Lesser-Known Rock/Metal Bands You May Not Have Heard of

Here are WastedSky from Pavlovsk in Russia. They remind me a bit of early Korn but faster and without the intricate guitar work and without the whining of John Davis.
There are a couple of rough-sounding demos on their MySpace page and some better sounding recordings here (although you have to register to hear more than the first few seconds).

Here are Tonight Alive who turned out to be Australian and not American as I first thought. Their music is ridiculously catchy so you probably shouldn't click on the videos below if you don't want to end up humming their tunes unexpectedly. The haircuts might turn a few people off however...








On a separate note, there is a new Guano Apes album out - see here.