{"id":39494,"date":"2025-08-01T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39494\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:00:10","slug":"brilliant-new-metal-bands-you-need-to-hear-in-august-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39494\/","title":{"rendered":"Brilliant new metal bands you need to hear in August 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The summer months might be drawing to a close, but 2025 is still in full swing when it comes to new music. As the festival fields of Europe open for the last burst of events (and we gear up for the likes of Riot Fest and Aftershock<\/a> in the States), there’s still plenty of opportunities to discover some excellent new metal bands.<\/p>\n

So, much as we did last month<\/a>, we’ve assembled a diverse selection of some of the finest new bands to release exciting new music for your listening pleasure. There’s massive riffs and radio-friendly choruses from Unpeople, Satanic boogies from Saturday Night Satan, infernally complex prog metal from Tiberius and hazy Deftonescore heavygaze from Oversize, all ready for you to explore.<\/p>\n

Our massive playlist below contains all of these bands, and every other New Noise featured band this year, so be sure to get stuck in and let us know which new bands are exciting you most at the moment – and have an excellent month of new music!<\/p>\n

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Unpeople<\/p>\n

London riff-mongers Unpeople are a hard band to pin down. Crushing riffs collide with gargantuan vocal hooks tailor-made for huge festival singalongs. While their name has negative connotations \u2013 the Oxford English Dictionary defines \u2018unpeople\u2019 as \u2018a group of people regarded as politically unimportant or without rights\u2019, and the word also echoes Orwell\u2019s 1984, where an \u2018unperson\u2019 is someone erased by the state \u2013 the band want to use it in an inclusive way.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe term \u2018unpeople\u2019 was used as a political term to describe everyone but the 1%,\u201d explains guitarist Luke Caley. \u201cThat\u2019s all of us! We\u2019re all busy throwing insults at each other and arguing, but we\u2019re all in the same boat.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there\u2019s a sunniness to their melodies, their lyrics paint a darker picture, as the four-piece examine social issues and mental health. In Waste, vocalist Jake Crawford cries, \u2018Shoot yourself in the foot with the starting gun \/ good going \/ running a race that you know just can\u2019t be won.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the juxtaposition,\u201d drummer Richard Rayner explains. \u201cIt\u2019s such a light tune and you can see people thinking about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The aim isn\u2019t to be bleak, but to acknowledge a shared plight. Says Luke: \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of, \u2018Let\u2019s all come together and be as one\u2019, but we\u2019re revelling in the shit of humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

For all their darkness, Unpeople have certainly had plenty to celebrate Since forming in 2023 after the collapse of Jake and Luke\u2019s previous band, Press To Meco, the band have had an incredible ascent through the UK\u2019s heavy scene, including opening for Metallica<\/a> in Austria last June\u2026 before they had even played a headline gig!<\/p>\n

\u201cOpening for Metallica was a circus situation,\u201d Luke laughs, given the band had only just released their debut self-titled EP.<\/p>\n

\u201cThankfully we didn\u2019t turn up and immediately get booed offstage. That\u2019s our bar!\u201d Will Marshall<\/p>\n

Unpeople’s self-titled EP is out now. The band headline Camden Underworld on September 10. <\/p>\n

Sounds Like: Invasive thoughts set to a pop metal beat
For Fans Of: Vukovi, Biffy Clyro, Black Peaks
Listen To: Waste<\/p>\n

unpeople – waste (official music video) – YouTube
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\nSaturday Night Satan<\/p>\n

Saturday Night Satan describe themselves plainly: \u201cSmooth rock\u2019n\u2019roll for Devil worshippers.\u201d The husband-and-wife duo from Athens aim to soundtrack a witches\u2019 dance with the mystery and panache of late-60s and early-70s occult rock bands like Blue \u00d6yster Cult, Black Widow, and the band that launched their love of the genre, Coven.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to party with the Devil, to have drinks!\u201d vocalist Kate Soulthorn says with a smile. \u201cIt\u2019s Saturday! This is the feeling of the music.\u201d<\/p>\n

To put listeners under their spell, Saturday Night Satan lean on Kate\u2019s haunting croon, and guitarist Jim Kotsis\u2019s Sabbathian<\/a> riffs and Thin Lizzy harmonies. They wouldn\u2019t be out of place chanting in a Black Mass with the likes of Lucifer, Green Lung or Jess And The Ancient Ones. Their 2024 debut, All Things Black, made waves with the hard-charging, synthladen intro track 5AM, dance-floor belters such as Devil In Disguise, and the doomy, lurching Lurking In The Shadows.<\/p>\n

