Happy October! We're right up to the closing months of the year now, but that doesn't mean that the year is done with brilliant new releases and bands, as plenty still pop up as tours get well and truly underway for one of the wildest October/November/December tour schedules we can remember in years.
Thankfully, we're still here to guide you through the best new music around, much as we have been every other month this year. Below you'll find a collection of some of the most exciting and vibrant new bands around, from nu metal revivalists Profiler to Finnish melodeath supergroup Crownshift, LA doomgazers Iress and sunny SoCal crossover kings Drain.
