke, when this band’s photo came across our social media radar our initial response was, “Cool – Malaysia has a new hardcore band!” And...
As soon as we pressed play our own kid came running out going “Woah! This sounds so good!” She’s 11. 11 years old don’t hold...
2023 SXSW is coming up on March 13-18, and the Taiwan Beats Showcase has announced that it will be held at the Elysium (we’re assuming that’s...