In a full-circle moment, the album earned them a spot supporting Coven on this April\u2019s Magickal Chaos Tour, which Kate describes as a \u201cdream\u201d and \u201can honour\u201d. The band aren\u2019t interested in being depressing or demonic, and they aren\u2019t worried about appearing heavy or evil enough. Rather, they want their music to conjure Satanic positivity in an increasingly terrible world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not possible to have positive feelings all the time,\u201d Jim says. \u201cWe feel bad about a lot of things, so the best thing to do is invest this energy into music.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m not a little girl in the darkness,\u201d Kate adds. \u201cSaturday Night Satan is a happy dance. I\u2019m happy when I sing and when I write songs, and you can hear it from our record.\u201d Jon Garcia<\/p>\n

All Things Black is out now via 3P Lab. <\/p>\n

Sounds Like: Dancing with witches and devils under the pale full moon
For Fans Of: Lucifer, Green Lung, Thin Lizzy
Listen To: Devil In Disguise<\/p>\n

Saturday Night Satan – Devil in Disguise (official music video) – YouTube
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\nTiberius<\/p>\n

What is progressive music? That\u2019s not an easy question for Scottish prog metal<\/a> quintet Tiberius, but guitarist Chris Foster eventually settles on a genre-agnostic answer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to have absolutely no idea where it\u2019s going to go next,\u201d he says. \u201cI want it to be the last thing I expect, but as soon as it happens, I want to be like, \u2018Yeah, that\u2019s exactly what it should have done.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Chris and his bandmates fulfil that criteria on Tiberius\u2019s new album, Singing For Company, an eight-song platter of pulverising breakdowns, fleet-fingered riffs and vocal acrobatics that combine prog metal brutality with pure pop confection. Tip Of The Spear and Mosaic boast soaring melodies that add a lightness to their techy stomp, while New Revelation opens the LP with a sweeping orchestral intro that guitarist Jahan Tabrizi lovingly describes as \u201cliteral fucking clown music\u201d.<\/p>\n

This kitchen-sink approach, along with cheeky music videos and a theatrical live show, set Tiberius apart from many of their stone-faced peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we started doing this, a lot of metal, especially in the tech and prog scene, was taking itself very seriously,\u201d Chris explains. \u201cWe were consciously trying to push against that a little bit, and have the catchier, more pop-inspired choruses, and have some sort of flippant, tongue-in-cheek lyrics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Singing For Company is a logical successor to Tiberius\u2019s 2020 debut album, A Peaceful Annihilation, with a greater emphasis on hooks \u2013 something they realised they needed while they were on a tour delayed by the pandemic.<\/p>\n

There might be some validity to lead singer Grant Barclay\u2019s theory: \u201cI always say that we\u2019re a pop band masquerading as a metal band,\u201d he quips.<\/p>\n

Jahan grins. \u201cDon\u2019t tell Metal Hammer that!” Bryan Rolli <\/p>\n

Singing For Company is out now. Tiberius play Bloodstock<\/a> Festival in August.<\/p>\n

Sounds Like: Melodic prog metal with a smart mouth and a light step
For Fans Of: Protest the Hero, Alter Bridge, Between The Buried And Me
Listen To: Mosaic<\/p>\n

Tiberius – Mosaic (Official Music Video) – YouTube
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\nOversize<\/p>\n

Resting on nostalgia can often feel like an easy creative gimmick. Not so for English rockers Oversize.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we ever really sat down and went like, \u2018We want to sound like X, Y, Z,\u2019\u201d says vocalist Sam McCauley. \u201cWe always knew we were a guitar band, and it just went from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Vital Signs, the group\u2019s debut full-length, there\u2019s no doubt that \u2018the power of the riff\u2019 is a driving force. Tracks such as Fall Apart and Vacant overflow with the kind of fuzzy, dynamic heft of Hum and the melodic bliss of The Smashing Pumpkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely don\u2019t get bummed out when people compare us to those bands,\u201d explains guitarist Lewis Lennane-Emm. \u201cBecause we do listen to those bands a lot. The 90s alt scene was still guitar music, but it was incredibly earnest, heavy and interesting, especially when you look at those more fringy bands like Helmet, Quicksand, and Snapcase.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every now and then, someone will pop up in the media and say that rock music is dead. But Oversize understand that it\u2019s timeless. They aim to write songs that will appeal to people now and in the future, and they won\u2019t be chasing any trends.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can really appreciate a well-written song regardless of genre,\u201d Lewis says. \u201cI really like pop music, and I love songwriting, but [some modern acts] were missing that authenticity for me. That sort of idea plays a huge part in our band. We don\u2019t want to just write hits that trend on TikTok.<\/p>\n

I would love for somebody in 10 or 20 years to stumble upon Vital Signs and still feel like it\u2019s fresh and relevant. Writing a record is about creating something that stands the test of time. To me, that\u2019s the highest compliment that you could ever have.” Owen Morawitz<\/p>\n

Vital Signs is out now via SharpTone. <\/p>\n

Sounds Like: Loud, proud and fuzzed-out bliss
For Fans Of: Hum, Quicksand, The Smashing Pumpkins
Listen To: Vacant<\/p>\n

OVERSIZE – Vacant (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) – YouTube
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