AMPED MAGAZINE UK – Alt Music For Fresh Ears

Calva Louise: “Realistically, we’re doing things that we were dreaming of only two years ago”

Calva Louise: “Realistically, we’re doing things that we were dreaming of only two years ago”

Seahaven, Live @ The Exchange, Bristol | What Went Down

Seahaven, Live @ The Exchange, Bristol | What Went Down

Sevendust – One | Album Review

Sevendust – One | Album Review

Silo – Haze | Album Review

Silo – Haze | Album Review

Skillet, Live @ O2 Academy Brixton, London | What Went Down

Skillet, Live @ O2 Academy Brixton, London | What Went Down

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FEATURES

Amped Magazine’s 2026 Ones To Watch

Shake off that New Year’s hangover, lace up your Docs, and get ready to discover the bands that are about to take over 2026. Hand-picked by the team at Amped, here are the acts you need on your radar right now.
NEW NOISE

Rat Boy have announced their new album, CRASH!

The Essex four-piece are back with snarling new single BROKEN, lifted from a record self-produced in two sheds in Suzi Quatro’s back garden…

Rat Boy have announced their new album, CRASH!

Rat Boy have announced their new album, CRASH!

Finn Wolfhard reveals new album Fire From The Hip

Finn Wolfhard reveals new album Fire From The Hip

Static Dress dial up the drama with towering new single …hospice

Static Dress dial up the drama with towering new single …hospice

August Burns Red unleash Season Of Surrender with explosive new single ‘Sonic Salvation’

August Burns Red unleash Season Of Surrender with explosive new single ‘Sonic Salvation’

Loathe return with A Stranger To You, unleashing a darker and more daring new era

Loathe return with A Stranger To You, unleashing a darker and more daring new era

Black Veil Brides unleash crushing new single Revenger featuring Machine Head

Black Veil Brides unleash crushing new single Revenger featuring Machine Head

Public Opinion announce new album The Curse Of Public Opinion and share explosive single Balloon Man Running

Public Opinion announce new album The Curse Of Public Opinion and share explosive single Balloon Man Running

Korn return with surprise single Reward The Scars, their first since 2022

Korn return with surprise single Reward The Scars, their first since 2022

Bleech 9:3 announce self-titled debut EP

Bleech 9:3 announce self-titled debut EP

unpeople drop explosive new single and video clouds

unpeople drop explosive new single and video clouds

REVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Death Lens: “If We Don’t Write It and Put It Out There, Who Will?”

Mother Vulture’s Brodie: “Bristol tried to give us the benefit of the doubt a bit more”

Mother Vulture’s Brodie: “Bristol tried to give us the benefit of the doubt a bit more”

“We don’t know what’s going to happen. Let’s find out together”: Air Drawn Dagger on spooky studios, sweaty stages and bringing their debut to life

“We don’t know what’s going to happen. Let’s find out together”: Air Drawn Dagger on spooky studios, sweaty stages and bringing their debut to life

Broadside: “This Is Our Fifth Album. You’d Think You’d Just Go In And Be Open-Minded. But You Have To Be Afraid Of It.”

Broadside: “This Is Our Fifth Album. You’d Think You’d Just Go In And Be Open-Minded. But You Have To Be Afraid Of It.”

Wargasm: “If it comes out, it’ll be a miracle”

Wargasm: “If it comes out, it’ll be a miracle”

The Hara: “We could be influenced by the waves”

The Hara: “We could be influenced by the waves”

Vexed: “I can just be a bit of an asshole, and it’s quite liberating”

Vexed: “I can just be a bit of an asshole, and it’s quite liberating”

PAVE: “We never want to be a metal band or a rock band”

PAVE: “We never want to be a metal band or a rock band”

The Maine on Joy Next Door: “Happiness Isn’t a Destination”

The Maine on Joy Next Door: “Happiness Isn’t a Destination”

The Requiem: I want to be a gateway band – introduce people to everything that inspired us. We’re not reinventing anything, just giving flowers to what came before us. The same way those bands did that for me, I hope we can do it for the next generation.”

The Requiem: I want to be a gateway band – introduce people to everything that inspired us. We’re not reinventing anything, just giving flowers to what came before us. The same way those bands did that for me, I hope we can do it for the next generation.”